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With a 2L barrel, I found that a month was too long to let it sit for a whisky.

It is a medium plus char and is pretty tiny, about smaller than a football.

So I have a 2 Liter barrel that I am going to be filling with a yet to be named spirit. I was wondering if anyone had any feedback as to this practice. The barrel I have is a 2L barrel from oakbarrelsltd.com. I was going to just start off with a whisky/scotch and see what a month on wood...

Can you do this with a wine or champagne yeast? I have a tone of extras and do not want to buy the Chinese yeast if possible.

awesome, thanks a lot!

I am sure it would work, but just to double check. I am brewing an IPA tonight and my kits from MW always turn out dark, so will doing a late extract addition work? Should I put only the 2 lbs dry in then liquid later?

I apologize for the thread resurrection, but this was the first thread to come up. I am debating if my beer is green or not. I have had a few infected brews before, but they were one-offs. With my current brew, an Oatmeal Stout with Vanilla Beans added, has been either green or infected for 3...

Was your adding of the sugar to boost the ABV?

I ended up using like 5 strings one after the other to get it to pop. But a glass cutter may be on the shopping list. Though I don't know if I could use it for anything else. But heck, it's not that pricey.

I also think I may be able to grind them down to straight if I tried. Though, I am no tool expert at tools.

haha, this was the first time I tried it, mostly just to see if the string thing actually worked. Well, it did, just poorly. They're not going to be glasses anyway, they're being used for candles. I am sure I could get better at it, but this method my not be the key...but yes, very ****ty job ;)

A bit behind on the times, but congrats on your boys! My fiancee and I are still trying for our first, but congrats on everything you have thus far!

^this But, I do love drinking from cans just because I don't have to do the dishes...I know, first-world problems

That is EPIC! If I was that good with building things...