Help me come up with my 50th Birthday (or my Memorial) 5 year aged Barleywine recipe.

[Revvy]

That brochet looks amazing. What color!!! Also, the habanero mead sounds fantastic. Great pictures, damn good looking food. Looks like it was fun!

Smitty hadn't mentioned ahead that he was doing a habenero mead. If I had know, rather than him doing two of them, I would have brought some of the various dried smoked peppers I use for my chocolate mole porter. I get them cheap at mexican groceries. But I have an assortment of ancho, chipotle and other smoky or raisny peppers, he could have used for the second batch. Oh well. We'll no for next time.

Sadly all I had to photgraph with was my camera. So it doesn't really do the colors of the brochet justice as it was cooking.

 

[johnnybrew]

Revvy - looks like your brew day went well and that you had fun. Look forward to the tasting posts in about 1,825 days or so.... All the best!

 

[Shooter]

Been away from HBT for a few days and missed out on the fun. That brew day looks AWESOME!!

 

[Revvy]

Hehehehe....This is what I found when I got home from work today.

 

[IslandMike]

Looks like you need a blow off tube from the blow off tube bottle...

 

[ChshreCat]

Sorry I couldn't be there to help you brew it, but I can try to come out there in 5 years and drink it with you.

 

[Revvy]

The Sequel.

 

[Shooter]

Man, that's quite a ferment!!! The Fermcap should work...hopefully.

 

[ThickHead]

I had a feeling, after looking at that tiny little blow-off tube and such a big beer/pitch-rate in that bucket, that things were gonna get messy with this one.

Great stuff Revvy. I will certainly be following the progress on this monster. That habanero mead has just motivated me to try my first mead as well. Keep on keepin' on brother!

 

[Revvy]

Checked it this morning, it is still steadily bubbling away.

 

[RDWHAHB]

Such a shame; all that work and you ruin it by fermenting in PLASTIC. Haven't you heard, it will infect your beer.
I'll start running now....

 

[Revvy]

Such a shame; all that work and you ruin it by fermenting in PLASTIC. Haven't you heard, it will infect your beer.
I'll start running now....

I won't even dignify that with a comment.
(But come secondary time it will go into a glass carboy, since it will be in there for a year at least.)

 

[eibbor]

That does look like an incredible day was had, thanks for the pics and the updates on the fermentation. I cant wait to see what it will look like in a beer glass.

 

[Justibone]

This has been an epic-ly awesome thread of awesomeness.

Wish I coulda been there.

 

[Revvy]

I thought I'd give you an update. It just occurred to me this very morning....

And no, I will NOT send it to you for proper disposal.

 

[johnnybrew]

Revvy - I just noticed that your home is like mine... uncovered outlets and likely a list of other home improvement projects that are a mile long. Glad to see your Bareleywine took precedence. Priorities, mate. Priorities.

 

[Revvy]

Revvy - I just noticed that your home is like mine... uncovered outlets and likely a list of other home improvement projects that are a mile long. Glad to see your Bareleywine took precedence. Priorities, mate. Priorities.

Actually I live in a loft, this isn't my home, it's my girlfriend's. I live an hour away from her and my work (she's 10 minutes from my work in Detroit so I stay there a lot), and I didn't want to drive the BW back Port Huron. So I figured I'd leave it there at least through primary, since it's a basement and should be more stable temp wise.

Shes owned the house for like 12 years, and hates the basement. She only goes down to the basement to do laundry, since it's full of spiders and stuff. Hence the tacky 1970's two color walls that were there probably since you bought the house. There's actually a lot of DIY that needs to be done there, not just in the basement. I actually have done a bunch of stuff for her, like hang here flatscreen on the wall for her, and stuff like that.

 

[johnnybrew]

...I actually have done a bunch of stuff for her, like hang here flatscreen on the wall for her, and stuff like that.

That's what I'm talkin' bout! Your priorities are exemplary! Worthy of praise, mate.

 

[Revvy]

That's what I'm talkin' bout! Your priorities are exemplary! Worthy of praise, mate.

Yeah. I guess she's had the tv AND the bracket for like 3 years. I was sick of seeing the bracket lying around. But it's funny she is a bigger sports fan than I am, and I figured she'd want it hung immediately for her baseball enjoyment.

