Gusizhuo
Well-Known Member
Ok, I am about to attempt my first barley wine, but the recipe is a bit brief. Can some of you more experienced folks flesh it out for me? Here is its:
Barley Wine
Ingredients:
12 pounds, dry pale malt extract
1/2 pound, honey
1 pound, dry light malt extract
1-1/2 pounds, corn sugar
2 ounces, Chinook boiling hops (13.2 alpha)
2 ounces, Cascade boiling hops (5.5 alpha)
2 tsp., Irish moss
2 ounces, Fuggles hops (finish)
2 tsp., Sparkeloid
champagne yeast
Procedure:
Boil malt, boiling hops, and corn sugar in 1-1/2 gallons water for about 1 hour. In last 30 minutes add Irish moss, Fuggles, and sparkeloid. Add to 3-1/2 gallons cold water in fermenter. Pitch yeast and ferment about 7 months. Bottle and age.
Specifics:
Primary Ferment: 7 months
Some things seem odd to me.
(1) Seven months in a primary fermenter seems just plane wrong
(2) As you add the corn sugar in the initial boil this would seem to be a non-carbonated brew right? Is Barley Wine usually not carbonated?
(3) I have never used Sparkeloid. It goes in at the beginning like that?
(4) Just in general, any more tips or comments that don't directly address my question would be much appreciated.
Barley Wine
Ingredients:
12 pounds, dry pale malt extract
1/2 pound, honey
1 pound, dry light malt extract
1-1/2 pounds, corn sugar
2 ounces, Chinook boiling hops (13.2 alpha)
2 ounces, Cascade boiling hops (5.5 alpha)
2 tsp., Irish moss
2 ounces, Fuggles hops (finish)
2 tsp., Sparkeloid
champagne yeast
Procedure:
Boil malt, boiling hops, and corn sugar in 1-1/2 gallons water for about 1 hour. In last 30 minutes add Irish moss, Fuggles, and sparkeloid. Add to 3-1/2 gallons cold water in fermenter. Pitch yeast and ferment about 7 months. Bottle and age.
Specifics:
Primary Ferment: 7 months
Some things seem odd to me.
(1) Seven months in a primary fermenter seems just plane wrong
(2) As you add the corn sugar in the initial boil this would seem to be a non-carbonated brew right? Is Barley Wine usually not carbonated?
(3) I have never used Sparkeloid. It goes in at the beginning like that?
(4) Just in general, any more tips or comments that don't directly address my question would be much appreciated.