CajunCountry
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I've been brewing for a little over a year now with about 20 kits under my belt, most of which have come from Northern Brewer. But I've recently become interested in making a barleywine. I plan to make a batch in January and age it until next winter. NB only has one offering of extract barleywine, which doesn't seem very interesting using only 12lbs of amber malt. Info: http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/BarleyWine.pdf
So in my search for a barleywine that is hopefully complex and rewarding, I've come across Jasper's homebrew and their "Stupid brain barleywine". Info:
https://www.boomchugalug.com/downloadables/recipes/stupid_brain.pdf
This one seems more of what I had in mind, but before I get & brew this kit then wait a year to see if my troubles were worth it, I figured I would ask for feed back on this kit/recipe. Any advice would be appreciated.
Also, I'm considering the Bourbon barrel barelywine kit because I had a sample of this style at a local brewery recently that was possibly the best beer I've ever had, but I figure I could wait a few months to make this one only because it has vanilla, which I know fades over time.
So in my search for a barleywine that is hopefully complex and rewarding, I've come across Jasper's homebrew and their "Stupid brain barleywine". Info:
https://www.boomchugalug.com/downloadables/recipes/stupid_brain.pdf
This one seems more of what I had in mind, but before I get & brew this kit then wait a year to see if my troubles were worth it, I figured I would ask for feed back on this kit/recipe. Any advice would be appreciated.
Also, I'm considering the Bourbon barrel barelywine kit because I had a sample of this style at a local brewery recently that was possibly the best beer I've ever had, but I figure I could wait a few months to make this one only because it has vanilla, which I know fades over time.