Hop Barley and the Alers

Recipe: Barleywine

Green group: John Allison, Eric Belmont, John Bordwell, Barry Anderson; brewed 08 Jan 2000

Fermentables

• 22# Hugh Baird pale malt
• 1.5# torrified wheat
• 1.5# Belgian aromatic
• 1# English crystal 75L
• 0.5# Belgian carapils 15L
• 0.5# English chocolate malt
• 2# XLDME

Hops

• 2+ oz Magnum pellets 12.3% = 25 HBU (60 min) (club door-prize)
• 1.5 oz Yakima Kent Goldings 5.9% = 8.85 HBU (10 min)

Other

• approx 1t Irish Moss (10 min)
• English ale yeast (WLP002?) slurry from Oasis (yes really, at that time Oasis was using some non-1056 yeast)

Procedure

• target mash: 7 G Eldo water @ 150 F for 60 min
• actual mash: 10-12 G water @ 140-190F for 90 min (problems learning JohnB & Barry's 3-tier)
• collect 6 G of first runnings @ 1075
• add DME, boil to 4+ G @ OG 1120
• collect 6 G of second runnings for a 1045 brown ale (served Jan 2000)
• ferment at Barry's house for a while, serve March 2001

Etc

• $30 worth of ingredients for this batch were graciously donated to the club by What's Brewin'