Oh So Fine Barleywine

Here is my New Year's Barley Wine inspired by the Go Gos...

Danger - This batch blew the lid off my fermenter 3 TIMES before it calmed down!

Brewer:	Trip Rice		Email:	-
Beer:	Oh So Fine Barleywine		Style:	Barley Wine
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.0 gallons
Color:	53 HCU (~23 SRM)		Bitterness:	99 IBU
OG:	1.125		FG:	1.028
Alcohol:	12.5% v/v (9.8% w/w)
Water:	Overland Park, Kansas tap water
Grain:	3.0 lb. American crystal 60L 4.0 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Steep:	Steeped the grains for about 30 minutes...from heat on to 180°. Boiled 4 gallons in two pots cuz it kept boiling over. Took me 30 min. to chisel off the carmalized DME from the stove.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.156	4.0 gallons
	14.0 lb. Light malt extract 1.5 lb. Honey
	Added honey @ 45 min. left in the boil. Irish Moss at 20 min left. 1 oz of Dried Ginger added at 5 min. left in boil.
Hops:	3.0 oz. Chinook (13.2% AA, 60 min.) 1.0 oz. Nugget (12.7% AA, 60 min.) 3.0 oz. Northern Brewer (6.6% AA, 30 min.)
Yeast:	Wyeast 1056 in a 1.5 pint starter. Added Champagne yeast when I racked to the secondary.
Log:	Brewed on 8/16/02. I may dry hop in a couple of weeks. Haven't made up my mind yet. I have some Willamette in the fridge that might be destined for this batch. Boy, was it expensive! 14 lbs. of light DME isn't cheap. This is going to be a special holiday concoction, hope it comes out. 8/24/02 Racked to secondary, added Champagne Yeast, added 1 oz. Willamette hops to dry hop. 9/8/02 Racked to tertiary for the long sleep. I will add sterile water to top up to 5 gal. I lost some when I racked to the secondary. I'll probably wait until October to bottle it.
Carbonation:	I use 8 PrimeTabs per 22 oz. bottle.
Tasting:	8/16/02 Brewed today...smelled good, can't wait to tatse it.

Recipe posted 09/08/02.