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Rick's Barleywine

Rick's Barleywine

American Barleywine • Extract • 5 gal

jtte

Northern Brewer's kit Mash 150 30mins 130 30 mins

May 28, 2006 pm 02:39pm

3.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1 lbs Belgian Biscuit

    Belgian Biscuit

    Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.

  • 6 lbs Light; John Bull

    Light; John Bull

    Made from Lager malt, it will add body and character to any light brew. Light malt extract will impart rich flavor compounds, ensure an excellent fermentation, and improve the clarity.

  • 6 lbs Dark; John Bull

    Dark; John Bull

    Colored using roasted malt to give a rich mocha flavor and aroma bringing individuality to mild, porter, and stout brews.

  • 0 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 1 oz Target - 10.4 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Target

    Used for its robust bittering ability in British ales and lagers. Aroma is quite intense.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.6 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Fuggle - 3.3 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • .5 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 0 tbsp Real Vanilla Extract - (omitted from calculations)

    Real Vanilla Extract

  • White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    This yeast is famous for its clean flavors, balance and ability to be used in almost any style ale. It accentuates the hop flavors and is extremely versatile.

Notes

Best bet is to use a 2L yeast starter. I do 7 days in primary and at least 14 in secondary, you'd be suprised how long it slow ferments after the initial craziness. Bottle for at least 2 months before even sampling.. as with all "wines", it gets better with age. It will also take a while to carbonate as the yeast are "tired". Start with 1 tbsp. vanilla added to secondary, then add more at bottling if desired. The idea is to just get a hint of vanilla flavor/aroma.. you don't want to be able to really "taste" it.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 19 - Strong Ale

Subcategory: C - American Barleywine

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.091 1.080 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.020 1.016 - 1.030
Color: 61.3 SRM 10 - 19
Alcohol: 9.4% ABV 8% - 12%
Bitterness: 47.5 IBU 50 - 120

Discussion

jtte

Great after 2 years of bottle aging

2008-05-28 7:57am

...although I am shaering this one with friends and family as fast as I can. Wonder what 3 years will produce. Think I will do that, and save another big bottle for the 5 year aniversary !

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