makisupa
Well-Known Member
I'm getting married on 12.31.11 and my fiance and I are giving our guests bombers as wedding gifts. You want an invite now don't you?
I've found a local brewer with a big enough system to brew a 20 gallon stout or Belgian strong ale recipe in one shot. Brewing on 10/21 gives me 7-10 days for primary fermentation to complete. So let's say that the beer would go into secondary carboys on 10/31.
From 10/31 I'll be allotted ~6 weeks of bulk conditioning time. Maybe 7. At that time, I need to infuse the beer with corn sugar and bottle the week of 12/19 (due to travel plans).
I'm looking for a Russian Imperial Stout or Belgian Strong Ale recipe that works in this time-frame and will bottle age for a period of 6-12 months. We'd like to include a note with the bottles that invites guest to cellar it for a year and drink it on our one year anniversary (we'll also let them know it's not carb'd yet).
Any help is appreciated.
I've found a local brewer with a big enough system to brew a 20 gallon stout or Belgian strong ale recipe in one shot. Brewing on 10/21 gives me 7-10 days for primary fermentation to complete. So let's say that the beer would go into secondary carboys on 10/31.
From 10/31 I'll be allotted ~6 weeks of bulk conditioning time. Maybe 7. At that time, I need to infuse the beer with corn sugar and bottle the week of 12/19 (due to travel plans).
I'm looking for a Russian Imperial Stout or Belgian Strong Ale recipe that works in this time-frame and will bottle age for a period of 6-12 months. We'd like to include a note with the bottles that invites guest to cellar it for a year and drink it on our one year anniversary (we'll also let them know it's not carb'd yet).
Any help is appreciated.