Barleywine

[DallasSVT]

Hows it going guys?

I have a barleywine that was brewed a while back sat in the secondary for about a month and now has been in a keg for about three weeks. i put it under about 35 psi and i fill it up about every other day.
when whill it be prime for drinking and should i keep hitting it with CO2 or should i just let it sit?

[brewmonkey]

Hard to tell when it will be at it speak, but Barleywines can survive and condition for a very long time (years). I would go easy on the carbonation as they should not be highly carbonated but rather mellow.

[Tweek]

best way to figure this out is to taste it periodically. make sure you fill a couple bottles that you can stash for a few years. Its fun to go back and visit your big beers years later.

[BeerBelly]

best way to figure this out is to taste it periodically.

But if you"sample" with extreme prejudice 5 gallons wont last for "years" :D

[S.F.B.]

Originally posted by BeerBelly
But if you"sample" with extreme prejudice 5 gallons wont last for "years" :D

Thus the reason to fill some bottles to stash away.

[DallasSVT]

i have a couple of bottles for that reason.

but. should i just put it in the corner and stop giving it co2 or do i need to keep filling it up?

[toneyc]

It should only absorb so much CO2 at a certain temperature and pressure. If you keep having to pressurize it after a couple of weeks, you may have a leak somewhere. So I would say "Yes, give it a shot of CO2 every day or two. That's how I do mine. I don't leave the gas attached, I give each keg a shot of gas every day or two. Some of them don't seem to need any, others I can hear the regulator chirp as it passes gas.

:)
Toney.

[DallasSVT]

thats what i was doing. problem is that barleywine has been sitting like a week and i wanted to put it at arround 18 psi and when i did i guess it had more in the keg and it filled up my co2 tube with beer so should i just let it sit?