Hi Folks,
I was actually hoping for a bit of advice.. I'm currently brewing a Porter that I want to add Rum barrel oak chips to, I've read so much conflicting information through various different forums and publications so thought i'd see if there was any consensus here.
Brew day was on Saturday, I brewed a half batch (about 14L into Primary), I bought 100g of old Rum Barrel chips from Grape and Grain, toasted them in a pan and then soaked them in about 200ml of Rum to just cover them. My thoughts were to then take them out of the rum and put them into the fermenter after 12-14 days when fermentation has finished. I'm not after an overpowering rum and oak taste, more just some notes to add subtle complexity in the background, which brings me to my questions;
Will 100g chips, soaked in rum for a fortnight be overpowering? (I was thinking even taking 50g out of the rum?)
Would you take the beer out of Primary, rack into a secondary and then put the chips in?
How long would you leave the chips in the beer before bottling?
So many questions! Any help would be awesome!
I was actually hoping for a bit of advice? I'm currently brewing a Porter that I want to add Rum barrel oak chips to and thought I'd ask a man that knows a thing or two! I've been getting stacks of conflicting information through various different forums and publications.
Brew day was on Saturday, I brewed a half batch (about 14L into Primary), I bought 100g of old Rum Barrel chips from Grape and Grain, toasted them in a pan and then soaked them in about 200ml of Rum to just cover them. My thoughts were to then take them out of the rum and put them into the fermenter after 12-14 days when fermentation has finished. I'm not after an overpowering rum and oak taste, more just some notes to add subtle complexity in the background, which brings me to my questions;
Will 100g chips, soaked in rum for a fortnight be overpowering? (I was thinking even taking 50g out of the rum?)
Would you take the beer out of Primary, rack into a secondary and then put the chips in?
How long would you leave the chips in the beer before bottling?
So many questions! Any help would be awesome mate, I'll send you one when we pop in if it's any good!
Cheers,
Oliver
I was actually hoping for a bit of advice.. I'm currently brewing a Porter that I want to add Rum barrel oak chips to, I've read so much conflicting information through various different forums and publications so thought i'd see if there was any consensus here.
Brew day was on Saturday, I brewed a half batch (about 14L into Primary), I bought 100g of old Rum Barrel chips from Grape and Grain, toasted them in a pan and then soaked them in about 200ml of Rum to just cover them. My thoughts were to then take them out of the rum and put them into the fermenter after 12-14 days when fermentation has finished. I'm not after an overpowering rum and oak taste, more just some notes to add subtle complexity in the background, which brings me to my questions;
Will 100g chips, soaked in rum for a fortnight be overpowering? (I was thinking even taking 50g out of the rum?)
Would you take the beer out of Primary, rack into a secondary and then put the chips in?
How long would you leave the chips in the beer before bottling?
So many questions! Any help would be awesome!
I was actually hoping for a bit of advice? I'm currently brewing a Porter that I want to add Rum barrel oak chips to and thought I'd ask a man that knows a thing or two! I've been getting stacks of conflicting information through various different forums and publications.
Brew day was on Saturday, I brewed a half batch (about 14L into Primary), I bought 100g of old Rum Barrel chips from Grape and Grain, toasted them in a pan and then soaked them in about 200ml of Rum to just cover them. My thoughts were to then take them out of the rum and put them into the fermenter after 12-14 days when fermentation has finished. I'm not after an overpowering rum and oak taste, more just some notes to add subtle complexity in the background, which brings me to my questions;
Will 100g chips, soaked in rum for a fortnight be overpowering? (I was thinking even taking 50g out of the rum?)
Would you take the beer out of Primary, rack into a secondary and then put the chips in?
How long would you leave the chips in the beer before bottling?
So many questions! Any help would be awesome mate, I'll send you one when we pop in if it's any good!
Cheers,
Oliver