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Big English Barleywine

October 24th, 2014

Well it’s barleywine brewtime! I’m taking a recipe I was given by a fellow brewer, tweaking it a little for personal brewing preferences and brewing up 10 gallons of it. For me it’s the only way barleywine lasts more than a year since I love the stuff. This particular recipe I find interesting since it could be thought of as American or English barleywine. I’ll probably submit it to a competition as both and see what kind of results I get.

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
10 gal 120 min 70.7 IBUs 20.5 SRM 1.105 SG 1.026 SG 10.6 %

Style Details

Name Cat. OG Range FG Range IBU SRM Carb ABV
English Barleywine 19 B 1.08 - 1.12 1.018 - 1.03 35 - 70 8 - 22 1.6 - 2.5 8 - 12 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Pale Malt, Maris Otter 20 lbs 47.34
Melanoiden Malt 4 lbs 9.47
Rye, Flaked 4 lbs 9.47
Vienna Malt 4 lbs 9.47
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L 2 lbs 4.73
Victory Malt 2 lbs 4.73
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L 1 lbs 2.37
Special B Malt 0.25 lbs 0.59
Light Dry Extract 3 lbs 7.1
Sugar, Table (Sucrose) 2 lbs 4.73

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Nugget 4 oz 60 min Boil Pellet 13
Styrian Goldings 1.5 oz 30 min Boil Pellet 5.4
Cascade 2 oz 0 min Boil Pellet 5.5

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
Lactic Acid 20.00 ml 60 min Mash Water Agent
Calcium Chloride 16.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) 8.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
Scottish Ale (1728) Wyeast Labs 71% 55°F - 75°F

Notes

Used a Scottish Export as a giant yeast starter. Split the cake between the two fermenters. grain absorption will be about 4.5 gallons. 13 pre boil gallons. so about 18 gallons of brewing water needed.

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