Access to jack barrel

Northern Brewer General
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So I have access to an actual Jack Daniels production barrel … buddy told me he pulled the cork and it’ll knock ya on yer but… I’d like to brew a stout and age it… thoughts? Said will take a bill for it… has dates/ batch lot and all marked on it. Just have to trave 4 hrs to get it…

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Stouts an obvious choice. But there are numerous other options like Belgian dubbel, tripel, and quads, porter, brown ale, barleywine. Heck, it doesn’t even need to be a high OG monster. You could use a pale ale or blonde.

Couple things:

  1. I assume it’s a 55gal barrel? That’s a lot of brewing
  2. have you looked into barrel maintenance? Can be a lot of work
  3. into sours? This could be an opportunity for a smokers.