 

[Justibone]

Yeah. I guess she's had the tv AND the bracket for like 3 years. I was sick of seeing the bracket lying around. But it's funny she is a bigger sports fan than I am, and I figured she'd want it hung immediately for her baseball enjoyment.

Living in Detroit, man, that'd be tough if she was a Lions fan...

 

[Revvy]

Living in Detroit, man, that'd be tough if she was a Lions fan...

Hey watch it, I am one....This is going to be our year.
Actually I believe that before this beer gets opened, we WILL be in the playoffs. I'm not saying we'll win...just that we will be on a pretty good roll. I really like our new coach, so I'm hoping over the next few years, stuff gets sorted out.

 

[Justibone]

Hey watch it, I am one....This is going to be our year.
Actually I believe that before this beer gets opened, we WILL be in the playoffs. I'm not saying we'll win...just that we will be on a pretty good roll. I really like our new coach, so I'm hoping over the next few years, stuff gets sorted out.

I hope you're right.

As a part-time Colts fan, I know that we're in an upswing, and that the good times won't last past Peyton's retirement, but it sure is fun while it lasts!

 

[johnnybrew]

There's nothing like the futile feeling of being a Cubs fan... some day.... some day....

 

[azscoob]

Cubs? didn't they used to play in Chicago? I kid, I kid, I grew up there! Revvy, the Pics look like a busy yet fantastic time, I am interested in that Hab Mead, that could be tasty!

 

[Goatey]

Wow... I grew up in Lapeer County (it's a county or two adjacent to you Revvy). I live Connecticut now, but after looking at the pictures it really made me want to make an impromptu visit to my family. Oh, and I would have been another helping hand at your brewfest.

Either way, best of luck to you Revvy. You've been a major help in my home brewing adventure.

I am sure the beer will be phenomenal.

 

[johnnybrew]

...I live Connecticut now....

Where in CT? I grew up in New Haven and miss it (and the pizza). If you haven't been to Bar in downtown New Haven, make the effort. They have a micro-brewery on the premises and make amazing brick oven pizza. That place is heaven.

 

[NuclearRich]

Where in CT? I grew up in New Haven and miss it (and the pizza). If you haven't been to Bar in downtown New Haven, make the effort. They have a micro-brewery on the premises and make amazing brick oven pizza. That place is heaven.

I work in New Haven! and I LOVE pizza from Bar. The beer is okay (my homebrew is superior! ), but mashed potato pizza is amazing. If I have a really slow day, I'll go there for lunch.

Revvy, all that brewing on brewday is outstanding! Good luck with the barleywine and the heart (I was going to attach a 'more importantly' to that sentance, but then I couln't figure out which part of the sentance it applied to).
I work in cardiology. NICM isn't fun, but can be improved upon. I've seen patients have mitral valve prolapse and not do anything about it (because they were ghetto fab), and they experienced major decreases in cardiac function. So keep a close eye on it, and when the docs tell you to replace the valve, do it. I think you will do just fine. Besides, I can't imagine the brewing world without you... secondaries before the krausen falls, airlocks becoming the standard measurement of fermentation, infections running rampant...

 

[johnnybrew]

I work in New Haven! and I LOVE pizza from Bar. The beer is okay (my homebrew is superior! ), but mashed potato pizza is amazing. If I have a really slow day, I'll go there for lunch.

Yeah, people never believe me that mashed potato pizza is good. I have had it elsewhere, and it is never as good as Bar's.

My brother works downtown in a research lab at Yale (I used to as well... back in the day) and just opened a new brew shop. Check him out... http://www.stompncrush.com/ Tell him JohnnyBrew sent you (his name is AL).

Cheers!

 

[joe1996]

well Revvy im sorry to hear about your disease, but im sure youll be drinking that barley wine in 5 years.

live strong, be strong, brew strong.

 

[winterparkmg]

Revvy,

What did you happen to pitch onto the second beer from the third runnings? I ended up with a 1.050 batch on the third time around (I had much less efficiency it seems) and am gonna sacrifice a vial of the WLP 001 and just get more later for the secondary. Thoughts?

(PS, sorry to copy your brew, but given my location and inability to attend/help, plus all I've learned from you, I decided to make my own in absentia)

~Wm