Barleywine Recipe

[mcarlson74]

I was wondering if anybody out there had a good barleywine recipe? I have never had it before but it has peaked my curiousity and would like to make some now for later this year, since it needs to age. If any one could help me out with maybe a little discription I sure would appreciate it. You can either post it here or email it to mcarlson74@yahoo.com. Thanks

[YamahaXS]

from here (http://brewery.org/brewery/cm3/recs/06_02.html)

I have not tried this so I can't vouch for it.
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Barleywine

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Classification: barleywine, extract
Source: Nick Thomas (nt@Eng.Sun.COM) Issue #566, 1/16/91
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I made a batch of this about a year ago and it was so good that I've got two batches of it running in tandem. This has a nice balanced flavor.
Ingredients:
12 pounds, dry pale malt extract
1/2 pound, honey
1 pound, dry light malt extract
1-1/2 pounds, corn sugar
2 ounces, Chinook boiling hops (13.2 alpha)
2 ounces, Cascade boiling hops (5.5 alpha)
2 tsp., Irish moss
2 ounces, Fuggles hops (finish)
2 tsp., Sparkeloid
champagne yeast
Procedure:
Boil malt, boiling hops, and corn sugar in 1-1/2 gallons water for about 1 hour. In last 30 minutes add Irish moss, Fuggles, and sparkeloid. Add to 3-1/2 gallons cold water in fermenter. Pitch yeast and ferment about 7 months. Bottle and age.
Specifics:
Primary Ferment: 7 months

[paul84043]

A 7 month primary ferment? Is that right? That's got to be the longest I have ever heard of. I have seen many with a standard "It's done when it's done" primary and a 6 month conditioning...

[YamahaXS]

Barley wine is a huge beer... probably with 12%+ alcohol content. So like mead, it takes a long long time. Actually NOW would be a good time to start one, should be drinkable around the Holidays. NEXT Christmas that is... :D

[Tweek]

I wouldnt leave it in a primary for 7 months. you need to follow a normal racking schedule with Barley wine. what that 7 months is suggesting is that you let it do its initial aging in a carboy instead of in the bottle.

[paul84043]

Wouldn't it turn out the same if you let it finish fermenting in the primary and or secondary, within say a month or so, and then conditioned it for 6 months to a year in the bottle? I can't see it taking more than a month or so to finish the primary fermentation, there's just not that much sugar in a 5 gallon batch...

[BucksBrew]

I bought some Sierra Nevada Barleywine last week. I made the mistake of drinking it while brewing my 2nd batch of beer ever!

I had 4-5 beers, needless to say it knocked me on my rear end!

Comedy of errors! I dropped my wort chiller line on the floor, water everywhere, then while lifting back up it knocked my thermometer into the wort, had to stick my arm in to retreive, then I missed the Bucket while racking from brewpot into primary fermenter trying to aerate, and I forgot to filter out sediment!

I didn't drink for a week after that stuff! I was sick for the first time in a long time! not eating agrevated the situation.

Next time no drinking in excess!

[batkins]

OUCH!!! I don't think you are supposed to do that! ;)

[BucksBrew]

yeah, I was disappointed in myself. But normally I can drink 6-12 beers and not have a problem during or after! haha m-o-d-e-r-a-t-i-o-n!

[YamahaXS]

well 4-5 barley wines are probably like 10-15 beers.

[BucksBrew]

I thought I would eventually make a Barleywine, not sure now! I like to drink beer. I don't want to have to stop because I'm turning into jello!

[iowabrewer]

Here is one that I thought was good looking! BIG alcohol and lots of malt. Hops are good and plentiful as well! Only for the winter time when it is cold. check it out!

http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator?group=10&item=3496

I'm going to make this one for my winter warmer>>>>>>>>>>

[YamahaXS]

Originally posted by iowabrewer
Here is one that I thought was good looking! BIG alcohol and lots of malt. Hops are good and plentiful as well! Only for the winter time when it is cold. check it out!

http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator?group=10&item=3496

I'm going to make this one for my winter warmer>>>>>>>>>>

I would be very tempted to delete the corn sugar from that recipe. :)

[paul84043]

Would you substitute something for it? I assume it's strictly for cranking up the Alcohol content?

[YamahaXS]

Originally posted by paul84043
Would you substitute something for it? I assume it's strictly for cranking up the Alcohol content?

Yep, I think you are right. Plus that much corn sugar will surely affect the flavor. So I would just delete it.

[iowabrewer]

I agree Yamaha! The corn sugar is not the way I would go. Adding 2 lbs of anything to 14 lbs of malt is just going to get lost. You could add some biscut malt or cara-pils to the mash and get a better result with this type of beer. Maybe some more of the 60L that it calls for (another lb. or so) I'm gonna make this one soon and lay it down for the summer so shoveling snow won't be so painful next winter!

Prost!!!!!!