wolfgre
Well-Known Member
I just bought a recipe kit. What can i do to raise the alcohol content?
so do i just need to add more malt extract? can i just by more malt from the suppliers?
If you are just looking to get hammered and get there soon go get some cheap alcohol because a bigger beer (more alcohol) takes longer to ferment out and I am guessing you want to drink this sooner than later.
Homebrewing is more about quality taste than higher ABV.
FYI a barley wine for 5 gallons takes about 30 lbs of extract
Holey shamoley... AHS English Barleywine has only 10lbs of DME! Weaksauce...
if you just want to get slammed on prisonwine...
...You can class it up a bit by using honey instead of sugar and call it 'mead,' but like beer good mead takes a bit more work.
I think AHS may have a typo or 2 I do not think you can get 1.090 with 10 lbs of extract + a little extra for a 5 gallon batch...But I may be wrong I have been in the past...
and a stainless steel toilet....
if you just want to get slammed on prisonwine, buy a big sack of sugar - pour in a couple cans of hopped light extract beer kits for something vaguely beer-like - and pitch some 'super ABV' distiller's yeast to make yourself a nice cheap 25% ABV sugarwine in only 2 or 3 days! Extra points if you ferment it in a toilet. You might want to consider passing it through a carbon filter a few times to enhance it's drinkability, though...
You can class it up a bit by using honey instead of sugar and call it 'mead,' but like beer good mead takes a bit more work.
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