Wood aging "low profile" style

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  1. Mike_Aguirre

    Mike_Aguirre Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 Mexico

    Hello, I´ve tried several wood aged beers and some are great. I´m a craft brewer in Mexico and bourbon barrels are very hard to get (impossible). I´ve seen some wood chips to smoke meat at the store, also oak. Do you think that roasting them and soaking them in bourbon would work to age beer in a steel fermentor?
     
    #1 Mike_Aguirre, Mar 18, 2015
  2. Mike_Aguirre

    Mike_Aguirre Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 Mexico

    Oh, I made a search and found the answer. sorry.
     
    #2 Mike_Aguirre, Mar 18, 2015
  3. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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  4. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    I'd get online a get some cubes.
     
    #4 inchrisin, Mar 18, 2015
  5. Ilanko

    Ilanko Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2012 New York

    Here in the US You can get quite a few types is oak chip and toasted oak cubes in different roasting level.
    I prefer to soak it with Bacardi or some other neutral flavor spirit just for sterilize the chip. My last visit in Mexico I got 1 Litter of mezcal, I might try soaking some the oak in it, to get the smokey flavor before use it in the beer.
     
    #5 Ilanko, Mar 19, 2015
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  6. Mike_Aguirre

    Mike_Aguirre Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 Mexico

    That sounds good, I´ll try it with some mezcal or tequila. Thanks!
     
    #6 Mike_Aguirre, Mar 19, 2015
  7. Scumbag81

    Scumbag81 Initiate (0) Sep 10, 2014 California
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    Have you tried talking to tequila/mezcal distilleries to pick up an aged barrel from them?

    Another option is to just buy a new, charred barrel from the US and have it shipped. A lot of the flavor in bourbon comes from the char in the wood and aging, not necessarily the clear spirit that goes into the barrel.
     
    #7 Scumbag81, Mar 19, 2015
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  8. Mike_Aguirre

    Mike_Aguirre Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 Mexico

    I´ve tried but the price they give me is ridiculous, almost the same as if I buy the barrel full with very nice tequila.
     
    #8 Mike_Aguirre, Mar 19, 2015
  9. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    I vote for that option
     
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  10. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I vote for that option too, but you'll need to invite all of us down there to help empty it. :grinning:

    On topic, though, if you got a barrel can you brew enough to fill it in a very short period of time?
     
    #10 PapaGoose03, Mar 19, 2015
  11. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    I've been getting into shooting lately. It's funny that I almost buy a cartridge for the same price as I buy empty brass. Then I think about the price of empty beer bottles running for $1 when I can get a bottle of Sam Adams for $1.25. Don't be afraid to buy a barrel of tequila and later use the barrel for demonic purposes. :angry: If you need to split it up between friends, split it up between friends.
     
    #11 inchrisin, Mar 21, 2015
  12. skivtjerry

    skivtjerry Pooh-Bah (1,865) Mar 10, 2006 Vermont
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    Buy the full barrel and enjoy the tequila... or not sure about regulations where you are but you might be able to modify the tequila in some way (a dash of vanilla, etc.) and resell it Then use that barrel for a higher purpose!
     
    #12 skivtjerry, Mar 22, 2015
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