Whats up everyone,
A couple of days ago I posted a recipe for an American barley wine that I threw together in Beersmith. The recipe was extract and is listed below:
6# Pale Extract
3# Amber Extract
1.25# Melanoiden
1# Light Munich
.5# Carapils
.5# Crystal 30
.25# Carabohemian
1.25# Grade A Maple Syrup 5 min
1.5oz Warrior 60 min
.8oz Fuggles 15 min
I did a 90 minute boil and was attempting to end up with 3.25 gallons with an OG of 1.117. After the boil was finished I was nowhere near 3.25 gallons. After I cooled the wort I topped the carboy off with bottled water. I must have diluted the hell out of the wort because my OG ended up being 1.075! I was not even in the ballpark where I wanted to be. I also forgot to add the whirfloc....that's what I get for late night brewing lol. The color came out perfect ( around 22 SRM) and has a nice deep red hue. According to Beersmith I also ended up with 85 IBUs. My question is what exactly did I end up with style wise? I was shooting for a 12% Barleywine and will not even be close. Its fermenting like crazy which is not a bad thing . I guess now I know not to add water to the carboy. Thanks!
A couple of days ago I posted a recipe for an American barley wine that I threw together in Beersmith. The recipe was extract and is listed below:
6# Pale Extract
3# Amber Extract
1.25# Melanoiden
1# Light Munich
.5# Carapils
.5# Crystal 30
.25# Carabohemian
1.25# Grade A Maple Syrup 5 min
1.5oz Warrior 60 min
.8oz Fuggles 15 min
I did a 90 minute boil and was attempting to end up with 3.25 gallons with an OG of 1.117. After the boil was finished I was nowhere near 3.25 gallons. After I cooled the wort I topped the carboy off with bottled water. I must have diluted the hell out of the wort because my OG ended up being 1.075! I was not even in the ballpark where I wanted to be. I also forgot to add the whirfloc....that's what I get for late night brewing lol. The color came out perfect ( around 22 SRM) and has a nice deep red hue. According to Beersmith I also ended up with 85 IBUs. My question is what exactly did I end up with style wise? I was shooting for a 12% Barleywine and will not even be close. Its fermenting like crazy which is not a bad thing . I guess now I know not to add water to the carboy. Thanks!