kpr121
Well-Known Member
So this week we found out that my wife is pregnant! This will be our first one, we have been trying for ~6 months. Were so excited, and already she is harping on me about making a big beer that we can pop open once she is able to drink again (I got a good SWMBO let me tell you!)
My ideal plan would be to come up with a recipe that I would brew each year around the boy/girl’s birthday, and then we would have a nice vertical tasting going each year to celebrate the special day. I have a nice cubby/closet in the basement that I would age/cellar the beers in. I figure I could bulk age in a carboy/corny for 10 months, then bottle to be ready for the B-day. So each year I would bottle the last years batch, then brew the current years batch.
We were thinking either a RIS or Barleywine, both of which she really enjoys, since the baby is due in early January. Thing is I’ve never brewed either, closest I came was a DIPA that ended up being to malty, so I pretended it was a Barleywine.
Does anyone have any good recipe or ideas, I have a bunch of bulk grains and hops on hand so I’d like to stay with what I have. Heres what I have on hand:
Grains- US 2 Row, German Pilsner, Maris Otter, Vienna, Munich, c10, c20, c60, Chocolate, Black patent, Carapils
Hops-Cascade, Magnum, Citra, Centennial, Simcoe, Crystal, Columbus, Sterling
Additionally we are thinking we might make some Mead to lay down for a longgg time, maybe crack it open only on our little one's special occasions.
Any help would be appreciated (with the beer or being a parent!)
My ideal plan would be to come up with a recipe that I would brew each year around the boy/girl’s birthday, and then we would have a nice vertical tasting going each year to celebrate the special day. I have a nice cubby/closet in the basement that I would age/cellar the beers in. I figure I could bulk age in a carboy/corny for 10 months, then bottle to be ready for the B-day. So each year I would bottle the last years batch, then brew the current years batch.
We were thinking either a RIS or Barleywine, both of which she really enjoys, since the baby is due in early January. Thing is I’ve never brewed either, closest I came was a DIPA that ended up being to malty, so I pretended it was a Barleywine.
Does anyone have any good recipe or ideas, I have a bunch of bulk grains and hops on hand so I’d like to stay with what I have. Heres what I have on hand:
Grains- US 2 Row, German Pilsner, Maris Otter, Vienna, Munich, c10, c20, c60, Chocolate, Black patent, Carapils
Hops-Cascade, Magnum, Citra, Centennial, Simcoe, Crystal, Columbus, Sterling
Additionally we are thinking we might make some Mead to lay down for a longgg time, maybe crack it open only on our little one's special occasions.
Any help would be appreciated (with the beer or being a parent!)