Class of '88 Barleywine. I have had some, now I want more...

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brewzur

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So my FIL brought me some of this limited release Class of 88 barleywine from North Coast Brewery.. The recipe is part of a joint effort from North Coast, Rogue, and Descutes, for several beers for their combined 25 year anniversary.
As far as barleywines go I have not had anything else quite like it, Light in color and malt flavors heavier on the citrus/piney hops. Comes through more like a light pale ale, but w/ a heavy %10 ABV, (Dangerously good). from the info off the bottle and off of deschutes website i have come up w/ this. I only have a couple of AG recipes under my Belt and haven't yet attempted this big of a beer any tips would be awesome.

From the Bottle:
OG - 1.093
BG - 1.022 (Bottling Gravity??)
IBU - 75
Color - 7.5 SRM

From the Website:

Rogue and North Coast Brewing Co. have joined forces with us to recreate a craft beer classic.

A hoppy citrus aroma radiates from this pale amber Barley Wine Ale. Its sturdy malt backbone is balanced with clean bitterness. Finishes pleasantly without overpowering.

Malt: Pale, Carahell, Maris Otter
Hops: Nugget, Millennium, Northern Brewer, Cascade, Mosaic

From Me screwing around on Beersmith:
5 Gallon Batch @ 75% Eff.
13.5# Pale 2 Row
2# MO
2# 10L Crystal
.75oz Nugget 31.9 IBU @ 60
.5oz Northern Brewer 10.7 IBU @ 30
1oz Millenium 23.2 IBU @15
1oz Simcoe 8.5 @ 5
1oz Cascade Dry Hop in secondary for 7 days

Mash @ 150-1* For 1hr Sparge w/ 168*
Est. OG 1.095,74.3 IBU,7.5 SRM
Not sure what yeast to use on this, any input would be awesome.

Thanks
 
To bad nobody had any input. I would like to recreate this beer. It's really good. I'll research it and see what I come up with. Did you brew this recipe?
 
I just bought a couple bottles of the Deschutes version. Amazing barleywine. Saving the other bottles in the cellar
 
Was this only produced in '13? If so, I just had a 5 year aged barleywine. So awesome. I'm kinda sad I uncorked it without having anyone around to share it with.

I remember having this beer some time back, and it seems like '13 would have been about right. It was good then. It is awesome now.
 
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