OBL's Demise

Description:
An ambitious IPA I brewed with a friend. This was based off Northern Brewer's 115th Dream Hopbursted Imperial IPA. Hopbursting is continually adding hops near the end of the brewing to give a variety to the flavor and bitterness of the hops and is used as an alternative to dry hoping during fermentation. Additionally, we aged the beer on light oak chips for two weeks. This beer got it's name because it happened to be brewed on the same day that Osama bin Laden was killed.

Ingredients:
6# Amber Malt Syrup
6# Gold Malt Syrup
2# Corn Sugar
4oz Cluster hops
12oz Hopburst hop blend
1oz light oak chips
WYeast 1056 American Ale

Hop Schedule:
60mins - 2oz Cluster hops
20mins - 2oz Cluster hops
15mins - 6# Gold Malt Syrup
15mins - 4oz Hopburst hop blend
10mins - 4oz Hopburst hop blend
5mins - 4oz Hopburst hop blend
0mis - 2# Corn Sugar
0mins - 4oz Hopburst hop blend

ABV:
Starting - 05/01/2011 - 1.086 - 0.0%
Racking - 05/17/2011 - 1.016 - 9.3%
Ending - 05/30/2011 - 1.014 - 9.6%

Notes:
Mistakes - I read that you should not age on oak chips for more than 1 week. I didn't feel that there was enough oak taste after 1 week so I went for a second. I think that the second week added good oak flavor but killed some of the hops flavor and added a tannin bitterness that is not pleasant.
Changes - Age only 1 week on chips.

Tasting:
A - A dark golden color with almost no head.
S - Smells of oak, banana and alcohol.
T - Primarily oak, banana and caramel. The oak and alcohol level make the hops flavor hard to find.
M - Thick and cloying.
D - High alcohol and bold flavors make this a sipping beer. Gives a morose buzz.