John came over today and racked our Barely wine into the secondary fermenter and added two ounces of Willamette hops. While racking we took a sample for tasting and checking gravity. The gravity was a surprisingly low 1.014, well below what would be expected. QBrew estimated 1.027, although the starting gravity was lower than the estimated 1.105. So, the alcohol content given the measured gravities is 125*(1.095-1.014) = 10.25 % ABV which is right on the mark. However, this low finishing gravity means the beer will be significantly dryer than we hoped.

Jessica, John and I all tasted the beer and agreed that it was quite dry, surprising dry in fact. However, the flavors otherwise were very nice, and the dryness of the beer will probably make it a more refreshing variation of the more typically barley wine.