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

[olllllo]

I keep noodling on that, too. I think it will be a game-time decision, though, based upon what I get out of those runnings. I hope to pull off a partigyle, though. I have a ****load of barleywine around the house right now, as it is.

(not that there's anything wrong with that)


TL

I plan on using the third runnings for an N/A beer.

Yep.

It'll be a good Driver's beer for an October party.

 

[Evan!]

I'm outta the loop. When are we brewing this one?

 

[conpewter]

04-24-2008, 03:35 PM

I like barleywine, and you know what? I've never brewed one, which I can hardly believe, myself. This sounds like a good reason to get started.

TL

06-23-2008

I have a ****load of barleywine around the house right now, as it is.

(not that there's anything wrong with that)

Soo... guess you've been brewing a bit in the last two months eh?

I may be brewing this earlier than the 9/9/08 (stated in the first post) It is a big big beer though, so this thing could age for 10 years and be fine IMHO

 

[TexLaw]

Nah, all the barleywine in my house is commercial right now. A bunch of Bigfoot and Saint Arnold Divine Reserve 6, along with a growler of Two Rows barleywine. I'm slowly working my way through the first two, and it's about time I dove into the growler. I love me some barleywine, but I don't just guzzle it . . . often.

I'm definitely brewing it earlier than 9/9/08. In fact, I'll probably brew it in about a month, as I expect to have a good yeast cake for it.


TL

 

[conpewter]

Ah, I've thought about buying some commercial examples of different styles, I just end up saving the money and buying beer ingredients instead, oh well. I do love going to the local microbreweries though.

I had forgotten about the 5 gallon starter for these things I'll have to plan that in. Luckily the next few brews I have planned are lighter colored ales so I could do half with the original yeast, and half with the cal ale to use the yeast cake off of. (10 gallon batches, so two 6 gal carboys work well)

 

[BierMuncher]

I'm outta the loop. When are we brewing this one?

I was getting ready to post up the updated list today.

The time is getting close. (well...not really, but I like the sense of urgency.

If you're not on the list, it's because you have not PM'd me or you are not a paid subscriber.

If you want off the list...let me know as well:

9/9
98EXL
Air Pirate
Alamo_Beer
BakerStreetBeers
Beerrific
blacklab
Brewpastor
Brewsmith
BuffaloSabresBrewer
CBBaron
chadley
chriso
conpewter
Couevas
DeathBrewer
deathweed
Displaced MassHole
EdWort
Evan!
EvilTOJ
FSR402
Hagen
HarvInSTL
jds
jmulligan
justbrewit
Kilted Brewer
landhoney
Liquidicem
MikeFlynn74
Mutilated1
niquejim
olllllo
Ooompa Loompa
Pirate Ale
RICLARK
TexLaw
the_bird
uglygoat
Warrior
wildwest450


Remember that I am going to really scrub this list before brew date and about 6 months post brew. That should minimize the "no shows" when it comes time to swap.

I'm thinking brewing on (or around) Memorial [EDIT] Meant labor day... weekend.
Finalize swap names after the first of the year.
Deliver beers sometime in March/April (before the weather warms)
Recipients then stash the beers until we toast on 9-9-9 (happens to be a Wednesday).

This should give brewers time to bulk age/condition their beers and make sure we're not shipping our hard work across the country in 140 degree UPS trucks.

[EDIT] Once it's time to assign names, any member who has been MIA from HBT for more than 30 days is going to be dropped from the swap...and assumed to be a casualty of sobriety.

 

[olllllo]

Dude, you have a time machine?
Memorial Day?

 

[CBBaron]

I'm thinking brewing on (or around) Memorial day weekend.
Finalize swap names after the first of the year.
Deliver beers sometime in March/April (before the weather warms)
Recipients then stash the beers until we toast on 9-9-9 (happens to be a Wednesday).

This should give brewers time to bulk age/condition their beers and make sure we're not shipping our hard work across the country in 140 degree UPS trucks.

I think you meant Labor Day as Memorial Day is already past. That means I need to plan for a lighter beer a few weeks before that to have a good yeast cake built up. Maybe another Scottish Ale, the current one is really growing on me.

Thanks for taking all the time to organize this one.

Craig

 

[BierMuncher]

Dude, you have a time machine?
Memorial Day?

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[Beerthoven]

I'm in. PM sent.

Thanks for organizing, BierMuncher.

 

[Couevas]

It is about time we started talking about the 9/9/9 again. It has been a month since anybody popped in.

I think I am gonna brew an IPA here in the next couple weeks and then build the 9 off that yeast cake.

