Recipe below; couple questions (though feel free to chime in on anything else):
1) Anyone ever use Centennial and Willamette together, or have thoughts on how they might work together? I wanted something other than the citrus-on-citrus of the usual "C's".
2) If I'm aiming for a nice alcohol-malt-hops balance, is the mash @ 154 OK? I was thinking I didn't want to go much lower, to preserve some of the mouthfeel and maltiness; plus I'll get a bunch of fermentables from the honey. But maybe I should go higher?
Thanks in advance...
Recipe Calculation
12B. Barleywine And Imperial Stout, American-Style Barleywine All-grain
Stats
OG 1.113
FG 1.028
IBU 91
SRM 14
ABV 11.0
Specifics
Single infusion @154F for 75 min
Boil Volume 7 gallons
Batch Size 5.5 gallons
Yeast 75% AA
Fermentables
% Weight (lbs) Grain Gravity Color
43.5 % 10.00 American Two-row Pale 50.5 3.3
8.7 % 2.00 Vienna 8.2 1.5
8.7 % 2.00 Victory Malt 7.9 2.5
8.7 % 2.00 CaraPils 9.0 0.7
8.7 % 2.00 Munich Light 9.0 2.9
8.7 % 2.00 American Crystal 40L 9.3 14.5
13.0 % 3.00 Honey 19.1 0.8
23.00 112.9
Hops
% Wt Wt(oz) Hop (whole) AA% Time Util IBU
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 90 0.174 24.9
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 60 0.163 23.3
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 30 0.125 17.9
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 10 0.059 8.4
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 2 0.014 2.0
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 DH 0.000 0.0
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 30 0.125 9.4
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 10 0.059 4.4
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 2 0.014 1.0
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 DH 0.000 0.0
10.00 91.3
Yeast: WLP060 American Ale cake from previous blond ale batch; gradually feed results of that to a starter of WLP099 High Grav
1) Anyone ever use Centennial and Willamette together, or have thoughts on how they might work together? I wanted something other than the citrus-on-citrus of the usual "C's".
2) If I'm aiming for a nice alcohol-malt-hops balance, is the mash @ 154 OK? I was thinking I didn't want to go much lower, to preserve some of the mouthfeel and maltiness; plus I'll get a bunch of fermentables from the honey. But maybe I should go higher?
Thanks in advance...
Recipe Calculation
12B. Barleywine And Imperial Stout, American-Style Barleywine All-grain
Stats
OG 1.113
FG 1.028
IBU 91
SRM 14
ABV 11.0
Specifics
Single infusion @154F for 75 min
Boil Volume 7 gallons
Batch Size 5.5 gallons
Yeast 75% AA
Fermentables
% Weight (lbs) Grain Gravity Color
43.5 % 10.00 American Two-row Pale 50.5 3.3
8.7 % 2.00 Vienna 8.2 1.5
8.7 % 2.00 Victory Malt 7.9 2.5
8.7 % 2.00 CaraPils 9.0 0.7
8.7 % 2.00 Munich Light 9.0 2.9
8.7 % 2.00 American Crystal 40L 9.3 14.5
13.0 % 3.00 Honey 19.1 0.8
23.00 112.9
Hops
% Wt Wt(oz) Hop (whole) AA% Time Util IBU
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 90 0.174 24.9
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 60 0.163 23.3
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 30 0.125 17.9
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 10 0.059 8.4
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 2 0.014 2.0
10.0 % 1.00 Centennial 10.5 DH 0.000 0.0
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 30 0.125 9.4
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 10 0.059 4.4
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 2 0.014 1.0
10.0 % 1.00 Willamette 5.5 DH 0.000 0.0
10.00 91.3
Yeast: WLP060 American Ale cake from previous blond ale batch; gradually feed results of that to a starter of WLP099 High Grav