Starting the Oaked Abstract Bastage

As I indicated last week, I started a new instance of Abstract Bastage and will oak it with the chips currently soaking in Scotch.

Here's the final recipe I ended up with:

Steep @ 160F for 35 minutes

• 1# Flaked Rye
  
• 1# Crystal 40L
  
• 3/4# Dark Munich Malt
  
• 1/4# Special B
  
• 1/4# Biscuit
  
• 1/4# Aromatic
  

Boil @ 60 minutes

• 12# Malt Extract
  
• 1 oz. Magnum Pellets -- Bittering Hops
  

Boil @ 50 minutes

• 1 oz. Target Pellets -- Bittering Hops
  

Boil @ 15 minutes

• 2# Dark Brown Sugar
  
• 2 tbsp Irish Moss
  

Boil @ 0 minutes

• 2 oz. Simco Pellets -- Flavoring Hops
  

Initial Pitch

• White Labs California Ale yeast

Beyond that, I plan to re-pitch without racking with White Labs Champagne yeast after about a week. Another week after that, I'll rack to secondary add 2oz. of Simcoe plugs and add the whiskey soaked oak chips. I'll probably leave the oak in for 2 weeks, but will taste once a week to be sure. After that, I'll age it for a couple of months.