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Barrels & Oak
Whether putting beer into oak or putting oak into your aging beer, the marriage of oak and beer can be beautiful. There are many options of barrels and barrel alternatives available to the homebrewer from oak form and species, to pairings with beer styles and oak-soaked spirits.
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Oak Alternatives
What to do when you want oak, but barrel aging is out of the question.
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Wood Beer Clones
Clone recipes of five beers that are aged in wood.
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Buying, Using & Maintaining a Barrel
Barrel maintenance for those new to oak barrels.
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Barrel Aging: Pro Brewer Roundtable Tips
A roundtable discussion among professional barrel users.
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Mr. Wizard
How can you imitate barrel aging homebrew with oak chips?
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Over a Barrel
La Folie, a limited-release beer similar to a Belgian lambic, is aged with wild yeast and bacteria in wooden barrels. Here’s how to make thi