Last of the Oak IPA

Yesterday we drank the last two bottles of my Oak IPA. After almost a year of aging, the oak contribution had a mellow but detectable presence in the beer. Hop character was surprisingly lively for it's age, more so than I'd expected. I really enjoy the complexity that oak brings to a hoppy beer. So much in fact that I may split my IPA (now dry hopping) and oak half of it. The only problem I see is my lack of patience. It takes time for the oak character to mellow and really get good. I'll need to have plenty of beer on hand so I'm not tempted drink it before it's right.