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1st Runnings - 1.085 After 6 gallons - 1.072 1/2 beer - ESB added 1 lb Crystal 80 after the 7.5 gallons was pulled for the barleywine along with another 2.75 gallon infusion. Let sit 15 minutes before drawing for ESB. Added another 2.75 gallon infusion as a sparge. Still 1.028 gravity after 4 gallons pulled! 6/10/13 Gravity at 1.021 6/25/13 Prepped oak cubes for bourbon aging by boiling water in a mason jar and letting the jar steam for 3 minutes after it boiled for 1 minute. Dumped sanitized water and added 1 cup bourbon (~1/2 the mason jar) + 1 oz Stavin American Oak Cubes (medium toast). Will let sit for a few days before adding to secondary 2 gallon fermenter. 7/1/13 Added oak plus bourbon to two gallons; 1 oz steamed oak to two gallons; ~1 gallon left plain. 8/6/13 Bottled 2 gallon buckets w/ ~1 C Water and ~2 oz sugar; Bottled ~1 gallon bucket w/ ~1/2 C Water and ~1.15oz sugar Tasted all three styles: Oak: A bit woody but not overbearing Bourbon + Oak: Little to no bourbon flavor Plain: Very nice and malt forward 10/8/13 Tasted plain next to the ESB partigyle Plain: Apparent apple aroma/flavor. Nice pecan aroma. Let sit for another month in hopes of acetaldehyde converting to ethanol over time. Try again beginning of december. 11/15/2013 Tasted Bourbon Oak next to the ESB partigyle BO: Little to no apple aroma/flavor. Nice pecan/sweet aroma. Little to no hop profile. No head; minimal carbonation.