Barley wine for Beehive Brew Off _-.;.-

Barley wine for Beehive Brew Off

Submitted by brewmaster on Sat, 2009-07-04 17:44

Brewing

Today John brewed a nice barley wine over at our house. The brew is to be entered in the upcoming Behive Brew Off. Here is the rundown:

Recipe	BW1	Style	American Barleywine
Brewer	pldr	Batch	5.00 gal
All Grain

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity	1.109 OG	Estimated FG	1.027 FG
Recipe Bitterness	118 IBU	Alcohol by Volume	10.6%
Recipe Color	14° SRM	Alcohol by Weight	8.3%

Ingredients

Quantity	Grain	Type	Use
17.00 lb	British two-row	Grain	Mashed
1.00 lb	CaraMunich	Grain	Mashed
2.00 lb	CaraPils	Grain	Mashed
1.00 lb	Crystal 20L	Grain	Mashed
Quantity	Hop	Type	Time
2.00 oz	Centennial	Pellet	30 minutes
1.00 oz	Centennial	Pellet	2 minutes
1.00 oz	Kent Golding	Pellet	30 minutes
2.00 oz	Kent Golding	Pellet	60 minutes
0.25 oz	Magnum	Pellet	30 minutes
0.75 oz	Magnum	Pellet	60 minutes
1.00 oz	Willamette	Pellet	2 minutes
2.00 oz	Willamette	Pellet	0 minutes
Quantity	Misc	Notes
2.00 unit	American Ale yeast	Yeast

Recipe Notes

Heated up 21 quarts of filtered spring water to 168 F.
Prepared the 32 quart cooler with filter.
Added the water to the cooler.
Slowly added grains to the cooler.
Checked temp at 155 F, added some cold water to bring it down to 152 F.
Closed the lid and mashed for 60 minutes.
Sparged for 30 minutes with 170 F water.
Collected about 6.5 gallons.
Noted that the runnings were still at 1.050!
Started the boil.
Added .75 oz of Mag. and 2 oz of Goldings.
30 minutes in added 2 oz of Centennial, 1 oz of Goldings and 0.25 oz of Mag.
58 minutes in added 1 oz of Centennial and 1 oz of Willamette.
Chilled each brew pot fast.
Filled the sanitized and rinsed carboy and gave it a strong shake.
Pitched two smack-packs of Wyeast 1056.

Batch Notes

And a few pictures