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

[Shooter]

Sounds like this is going to be a good beer! I'm taking the last of that old ale, The Reverend, to pour at NHC club night.

 

[piteko]

It was fun reading this whole thread last night. You guys were (and still are) all awesome in support of me during that scary time, and in making this project!!

I'd like to say that we are pleased to be part of your life as you are in hours with all the good advices you gave us
And I still laugh at your "the horse has been beaten to death, then rose again as a zombie and beaten down again countless times" post

I'm working on a label and am planning to put all your HBT names on it as helpers of the brew.

Please post it here, I'm fond of labels and I collect them. Someday I will use them to cover the brewhouse door (aka the garage door) in some sort of decoupage and I'd like to have yours too

Cheers from Italy!
Piteko

 

[VonRunkel]

I guess the old adage 'RDWHAHB' isn't just for making beer, turns out it applies to life too.
Glad you're still kicking, and I can only imagine the flavorgasm that your barley wine is going to induce.

 

[jefro]

Like many others, I sat and read this thread from start to finish, neglecting many other things. It is better than most of the novels I have read. Very thankful to have stumbled on such a great bunch of folks.

 

[Haputanlas]

I forgot that you mentioned early on about freeze concentrating some of it. Is this still something on your TODO list?

 

[wiescins]

I'm glad your still doing well! I've been an occasional visitor here for a couple years and your posts (direct and indirect) have helped me immensely. Keep doing what you're doing! It's great to see another proud Lions fan out there too!

 

[Revvy]

I thought I posted the label for this.

 

[JordanThomas]

I thought I posted the label for this.

Oh, MAN... Maybe consider reconfiguring the dating so we don't think you've expired!

 

[Revvy]

Yeah good call......

 

[piteko]

50 year old honey?!?
Cheers!
Piteko

 

[Revvy]

An update.

It was going to get bottled today, but my jet bottle washer broke while rinsing bottles and I didn't want to clean them all by hand. But I decided to pull a sample anyway.

So it's been in the oak bourbon barrel since June....It's insane. It tastes chocolatey???? It tastes like the latest batch of Bourbon County Stout actually, NOT a 17.5% Barleywine. But smoother. This thing is dangerous. What it doesn't taste is over oakey like I thought it would in the barrel for 5 month.

 

[azscoob]

An update.

It was going to get bottled today, but my jet bottle washer broke while rinsing bottles and I didn't want to clean them all by hand. But I decided to pull a sample anyway.

So it's been in the oak bourbon barrel since June....It's insane. It tastes chocolatey???? It tastes like the latest batch of Bourbon County Stout actually, NOT a 17.5% Barleywine. But smoother. This thing is dangerous. What it doesn't taste is over oakey like I thought it would in the barrel for 5 month.

I love the depth of flavor that barrel aging gives a beer, looks beautiful by the way!

 

[piteko]

Damn, the Duvel I have here with me doesn't taste no more as good as before the reading of this post
I'd like to be over there with you

Cheers from Italy!
Piteko

 

[johnnybrew]

After all that time in oak I would have been worried too. Glad you're diggin' it and still around to do so! Cheers, mate!

 

[divrguy]

An update.

It was going to get bottled today, but my jet bottle washer broke while rinsing bottles and I didn't want to clean them all by hand. But I decided to pull a sample anyway.

So it's been in the oak bourbon barrel since June....It's insane. It tastes chocolatey???? It tastes like the latest batch of Bourbon County Stout actually, NOT a 17.5% Barleywine. But smoother. This thing is dangerous. What it doesn't taste is over oakey like I thought it would in the barrel for 5 month.

Hey Revvy, great to hear that's a good one. I have been dying to try this as well but I tasted a few Oaked IPA's and it seems either too much or not enough. I would love to know your recipe if you want to share it!!

 

[Revvy]

Hey Revvy, great to hear that's a good one. What's the scoop in your barrel? Is it a new barrel, an old whiskey barrel or wine barrel or any other info about it. I have been dying to try this as well but I tasted a few Oaked IPA's and it seems either too much or not enough. I would love to know your recipe if you want to share it!! 😄

It was a barrel decommisioned in June from a distillery, got it through adventures in homebrewing.

As to the recipe...it's in this thread, there's a link to it in the first post.

 

[divrguy]

It was a barrel decommisioned in June from a distillery, got it through adventures in homebrewing.

As to the recipe...it's in this thread, there's a link to it in the first post.

Awesome Revvy thanks!

 

[huntingohio]

Wow revy thats truly amazing.. Great job

 

[JordanThomas]

That thing is DARK! I don't think I've ever seen a barleywine that black in color. Not that that's a bad thing

 

[Revvy]

That thing is DARK! I don't think I've ever seen a barleywine that black in color. Not that that's a bad thing

I'm sure that's just because I was holding it in front of a projection screen and using my iphone's camera with flash.

THIS is more what color it looks like....from an earlier post.

 

[Haputanlas]

God, you're making me want to brew this.

Looks fantastic.

 

[NuclearRich]

Good luck finding 50yr old honey!

 

[Revvy]

Good luck finding 50yr old honey!

Actually if he's serious he could talk to this guy, he might be willing to part with some.

 

[Haputanlas]

Actually if he's serious he could talk to this guy, he might be willing to part with some.

I wouldn't be making the exact same beer. Just use the same base recipe and alternative sources for the honey. I'm assuming it would still be a great beer.

 

[Revvy]

A much needed update...Because I couldn't resist.

It's been a year on the oak barrel. I couldn't resist pulling a sample. It needs to finally get into the bottle and sit til my 50th. This 17.5 percent ABV monster of a barleywine with 50 year old honey still continues to evolve over the three years since we brewed it.

I can't even describe the flavors I'm tasting, chocolate, vanilla, oak, raisins, bourbon, caramel, toffee, coffee, marshmallow. It is the most insane beer I've ever made...or even tasted. A once in a lifetime brew. The funny thing is that it seems to actually increased in alcoholic bite, rather than mellowed. As if it pulled every dram of liquor out of the wood of the barrel.

 

[NuclearRich]

You really make me want to drive to wherever the hell you are and beg for a sip. Sounds amazing and moreso every time i read the thread. It also sounds amazing that you are seemingly more optimistic about being here to taste it on your actual 50th birthday. And then some. Cheers.

 

[azscoob]

Been a long while since I been poking around here, that beer is looking amazing!

I moved from AZ to IL so I might make a few bigger brew events, maybe try and meet you and a few others at some point.

 

[Revvy]

Glad to hear you're doing ok!!!

 

[Dynachrome]

A much needed update...Because I couldn't resist.

It's been a year on the oak barrel. I couldn't resist pulling a sample. It needs to finally get into the bottle and sit til my 50th.

....if there is any left by then.

It sounds really interesting.


...any updates?

 

[Matteo57]

Looking forward to reading about you drinking a bunch on your 50th!