AJ Brew #2 (Barleywine)
This is a VERY alcoholic brew. Lots of problems along the way, but it has turned out VERY nice.
| Brewer: | Jim Johnson | Email: | Hop_Head@webtv.net | |||||
| Beer: | AJ Brew #2 (Barleywine) | Style: | Barley Wine | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 10 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 90 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.125 | FG: | 1.022 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 13.3% v/v (10.4% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | 10 gallons filtered mash water with 4tsp. gypsum added. 15 gallons filtered sparge water, ph adjusted to 5.7 and 3tsp. gypsum added. | |||||||
| Grain: | 30 lb. American 2-row 2 lb. American crystal 20L 5 lb. American Munich 1 lb. Flaked barley |
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| Mash: | 58% efficiency | |||||||
| Protien rest @ 128°f. Started raise after 5 minutes. Mashed @ 155°f. for 1 hour. Sparge for 1 hour collecting 14 gallons wort. 1 of the 4oz Nugget hops added to boiling pot at beginning of sparge for first wort hopping. Collected 7.5 gallons additional wort for a "small beer" | ||||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.089 | 14 gallons | |||||
| 8 lb. Light dry malt extract 2 lb. Amber dry malt extract |
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| 2tsp. Wyeast yeast nuitrient added to boil. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 60 min.) 4 oz. Nugget (12% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 15 min.) 2 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 5 min.) 1.2 oz. Cascade (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | 5 gallons on freshly racked 1056 (American ale) 5 gallons on 1/2 gallon starter 1275 (Thames valley ale) |
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| Log: | Brewed on 4/28/01 Fermented at 62°-72°f Fermentation stuck at 1.050, champagne yeast added, no effect. Amylase enzime added, fermentation started again. Racked to secondary on 7/5/01 and dry hopped with 1oz Cascade & 1oz Centennial in each carboy. |
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Recipe posted 04/22/01.