bnglcat
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Looking to brew something for my firstborn to enjoy every year on his birthday up until his 21st when we will pop a bottle together and would like some input if anyone can help. Over the top inexperienced but want this recipe to be one of my own (with input if given) and not just someone else's recipe due to the purpose of the beer. I plan to brew this beer on his first birthday in march. I have a test batch carbonating in the bottle, but am looking for any input. It will be a high abv beer to survive the next 20 years but I look forward to tasting it every year commemorating the birth and brew day.
The target is a 15+% abv english barleywine type of beer. This is a targeted 5-5.5 gallon batch. Basically enough to get 22, 22 oz bottles. One for each year plus 2 for the 20th year.
Here's the recipe I have so far, but am very unsure of the hops. I know I want the london esb to start...leaning the high gravity for the finish, but there was another that was recommended to me at LAHB that I can't remember right now to help me get 15+ abv. I've also tossed around the idea of adding some sort of smoked malt as well. Not sure. I just know that I want to go with some sort of english barleywine as I am a big fan of the dark fruit notes of those styles like the clown shoes billionaire EBW.
Anyhow, TL;DR;, any suggestions on what could make this recipe work/better? Beersmith has this around 1.147 SG with a 67% efficiency and an estimated 16.9% abv with 107.4 ibus. Thus far, I've been around 77-82% efficiency in the 4 all grain brews I've done, but nothing has been anywhere near the grain bill of this brew so I am expecting slightly less efficiency. If I get close, I will probably decrease the turbinado addition to try and hit no more than a 1.150 OG.
2 hour boil. 150 mash.
23 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter
8.0 oz Caramel Malt - 40L
8.0 oz Special B Malt
1 lbs Candi Syrup, D-90
6.00 oz East Kent Goldings
2 lbs Turbinado [Boil for 60 min]
3.00 oz East Kent Goldings
4.00 oz East Kent Goldings
1.0 pkg London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs #1968)
1.0 pkg Super High Gravity Ale (White Labs ‪#‎WLP099‬ Yeast (Pitch 3-4 days after pitching 1968)
1 lbs Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (Add on day 2)
1 lbs Bernards Honey (Add on day 3 or 4 when pitching second yeast plus some yeast energizer)
4.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) Dry Hop 5 days before bottling
The target is a 15+% abv english barleywine type of beer. This is a targeted 5-5.5 gallon batch. Basically enough to get 22, 22 oz bottles. One for each year plus 2 for the 20th year.
Here's the recipe I have so far, but am very unsure of the hops. I know I want the london esb to start...leaning the high gravity for the finish, but there was another that was recommended to me at LAHB that I can't remember right now to help me get 15+ abv. I've also tossed around the idea of adding some sort of smoked malt as well. Not sure. I just know that I want to go with some sort of english barleywine as I am a big fan of the dark fruit notes of those styles like the clown shoes billionaire EBW.
Anyhow, TL;DR;, any suggestions on what could make this recipe work/better? Beersmith has this around 1.147 SG with a 67% efficiency and an estimated 16.9% abv with 107.4 ibus. Thus far, I've been around 77-82% efficiency in the 4 all grain brews I've done, but nothing has been anywhere near the grain bill of this brew so I am expecting slightly less efficiency. If I get close, I will probably decrease the turbinado addition to try and hit no more than a 1.150 OG.
2 hour boil. 150 mash.
23 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter
8.0 oz Caramel Malt - 40L
8.0 oz Special B Malt
1 lbs Candi Syrup, D-90
6.00 oz East Kent Goldings
2 lbs Turbinado [Boil for 60 min]
3.00 oz East Kent Goldings
4.00 oz East Kent Goldings
1.0 pkg London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs #1968)
1.0 pkg Super High Gravity Ale (White Labs ‪#‎WLP099‬ Yeast (Pitch 3-4 days after pitching 1968)
1 lbs Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (Add on day 2)
1 lbs Bernards Honey (Add on day 3 or 4 when pitching second yeast plus some yeast energizer)
4.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) Dry Hop 5 days before bottling