JustBottled...

[brewwitch]

I just bottled a barley Wine! Wow.... I am soo excited about this one, I can tell you.
It is thick, and dark, and fill with coffee & raisin notes. (Of course, I tasted it!) I cannot wait to drink it although I do realize it will need quite a bit of aging.

The ABV is about 10%... Yahoo!

Ginger Saison: aging some more and drinking it.
Sour Cherry Ale drinking it! (great! very refreshing)
BarleyWine : just bottled 8/30
IPA placed in secondary 8/29
Pumpkin Porter primary 8/31

[Mill Rat]

Ain't it fun when you get the yeast to do some real heavy lifting?

[markaberrant]

Post your recipe please. I haven't heard of a barleywine that tasted like coffee.

I bottled a barleywine about a month ago, finished at 10.5%. Tasted like a massive dose of hops, massive dose of malt, and a massive dose of smooth alcohol... with absolutely no blending of the 3 whatsoever. Patience is your friend with a barleywine.

[Cosmic Charlie]

I don't know about you, but after brewing for +15 years, I have only recently ventured into high-gravity brewing. Those big beers sure are tasty.

[brewwitch]

from markaberrant:
Post your recipe please. I haven't heard of a barleywine that tasted like coffee.

Sorry it has been so long.. but the recipe I used came from the Extreme brewing Book. I post it below. Anyway, when I first bottled I got the coffee note
but I tried a bottle 2 weeks later (I know it is VERY early) and it was quite green, the coffee note was not there. It tasted a little rough and a little tart.
I'll have to wait for a while before trying it again. It may take a year! But I am hoping it's decent by Christmas!


Preboil tea of
2lbs crystal malt
1 oz cascade hops.

Create puree of

1/2 oz whole leaf cascade
1 lb raisins
Boil
9.9 lbs light malt extract
2 lb light brown sugar
2oz warrior hop pellets
2oz centennial hop pellets

add above puree
1/2 cascade leaf hops (last 10 min)
American Ale yeast

After primary fermentation
add champagne yeast, yeast nutrient, 1/2 lb light brown sugar, 1 oz centennial hop pellets.

secondary for 3 weeks or so