bt1 wrote:The SS keg soln is a good one for a few reasons.
To get to 13 years you going to need passive non wood storage in any case even if that meant wood barrel to SS keg/glass then seal cos left in a wood barrel it would be wood soup, low abv and significantly reduced volume.
At what ever flavour point you like you can remove the wood strips with little effort...just use a bit of copper wire to string them together in a long "rope" arrangement so you can pull em out when ready.
I've found if hearts are used bout 2 years on timber and it's tops...depends on level here a bit. As your in no hurry you could instead of chasing speed with quality hearts take less strict cuts allow much longer... what the hell you got years!.
After that I seal in SS keg. When needed place an aeration stone/leg into keg and liven it up for a good week or two @ about 50lt per hour, otherwise it's really flat and dull.
bt1
Thanks bt1 that is some really good advise! Great idea with the copper wire and oak strips :handgestures-thumbupleft:
I have plenty of time to trial so I am hopeful that I would have something half sorted by the time my lad is 21
Cheers