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Belgian Barleywine Christmas Beer


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Batch Size (gallons)6
Efficiency68%
Recipe typeAll Grain
Style19B. English Barleywine
Original Gravity1.091
Final Gravity1.015
ABV9.98% (basic)   /   10.07% (advanced)       [what's this?]
IBU52.7
Color14.1 SRM
Boil Time97 min
YeastWhite Labs WLP500 (Trappist Ale)
White Labs WLP515 (Antwerp Ale Yeast)
Fermentables
NameAmtPctSRM
Pale Malt (2 Row) Belgian16 lbs77.9%3
Turbinado1 lb4.9%10
Brun Fonce1 lb4.9%3
Caramunich Malt1 lb4.9%56
Caravienne Malt 12.48 oz3.8%22
Aromatic Malt 12 oz3.7%26
Hops
NameAmtTimeAlphaIBU
Challenger (Boil).55 oz607.5%12.8
Magnum (Boil)1 oz6014%37.1
Styrian Goldings (Boil)1 oz55.4%2.8
DirectionsMashed at 154 for 60 minutes. Batch Sparged as normal. Collected too much water, hence the long boil. Was targeting 5 gallons to split but ended up with 6 gallons hence the drop on efficiency. 

O2 for 40 seconds each.

Pitched around 170 Billion cells for each 3 gallon batch.

After 3 days, mixed the sugars together with some water, heated to a boil and chilled. Added into the fermenters around high krausen. Very vigorous fermentation afterwards.

I had to use multiple bittering hops because I ran out of Magnum. Shouldn't matter all things considered. 
Fermentation
notes		64 for 3 days
67 for 4 days
Ramp to 70 to finish 
Tasting
notes		Once brewed I shall review






This all grain English Barleywine homebrew recipe was submitted by zeith.