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Barrel-Aged Craft Beer Clone Homebrew Recipes

“Curieux is a fairly simple recipe starting with our Tripel, which is then aged in bourbon barrels and blended with another batch of fresh Tripel. The vast majority of brewers here started

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Oak Alternatives & Oaking Methods

The use of oak and other woods in flavoring beer has enjoyed a resurgence recently among homebrewers and some craft breweries. Oak is commonly used in winemaking, and was once widely used

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What style should I barrel-age?

One of the most common beer types to age in bourbon barrels is strong stout. The rich, roasted flavors from the stout marry well with oak, vanilla, coconut, and Bourbon notes from

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Build a Barrel Coolship Fermenter

Open fermentation can yield some amazing flavors, but requires the brewer to pay special attention to temperature, cleanliness, and fermenter shape. Some professional breweries cool their wort in vessels called coolships. Coolships

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Making Barrel-Aged Homebrews

I started barrel aging beer over a decade ago after attending a National Homebrewers Conference. It is amazing to watch the trend start up again with the little guys and trickle up

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Homebrewing Oak Alternatives

Back in the 1980s and 1990s brewers would often ask whether beers that spent a long time in oak casks, such as IPAs, would have an oak flavor. I would reply (accurately)

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Barrel Sanitation

Barrel aging is really a fun thing to do because it brings flavors and aromas to beer that are simply unachievable using other methods. New barrels can be used to introduce vanilla

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Barrel Aged Cider

Cider certainly has become quite popular in recent years and with the popularity has come many very nice ciders on the market. In my opinion this is all the more reason

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Barrel Preparation

Bourbon barrels can be used to produce some really great beers. At Springfield Brewing Company, like many craft breweries, we use bourbon barrels for some of our beers. Our anniversary beer for

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Barrel-Aged Beer Styles

One of the most common beer types to age in bourbon barrels is strong stout. The rich, roasted flavors from the stout marry well with oak, vanilla, coconut, and Bourbon notes from

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Fermenting with Bourborn Barrels

Learn about fermenting your homebrew in a bourbon barrel.

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Barrel Aging: Tips from the Pros

Barrel-aging craft brewers explain why oak isn’t just for wine or whiskey.

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