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hello all, long time since i was last in, but i just wanted to give a report on the state of that barley wine. i added red star yeast to try and squeeze a few points in the f.g., but that didn't do anything to it. it still wound up being 13.4% at bottling time, so...i'm happy with that. i'll...

sweetcell, cool, will do!

sweetcell, good advice, thanks! i want to be cautious with the oak and bourbon since the bw is going pretty good so far. and, yeah...i was expecting to bottle age this until the holidays. one question: what do you mean by 1.9 volumes? yes, 2.5 gal batch

unionrdr, do you pour the filtered bourbon into the brew with the chips?

tacks, thanks for that link! a few updates on my barley wine... last night after work, there were the smallest clusters of fermentation bubbles forming on top of the brew. and, this morning i even saw an airlock bubble. super happy about that! any advice on how long i can let the bw sit on...

tacks, i pitched one packet of red star

hey sweet cell, yup, those numbers are right. i pitched the 2x 1056 04/21, and i made two hydro readings between 05/01 and 05/05, with both readings staying at 1.042. that made me think it was done fermenting as far as it could go, and then why i thought to add the champagne yeast. i did...

forstmeister, thanks for the quick reply!!!

hello, i'm a new member and pretty new to home brewing as well. i've been pretty happy with my results so far and have gotten some good compliments from friends. i do have some questions regarding a brew i have in secondary... i have a 2.5ish oz barley wine that had an original gravity...