Alcohol content!

[thenation]

I Am looking to make a beer with a very high alcohol content that is not a barley wine anybody got any tricks on how to do this?

 

[germanmade84]

Tons of pale malt, pale malt and a good long low temp step mash

 

[germanmade84]

Or for a belgian u can use belgian candy sugar but only light colr it has more fermentables than any dark stuff, maybe u knew all this tho.

 

[Golddiggie]

More fermentable ingredients... When you say 'very high alcohol content' what is your quest? Just be sure to balance the high ABV with a good malt backbone and enough hops to not make a sugar junky scream in bliss.

Look at recipes for things like RIS, different imperials, DIPA's, etc... Robust porters are also good to look over. Depending on the yeast strain, it could attenuate to the point where it finishes too dry and it's not something good to drink. Generally, as long as it's not TOO dry, aging will take care of that. But, if you're going to bottle this, you could be looking at an extended bottle carbonating time frame too.

Making a beer with high ABV that's great to drink, it neither simple, easy, or fast. It's why there are so few of them, generally, available.

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

Look into making a braggot, its a hybrid of beer and mead

 

[masskrug]

Add some DME late into your boil.

 

[bombcar]

Dump a gallon of vodka in before bottling.

 

[Golddiggie]

I think I smell troll from the OP...

 

[daksin]

I think I smell troll from the OP...

Nah, just high schooler.

 

[Vigo_Carpathian]

This thread may help. The target ABV for this Utopias clone is 24%.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/my-shot-utopias-clone-241295/

 

[Golddiggie]

This thread may help. The target ABV for this Utopias clone is 24%.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/my-shot-utopias-clone-241295/

That all??? pfftt.. lol