So 6 days ago I brewed a 4 gallon batch of English Barleywine, recipe below. I had planned on step feeding with 1 lb of corn sugar in order to make sure I hit my FG, but my slurry of 1028 already overshot my FG and I'm worried if I add the corn sugar as planned I'll dry it out too much.
Partial Mash (mashed 90 min @ 149F)
7lbs Marris Otter
1/2 lb Crystal 120
1/2 lb Caramunich III
3lbs Muntons Light DME
1/2 lb Briess Pilsen DME
1 oz Horizon (11.2%aa) 60 min
1/4 oz Kent Golding (6.7%) 60 min
1/2 oz Kent Golding (6.7%) 20 min
1/2 oz Kent Golding (6.7%) Flameout
OG measured 1.093
pitched ~400mL of 1028 slurry from Northern English Brown I bottled the same day (temp around 60). Second aeration after 18 hrs.
Fermented at RT (low-mid 60s)
Today, SG: 1.018. Calculated FG was 1.023
After 6 days it obviously tastes very hot but like a barleywine.
I'm already at 9.8% ABV, was originally aiming for around 10.2% with the corn sugar addition
So what do you guys think, let it ride without the step feeding?
Partial Mash (mashed 90 min @ 149F)
7lbs Marris Otter
1/2 lb Crystal 120
1/2 lb Caramunich III
3lbs Muntons Light DME
1/2 lb Briess Pilsen DME
1 oz Horizon (11.2%aa) 60 min
1/4 oz Kent Golding (6.7%) 60 min
1/2 oz Kent Golding (6.7%) 20 min
1/2 oz Kent Golding (6.7%) Flameout
OG measured 1.093
pitched ~400mL of 1028 slurry from Northern English Brown I bottled the same day (temp around 60). Second aeration after 18 hrs.
Fermented at RT (low-mid 60s)
Today, SG: 1.018. Calculated FG was 1.023
After 6 days it obviously tastes very hot but like a barleywine.
I'm already at 9.8% ABV, was originally aiming for around 10.2% with the corn sugar addition
So what do you guys think, let it ride without the step feeding?