Oh So Fine Barleywine
Here is my New Year's Barley Wine inspired by the Go Gos...
Brewer: | Trip Rice | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Oh So Fine Barleywine | Style: | Barley Wine | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.0 gallons | |||||
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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) |
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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 |
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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.) |
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Yeast: | Wyeast 1056 in a 1.5 pint starter. | |||||||
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. |
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Carbonation: | 2.2 volumes | Corn Sugar: 3.66 oz. for 5.0 gallons @ 70°F | ||||||
I use 8 PrimeTabs per 22 oz. bottle. | ||||||||
Tasting: | 8/16/02 Brewed today...smelled good, can't wait to tatse it. |
Recipe posted 08/18/02.