Anyone want a whiskey barrel?

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

Mine is done. I had to adjust the recipe slightly. Grain wise, 794g Roast Barley, 856g Black Malt and I used flaked oats instead of flaked barley. In terms of hops, my EKG seems to be all gone so I used Perle instead.

If people think it's too different I don't have to put it in the barrel.


1. Tube 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
2A. Dodge 1 x 20L --- Fri 3rd May --- 1.094
2B. Dodge 1 x 20L --- Fri 10th May --- 1.092
3. CARA 1 x 20L --- Tue 7th May --- 1.082
4. Snuff 1 x 20L --- Fri 3rd May --- 1.080
5. Lordstilton 1 x 20L --- Sat 4th May ---1.084
6. brenmurph 1 x 20L --- Sun 5th May --- 1.082
7. Saruman 1 x 20L -- Sun 19th May -- 10.77
8. McGrath 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
9. imark 1 x 20L --- Sun 5th May --- 1.083

[imark]

Checked on this few days ago and again today. It's stuck at 1.028. I'm going to give it a blast of nutrient and agitate the yeast. Fingers crossed. Any other advice?

[imark]

Really! Surprised at such a low attenuation. It tastes nice and rich. I hope they don't blow the barrel to pieces 

[brenmurph]

1021 ish and just about stopped producin CO2. yeast settled well. I can either drop it up or rack it off clear?

Im presuming u want flat beer and we carbonate the whiskey barrel??/ Im askin coz i can hand it over slightly carbonated in 5-gall drum or flat

[brenmurph]

Probably best rack it to settle out more.

The barrel is not 100% air tight so it'll be carbonate it after we take the beer back out. i.e. bottle carb or whatever takes your fancy.

Thats grand, i usually rack after secondary when kegging and let it carbonate under CO" in the fridge.

Ill rack off clean beer and blast a layer of CO2 over it and cap it in the 5-gall drum..

whats the update on the lucan meet in June? 1st r 8th?

[brenmurph]

great, no worries small back garden sounds grand..will bring a cake and a few beers!

[imark]

What's the preferred way to get our deposits to you Shane? Was thinking of putting into cornie and blasting with co2. Handiest for transport but maybe not great for transfer.

[Will_D]

What's the preferred way to get our deposits to you Shane? Was thinking of putting into cornie and blasting with co2. Handiest for transport but maybe not great for transfer.

IMHO: Not a good idea. If its carbed its going to foam a lot and slow down the process. Bring the beer relatively flat from th esecondary and gently syphon or use a drop tube to get the beer into the cask.

[Snuff]

What's the preferred way to get our deposits to you Shane? Was thinking of putting into cornie and blasting with co2. Handiest for transport but maybe not great for transfer.

IMHO: Not a good idea. If its carbed its going to foam a lot and slow down the process. Bring the beer relatively flat from th esecondary and gently syphon or use a drop tube to get the beer into the cask.

Too late,  I put mine in a cornie earlier today, so that is how it is getting delivered. It is easiest to transport. Not gonna carb it in the cornie, just enough co2 to seal it up.

[imark]

Took executive decision about an hour after posting and did the same as you Snuff. Just enough carbing to get air out.

[Dodge]

Thats totally fine. It's a lot easier to transport the beer via corny.

Purging the beer from oxygen is just good practice but in true essence is not a necessity since the beef will mature in a barrel.

Carbing the beer in the other hand is a waste of time.

I have my beers in cronies ready for pre delivery to tube. Once there they can be siphoned out into the barrel.

The bad thing is that I won't be there for the day. 

[imark]

Me neither.  Wanted to taste the constituent parts but heh... It'll be a bloody good beer I think 

[Dodge]

Me neither.  Wanted to taste the constituent parts but heh... It'll be a bloody good beer I think 

I agree! We brewed, we fermented and the beer tastes great even before the barrel.

No complicated posts for the Liffey brewers! We just do it!

Simples 

[imark]

  you said it Dodge!

We're doing feng-shui stout. Hope the barrel is orientated right.   

[mcgrath]

The South County lads got 217L into their barrel, and by my calcs we have around 190L or so. So I'm gonna whack on another brew probably tomorrow. Won't be ready in time for the 8th, but better late than never.

What about the second runnings we got from the mash? Just an idea.. Although, I was looking forward to mine..