I need a Great Aged Beer Recipe! Please HELP!

[craig_reed]

So, I am going to enter a pretty big competition here in my area. It is for big beers - barleywines, oak aged stouts, etc.

Anyone have some great recipes I could get some inpiration from? Looking for extract recipes with specialty grains. I have never done barlywine before, but was thinking something like a bourbon porter or similar? Anyone have a standout recipe they are willing to share?

The winner of this competition gets to rebrew their batch at a local U-Brew house on professional equipment in very large quantities. I would then sell my beer to the restaurant who is putting on the competition, and they keep it on tap throughout fall of 2011!!

 

[Brew-boy]

Get a copy of Brewing classic styles a very good book.

 

[jthoresen]

This is my recipe converted to extract with specialty grains.

9.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 89.62 %
0.50 lb Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM) Grain 4.72 %
0.10 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 0.94 %
1.00 oz UK Target [11.00 %] (60 min) Hops 33.7 IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (20 min) Hops 9.3 IBU
0.25 lb Brown Sugar, Dark (50.0 SRM) Sugar 2.36 %
0.25 lb Molasses (80.0 SRM) Sugar 2.36 %
1 Pkgs Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007) Yeast-Ale