HerbivorousBrewer
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Hi guys,
I'm a fairly new All Grain brewer (2 batches so far... haven't tasted them yet, but excited for them to be ready!!), but have brewed a few extract batches.
Now looking to make a Barleywine. I haven't picked a recipe yet, but I've tried making a high gravity beer in my mash tun, only to find out it wasn't as big as I thought it was (that was a rough all-grain brew day for my first one... had to increase the mash temp after filling the cooler mash tun all the way up). It can mash somewhere around 16 lbs of grain comfortably, 18 tops. I want to make a Barleywine.
I've looked into partial mash, and I've heard some brewers saying to just add a few lbs of DME to the wort pre-boil after mashing and sparging (of course calculating the correct amount of DME, not just willy-nilly). Just wanted to hear your thoughts on which one makes more sense. I assume the big difference is that with a partial mash you add some DME and water, whereas the other option you just add some DME? So if I'm looking for high ABV, probably the second makes more sense? Idk.
Thanks,
Dustin
I'm a fairly new All Grain brewer (2 batches so far... haven't tasted them yet, but excited for them to be ready!!), but have brewed a few extract batches.
Now looking to make a Barleywine. I haven't picked a recipe yet, but I've tried making a high gravity beer in my mash tun, only to find out it wasn't as big as I thought it was (that was a rough all-grain brew day for my first one... had to increase the mash temp after filling the cooler mash tun all the way up). It can mash somewhere around 16 lbs of grain comfortably, 18 tops. I want to make a Barleywine.
I've looked into partial mash, and I've heard some brewers saying to just add a few lbs of DME to the wort pre-boil after mashing and sparging (of course calculating the correct amount of DME, not just willy-nilly). Just wanted to hear your thoughts on which one makes more sense. I assume the big difference is that with a partial mash you add some DME and water, whereas the other option you just add some DME? So if I'm looking for high ABV, probably the second makes more sense? Idk.
Thanks,
Dustin