Pelikan
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- Recipe Type
- Partial Mash
- Yeast
- White Labs WLP007
- Yeast Starter
- 1 liter, stir-plate
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- N/A
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.25
- Original Gravity
- 1.090
- Final Gravity
- 1.020
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- ~35
- Color
- ~15 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 21 days @ 64-68*F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 21 days @ 64-68*F
- Additional Fermentation
- N/A
- Tasting Notes
- A malty barleywine in the English tradition.
John's Red
~English Barleywine~
~English Barleywine~
Click here for extended tasting notes.
There's a bit of a story with this one, so bear with me for a moment...
...a few years back, we had a local micro that served a brew called Ed's Red. It was my father's favorite beer for a long time. Then quite unexpectedly, the place shut down, taking with it my father's supply.
When I started getting into brewing, one of the first things my father asked for was a clone of the Ed's Red. It took quite a while to develop the recipe and work it into the rotation, but I'm glad the time has finally arrived...
...taking what I know about my father's tastes, coupled with what he tells me about Ed's Red from memory, John's Red was born. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Partial Mash
Boil Volume: 6.5 Gallons
Final Volume: 5.25 gallons (before trub/transfer loss)
~70% Mash Efficiency, adjust as required.
9 lb Maris Otter
4 lb Light DME
9 oz Crystal 40L
8 oz Golden Naked Oats
8 oz CaraPils
4 oz Flaked Oats
2 oz Chocolate
1 oz Roasted Barley
1 oz Nugget (12% whole/leaf) @ 60 min
Notes
Bitterness: As brewed, this one was somewhere in the area of 40 IBU. For this OG, one gets a balanced beer with perhaps a slight malt emphasis. 35 IBU will push that malt emphasis a bit more, and 30 will give you a decidedly malty brew.
Mash at 154*F for 60 minutes. Add DME with about 10 minutes left.
With ultra-OG brews, I've gotten into the habit of gently rousing the bottles once a week for the first three weeks, to ensure the yeast fulfill their yeasty duties. Your call on this one.