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I have been searching for a new beer to clone and wanted something unusual. I came across the Sam Adams Utopias Ale. This is an "ale" that is 25% ABV. It is aged for 5 years in cognac casks and they use several yeasts including champagne yeast. But it is still beer since it is made from grains and fermented.
I never sampled it which is a downfall, but a bottle is about 700 dollars. Expensive taste tasting there. But the thought of this type of brew is intriguing. The closest thing I have sampled is barley wine, but this seems to dwarf barley wine. Is this beer doable as a home brew? Maybe AG and boosting with alot of extract?
Just a thought I was toying with and want to see want my fellow homebrewers think.
Thanks
I have been searching for a new beer to clone and wanted something unusual. I came across the Sam Adams Utopias Ale. This is an "ale" that is 25% ABV. It is aged for 5 years in cognac casks and they use several yeasts including champagne yeast. But it is still beer since it is made from grains and fermented.
I never sampled it which is a downfall, but a bottle is about 700 dollars. Expensive taste tasting there. But the thought of this type of brew is intriguing. The closest thing I have sampled is barley wine, but this seems to dwarf barley wine. Is this beer doable as a home brew? Maybe AG and boosting with alot of extract?
Just a thought I was toying with and want to see want my fellow homebrewers think.
Thanks