BA Wee Heavy? You Heavy!

The core of this beer is very similar to the non barrel aged version. One of the changes we made was to add some additional pale 2 row to the grain bill to raise our gravity so that during the barrel aging process we will account for the gravity lost in the barrel. When it comes to the actual barrel of choice for our aging, we have decided to use a bourbon barrel. We feel like this is the appropriate choice because the flavors that come out of the beer in the barrel, such as vanilla, oak and some butterscotch really compliment the caramel flavors that come from the base beer. Also, since we are barrel aging this beer, we will cold crash so that the yeast falls out and we are able to keep it out of the barrel when transferred over.

Overall, by barrel aging this wee heavy, we will be adding some vanilla, oak and butterscotch flavors that the base beer did not have. The beer itself will thin out and the gravity will lower in the barrel while the ABV will increase, so the beer will now have a little more alcohol flavor in the front.