Russian Imperial Stout | Brown Ale | 8 Gallon Woodenville Rye Whiskey Barrel

This is an 8 gallon Woodenville Whiskey barrel that are readily available online direct from the distillery in the Seattle, WA area.   My buddy at ZooBrew and I decided to get one of these and age some big beers in that will have a quicker turn around.   We decided for our first attempt that we'd do a big RIS.   We liked the RIS we created for the big Red Wine Barrel so much that we decided that it would be a good comparison to do the same beer and age it in this Rye Whiskey barrel.   The beer that we brewed both had final gravities in the 1.025 -1.035 range so this should be a big thick 9% Barrel aged RIS that will only need to be aged in this barrel for about two months.   Next Up, Rye Wyne!


This RIS recipe tastes and smells like beautiful chocolate.   Absolutely amazing nose on this!

Specific Gravity: 1.090 OG (average between two 4 gallons batch's)

Final Gravity: 1.027 FG  (average between two 4 gallons batch's)

Color:  46° SRM   Black

Mash Efficiency: 64 %

Bitterness: 67.3 IBU

Alcohol: 9.3% ABV

Calories: 330

Malt & Fermentables

	%	LB	OZ			°L	PPG
	74%	14	~	Rahr 2-row Pale	Mash	2°	36
	8%	1	8	Belgian Chocolate Malt	Mash	5°	34
	5%	1	~	Roasted Barley	Mash	300°	25
	3%	~	8	Flaked Oats	Mash	2°	33
	3%	~	8	Briess Crystal 120L	Mash	120°	34
	3%	~	8	Black Patent Malt	Mash	550°	27
	3%	~	8	Brown Sugar	Boil	18°	45
	1%	~	4	Flaked Wheat	Mash	2°	34
	1%	~	4	Belgian Special B	Mash	220°	30
		19	0

Hops

	Usage	Time	OZ			AA » IBU
	boil	60 min	1.3	Columbus ~ pellet		14.6 » 57.9
	boil	10 min	1	Northern Brewer ~ pellet		8.5 » 9.4

Yeast

Super High Gravity and Cali V yeasts pitched with no starter.

***I also got 4 gallons of 1.042 gravity second runnings brown ale/stout that I hopped to about 30 IBU's.  I love extra beers that are easy drinking!