Barleywine Ideas

[INWarner413]

I'm going to be making my first barleywine on Saturday. This is the basic recipe I'm going with, courtesy of Defalco's:

Grains
18 lbs. Domestic Special Pale malt
1 lb. Munich malt
1 lb. Light Crystal malt

Hops
1 oz. Columbus or Summit hops (bittering)
1 oz. Centennial hops (flavoring)
1 oz. Willamette hops (finishing)
1 oz. Cascades (dry hop after after primary fermentation)

Misc.
1 cup light brown sugar (end of boil)

Yeast
Wyeast #1056

Now, what other things have y'all done with barleywines? I'm kicking around the idea of doing some oak & bourbon during secondary, but wanted to see if there's any unique ideas out there.

 

[Revvy]

I talk about mine in the link in my sig...

 

[INWarner413]

First and foremost, I wish you the best of luck with your health issues.

Secondly, thank you for the link to your recipe. I'm certainly going to use parts of it, though I don't know that I can wait 5 years to drink it!

 

[bknifefight]

I have my first barley wine bulk aging now (it will be 6 months next week!) and I was tempted to oak it but decided that I should tweek the recipe and get it as good as I can before I start adding more to it. But an oaked barley wine just sounds so good