Recent content by mad31587

Looks great!

So I have a Bourbon Barrel Barleywine that is nearly 1.5 years old now and I have been enjoying for the past year or so with all of the bottles being carbonated. Within the past 2 months, all of the bottles that I have opened have been completely flat...quite a disappointment being this beer...

I used 1.5 oz medium toast oak chips in a 5 gal batch. Toasted them in a pan to get the oils aromatics going and added to the secondary. I believe the recommended contact time was like a minimum of 4 weeks, it said on the package that I don't have anymore. I left it in contact for...

Kilted Brewer, Did you ever brew this recipe? How'd it turn out? Did you use the faerie's finest extract? Thanks a lot, this is one of my favorite beers and I wanna find a good clone.

Yeah I guess that's a good classification for the beer. That's a good point that my FG is only slightly over yours. It'll definitely be fun but not till next fall, or at least I hope I can wait that long. Another month or so in the secondary with the oak (only a small amount) and then...

New to posting on the site, but have done plenty of research. A question for those who've brewed this recipe or just anyone more advanced than me: I brewed a converted extract version of this recipe and ended up with a OG much higher than the all grain original, I probably went a bit overboard...