I'm Thinking... 09/09/09 Barleywine

[conpewter]

So what is the chances this is going to bottle carbonate?

Beersmith says mine is 12.75% ABV. I'm thinking I will rehydrate some champagne yeast to add to the bottling bucket. I'm worried that the US-05 has already exceeded its expected tolerance and has been dormant for a few months now.

Craig

I've never tried using a different yeast to bottle, would you need to worry about the champagne yeast eating not only the priming sugar but also sugars that the 05 didn't use?

 

[KingBrianI]

I've never tried using a different yeast to bottle, would you need to worry about the champagne yeast eating not only the priming sugar but also sugars that the 05 didn't use?

that would be my fear. you might end up overcarbonating or even get bottle bombs. my 999 carbed up just fine, although my OG was lower than most at 1.100.

 

[FSR402]

So what is the chances this is going to bottle carbonate?

Beersmith says mine is 12.75% ABV. I'm thinking I will rehydrate some champagne yeast to add to the bottling bucket. I'm worried that the US-05 has already exceeded its expected tolerance and has been dormant for a few months now.

Craig

Well I used the US-05 and I finished out at 16%abv

 

[CBBaron]

Well I used the US-05 and I finished out at 16%abv

Well maybe I'm worrying too much about US-05.

I'm not too worried about the champagne finding something other than the priming sugar to eat. My barley wine was OG 1.120 and FG 1.025. US-05 did a great job bringing this one down. I really doubt a wine yeast is going to find much else edible.

Wine yeast will make a very dry wine but grape sugars are much more edible than malt sugars. I don't think they are well adapted to the more complex sugars that ale yeasts leave.

Craig

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

I just bottled mine on Tuesday night. It's sitting at ~1.022 and 10.7% ABV. I took a chance that there is still enough viable yeast to carb this thing. I'll check a bottle in about 4 weeks to see how it's coming along.

The hydrometer sample was intense. It definitely tastes like a young Barleywine. I imagine a few months of carbonating and aging will do wonders.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Based on the experience of some fellow homebrewers with their barleywines, I would recommend pitching a half package of US-05 into the bottling bucket at bottling time. The Cali ale can tolerate 14%+ ABV, but it won't carbonate well after a long conditioning period in a high alcohol beer.

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

Crap.... I used 1056 which is nearly the same (if not the same strain as Cali). I didn't add any at bottling time, so this will be interesting. I'll keep an eye on it for a month or so. If there's no hiss, I might have to get creative with a yeast addition.... time till tell.

 

[leghorn]

Based on the experience of some fellow homebrewers with their barleywines, I would recommend pitching a half package of US-05 into the bottling bucket at bottling time. The Cali ale can tolerate 14%+ ABV, but it won't carbonate well after a long conditioning period in a high alcohol beer.

I did NOT do this, and regret it. It's been in bottles for two months, but almost 0 carbonation. I'm keeping them in 73 degree ambient temp, and have tipped the bottles a few times in hopes of awaking the yeast with no success. Can someone help me with an idea on how to get some carbonation now??? Thanks in advance.

BTW, I did the smoked version and it is amazing.

 

[FSR402]

I did NOT do this, and regret it. It's been in bottles for two months, but almost 0 carbonation. I'm keeping them in 73 degree ambient temp, and have tipped the bottles a few times in hopes of awaking the yeast with no success. Can someone help me with an idea on how to get some carbonation now??? Thanks in advance.

BTW, I did the smoked version and it is amazing.

Get yourself some more caps, sanitize them and some tweezers. Drop one grain of yeast into each bottle and recap.

 

[Korben]

Get yourself some more caps, sanitize them and some tweezers. Drop one grain of yeast into each bottle and recap.

WOW... talking about babying a beer. That is intense.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Yeah but this brew is epic. It's worth it!

heh, just passed 999 posts on this thread.

 

[leghorn]

Get yourself some more caps, sanitize them and some tweezers. Drop one grain of yeast into each bottle and recap.

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

 

[avaserfi]

Reading through this thread I really regret not joining in time to partake in this trade. The beer sounds great!

 

[Jonnio]

Reading through this thread I really regret not joining in time to partake in this trade. The beer sounds great!