Anyone object to Nottingham dry? (brewing a tribute to Stone Ruination)

 

[Brewpastor]

two thoughts on yeast

You are going to want really strong and happy yeast, and while an IPA will work as a started, it is a bit hoppy and strong, therefore the yeast get stressed. Pale ale would be better, but this is probably one of those beer geek - the rest of the world does really care about deals.

Nottingham works fine, but I plan on using Cal Ale liquid. Again, the variation is not going to amount to a hill of beans, but that is what I plan to do.

Thanks for kicking this thread in the butt.

 

[Couevas]

two thoughts on yeast

You are going to want really strong and happy yeast, and while an IPA will work as a started, it is a bit hoppy and strong, therefore the yeast get stressed. Pale ale would be better, but this is probably one of those beer geek - the rest of the world does really care about deals.

Nottingham works fine, but I plan on using Cal Ale liquid. Again, the variation is not going to amount to a hill of beans, but that is what I plan to do.

Thanks for kicking this thread in the butt.

Good point on the stress factor. I should probably stick with a nice neutral pale and ensure good health.

The reason I continue to try to use dry yeast is my geography. I am in Vegas and there are no HBS in the entire valley. The nearest is literally hundreds of miles away. I have had bad experiences with shipping liquid yeast and don't want to pay for overnight.

 

[Brewpastor]

I can't believe I am going to put this in print, but here goes...

Dry yeast works fine. (there, I said it!)

Actually on a beer like this it is a very logical way to go. Nottingham should give it a nice profile as well. It is also so easy to use.

 

[olllllo]

I can't believe I am going to put this in print, but here goes...

Dry yeast works fine. (there, I said it!)

Actually on a beer like this it is a very logical way to go. Nottingham should give it a nice profile as well. It is also so easy to use.

I've just witnessed the Reformation.

 

[bradsul]

...
Dry yeast works fine. (there, I said it!)...

Quoted for posterity.

 

[SporkD2]

This might be my excuse to finally dedicate a better bottle to a year wait.. why not right?

 

[conpewter]

I was going to use Notty but decided to spend the extra bucks and give Cal Ale yeast a try as I've heard a lot about it but never tried it. I'll probably attempt to stow it away in my yeast bank to use forever after (as long as the stupid freezer doesn't thaw again).

The propagator pack was fairly cheap (around $5) and came with an ice pack that I can reuse for other stuff, so overall not that much of an expense. I planned on making a starter for my pale ale anyway, so no big deal about being a propagator pack.

 

[SporkD2]

Stupid question incoming:

I you needed a higher alcohol tolerant yeast to make barley wine, you can use any yeast?

 

[BierMuncher]

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[Couevas]

Sorry for setting you up.....Pastor.

 

[Chriso]

LOL. I love you and your Photoshop skills, BM.

I need to build and split my starter.... I already know what yeast I'm using.... Cry Havoc. :fro:

PS, +1 to this trend of Flight of the Conchords avatars! Gotta love that show.

 

[Arneba28]

I want to brew this so bad but I have to move Sept 1st..Damn roommates!!!!

 

[Couevas]

I want to brew this so bad but I have to move Sept 1st..Damn roommates!!!!

Who said moving is an obstacle. You just have to plan it right.
I am probably moving about 700 miles in October and I estimate that about 25 gallons will be going with me (in kegs and carboys). That doesn't count my bottle collection.:rockin:

 

[Arneba28]

I was thinking about Breaking in the new house with the smell of hops. So a Sept 4th brewday might be possible

 

[Arneba28]

what are the thoughts about using a Belgian abbey yeast for this like 1214? I think thats the abbey strain.

 

[mrkristofo]

Is a 60-min mash going to be long enough at 148-150 for complete conversion...or should we bump that to 90?

 

[BierMuncher]

Is a 60-min mash going to be long enough at 148-150 for complete conversion...or should we bump that to 90?

I'll do a 90 minute mash, just because I want better attenuation to avoid a cloyingly sweet beer.

 

[Beerthoven]

I'm planning on a 90-minute mash and a 120-minute boil.

I'll still have to use 5# of DME to reach the target OG of 1.119 since my MLT is small (7 gals) and I want a full 5.5 gallon batch. No whimpy 3 gallons for me!

Right now I'm planning on pitching two rehydrated packs of Nottingham, but I might make a big Cali Ale starter just for kicks.

 

[9/9]

Was there ever a consensus as to if this could be made with a 10 gal cooler MLT? Or, it is too big for that?