Wee Heavy for French Oak Red Wine Barrel

Here is a quick review of the Wee Heavy that our club did for the Red Wine Barrel.  I sampled this a month in and it is beautiful.  Caramel, sweet, slight Oak.   This will probably remain in the barrel for 6-9 months!

The clubs recipe was very simple...

Golden Promise

Half pound of chocolate malt.

Then take 2 gallons of the first runnings and boil that down to one quart to get a nice caramelization.  

I accidentely bought the ingredients for the recipe below.  I did do the kettle caramelization as well, and figured it wouldn't be a huge deal.

Specific Gravity: 1.105 OG

Final Gravity: 1.028 FG

Color:  22° SRM  Brown to Dark Brown

Mash Efficiency : 65 %

Bitterness: 33.7 IBU

Alcohol: 10.3% ABV

Calories:  347

Malt & Fermentables

	%	LB	OZ			°L	PPG
	88%	20	~	Simpsons Golden Promise	Mash	2°	36
	5%	1	2	English Crystal, 95-115 L	Mash	105°	33
	4%	1	~	Briess Carapils	Mash	1°	34
	1%	~	4	Weyermann Smoked Malt	Mash	2°	34
	1%	~	4	Chocolate Malt (US)	Mash	350°	28
		22	10

Hops

	Usage	Time	OZ			AA » IBU
	boil	60 min	1	Nugget ~ pellet		13.0 » 33.7

Yeast

Edinburgh Scottish Ale (WLP028) yeast in liquid form with medium flocculation and 73% attenuation