Since this seems to be the most long-running barley wine thread, I'm posting here ;D
I've had this Brewcraft extract kit for a month or two, waiting for my green chili lager to finish (new mexico flava!) reading up on wide scattered details to make a good barley wine. I've got a few dozen extract brews to my credit and some AG as well, but this is a style that I knew was going to be something different. I love me some BW - Bigfoot, Old Guardian (my favorite) and I've sampled several years of Lagunitas - so I'm excited. Anyways, on with the show.
5 gallon barleywine extract
The kit includes:
specialty grains- 1lb chrystal 40L
.5lb Chrystal 150L malt
.5lb special b malt
7lbs Briess gold light DME
1lb brewers chrystal, 56% maltose corn sugar
1oz US Magnum
1oz US Fuggle
Pretty basic. I'm adding:
1lb briess GL DME
1lb brewersbest light candi sugar.
and ~lb brown sugar at flame-out.
So I heated/steeped the grain in ~3 gal to 150 and let if sit there for about 10 minutes as per the instructions, and added 6lbs of the DME and set it to boil. It's been on for about an hour, I'm going for an extended boil, probably a total of ~3 hours. I'm going to add the remaining DME when I throw in the Magnum and the candi sugar about 10mins before the fuggle. I may also add a little more basic cane sugar, maybe a pound.
The yest provided is safale s-04, two packs worth. I'm going to shake the everloving crap out of the carboy before I pitch the yeast. Even though the pack says simply to pitch the dry yeast onto the wort, I'm going to rehydrate it first. I don't have any extra cash or I'd pick up something else from my LHBS. I figure I'll get some nice hops and dry hop for a few days after primary if I find it too sweet.
I've got a temperature controlled chest freezer, going to ferment around the low end of the stated range at 59f.
Any thoughts? I'll update the OG and status, sorta hoping the previous commentors chime in with results ;D I've been trawling hbt to gather ideas for this brew but it's all over the place. Gotta go stuff my face in some hops, I'll be back soon.