It's never too late to brew the beer though!

 

[Beerrific]

It's never too late to brew the beer though!

Brew now and it will be great for when the temps start to drop next fall.

 

[avaserfi]

No doubt I am brewing this... I just need more time there are so many things to brew!

 

[Displaced MassHole]

I had to cancel my plans for this brew in time for the swap, but I plan on brewing it this weekend if all goes well. Anyone out there want to set one aside for a swap at a way later date?

 

[BierMuncher]

Based on the date of last activity...it looks like we only have one doubtful at this point.

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[TerapinChef]

Apparently me and a few other people have logged future homebrewtalk activity. I'll probably be on tomorrow, but it is that much of a sure thing?

 

[BierMuncher]

Apparently me and a few other people have logged future homebrewtalk activity. I'll probably be on tomorrow, but is it that much of a sure thing?

You'd better believe it:

 

[TerapinChef]

Now now BM you're showing your age...if it wasn't for an insane teacher in high school I wouldn't have even recognized the Swammi....

 

[chri5]

So I just brewed this on 1/31, as my second all-grain brew. As you can imagine, things did not go as planned. We way overestimated how much water would be retained in the grain, and ended up with almost 10 gallons of first runnings. After boiling for about three hours, I was down to about 6.5 gallons of 1.100 wort.

I put it on a nicely sized cake of US-05 from an ESB that had just finished up. Fermentation was going within 5 minutes, which was shocking to me, considering the quickest I had seen before was about 18 hours.

I can't wait to move it to secondary and add some oak so I can grab a taste.

 

[TexLaw]

I'm here! I'm here! I'm in!


TL

 

[Dr_Deathweed]

I'm here! I'm here! I'm in!


TL

Good to see you! It has been awhile!

 

[BierMuncher]

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[TexLaw]

LOL :rockin:

 

[bashe]

This beer has taken a journey. I started out using wlp099. I did not make a started and it went from 1.112 to 1.060. It stayed there for over a month. I pitched a pack of Nottingham and it did nothing. I then racked it onto a Nottingham yeast cake and it brought it down to 1.030. I am happy with it getting down that far but I am hoping to get it closer to 1.020 which might be a pipe dream.
I still don't know if I'm gonna keg this or bottle it. I am a bit scared to keg it because I know I'll come home from work have a few and wake up on my kitchen floor the next morning.

 

[olllllo]

This beer has taken a journey. I started out using wlp099. I did not make a started and it went from 1.112 to 1.060. It stayed there for over a month. I pitched a pack of Nottingham and it did nothing. I then racked it onto a Nottingham yeast cake and it brought it down to 1.030. I am happy with it getting down that far but I am hoping to get it closer to 1.020 which might be a pipe dream.
I still don't know if I'm gonna keg this or bottle it. I am a bit scared to keg it because I know I'll come home from work have a few and wake up on my kitchen floor the next morning.

If you wake up at all, you'll know that you made it wrong.

 

[FSR402]

This beer has taken a journey. I started out using wlp099. I did not make a started and it went from 1.112 to 1.060. It stayed there for over a month. I pitched a pack of Nottingham and it did nothing. I then racked it onto a Nottingham yeast cake and it brought it down to 1.030. I am happy with it getting down that far but I am hoping to get it closer to 1.020 which might be a pipe dream.
I still don't know if I'm gonna keg this or bottle it. I am a bit scared to keg it because I know I'll come home from work have a few and wake up on my kitchen floor the next morning.

So keg it, carb it, then bottle it.

 

[Stratotankard]

I'm in a bit of a crunch here. My batch stalled at 1.065 or so after starting on a cake of Cry Havoc. I made up a starter of Red Star Champagne yeast and pitched that to try and restart it, but after 3 weeks I got nothing. So, I ordered up some WLP099 and made up a starter and pitched. Fermentation has restarted, but is going very slowly. I'm down to 1.050 today after almost a month on the WLP099. It's still chugging away, but at this rate I'm gonna be bottling sometime in April. I've already raised my house temp to 75F to get it restarted and I added some yeast nutrients. Any suggestions on ways to speed it up without ruining the end product?

Thanks,

Terje

Oh yeah, the sample I took today tasted heavenly!