Barleywine from Zymurgy

[ohiodad]

Thinking about trying the barleywine recipe from page 54 of this month's zymurgy... Put the thing in beersmith with a couple of tweaks to match my equipment though and was rather shocked to see that it only calculated out to about 53 ibus.. Do i have something messed up? Seems this might be a touch sweet.. What are your thoughts? Appreciate any help anyone can offer.

Batch 100 Barleywine
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 4/4/2009
Style: American Barleywine Brewer: Ohiodad
Batch Size: 5.00 gal Assistant Brewer:
Boil Volume: 6.72 gal Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Equipment: Brew Pot (15 Gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (10 Gal)


Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
15.00 lb Golden Promise (3.0 SRM) Grain 76.92 %
2.50 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 12.82 %
1.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 5.13 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3.85 %
0.25 lb Flaked Barley Toasted (1.7 SRM) Grain 1.28 %
1.25 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 14.6 IBU
0.80 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.80 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.80 oz Cascade [8.40 %] (20 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
0.80 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (20 min) Hops 10.5 IBU
0.40 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (10 min) Hops 3.1 IBU
0.80 oz Cascade [8.40 %] (10 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
0.80 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (10 min) Hops 6.5 IBU
0.40 oz Cascade [8.40 %] (2 min) Hops 0.7 IBU
0.40 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (2 min) Hops 0.7 IBU
0.40 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (2 min) Hops 1.2 IBU
0.40 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (2 min) Hops 0.8 IBU
2 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #S-05) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.106 SG (1.080-1.125 SG) Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.019 SG (1.020-1.035 SG) Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Color: 12.2 SRM (10.0-22.0 SRM) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 53.7 IBU (50.0-100.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 30.2 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 11.32 % (8.00-13.00 %) Actual Alcohol by Volume: 0.65 %
Actual Calories: 43 cal/pint


Mash Profile Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge Mash Tun Weight: 9.00 lb
Mash Grain Weight: 19.50 lb Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Grain Temperature: 75.0 F Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Sparge Water: 2.97 gal Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 6.09 gal of water at 165.5 F 154.0 F 60 min


Mash Notes
Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Carbonation Volumes: 2.4 (1.8-2.5 vols)
Estimated Priming Weight: 3.8 oz Temperature at Bottling: 60.0 F
Primer Used: - Age for: 4.0 Weeks
Storage Temperature: 52.0 F

 

[s3n8]

I have only made a few beers that big, and none of them have been 'ready' for about 6 months. By that time, most of those late addition aroma hops are gonna be MIA. If it were me, I would want it a bit more balanced. The BU:GU of that brew is roughly 1:2. Mine have all been closer to 1:1. Then again, I like hops .

Looking again, 1.25oz of FWH Chinook should give you way more than 14 IBUs. That doesn't seem right.

 

[mkling]

I'm not sure what's going on with your Beersmith, but when I put in just the Chinook FWH, I get 73.9 IBU just from those without the other additions. Not sure what setting you're using, but something's wrong in your Beersmith, not in the recipe.

 

[Poobah58]

Set your bitterness adjust to Rager and FWH utilization to -10.

 

[ohiodad]

Set your bitterness adjust to Rager and FWH utilization to -10.

O.k. that took me up to 90.4 IBU a little more what I was thinking....

Is -10 the proper setting for FWH? I think I had mine set to -65 because of something I read that Denny Conn wrote up once...