tdogg
Well-Known Member
Some brewer friends and I are plotting a Barleywine brew to fill a whiskey barrel. We don't have the barrel yet, but we might have a lead on getting a Templeton Rye Whiskey barrel.
I will keep this thread updated as a way to document to the brew and ask some questions of you that have done a big group brew before.
Here's the tentative plan:
We plan on brewing about 10 gallons more than the barrel will hold. The extra can be used to top off the barrel and the remaining portion can be bottled "un-oaked" for comparison, or blended with the oaked beer.
once we figure out a recipe and get all the costs associated with the barrel, shipping the barrel, ingredients, etc, we will split the cost into 5 gallon "shares". if we are brewing 60 gallons, there will be 12 "shares" of beer available. This way all of the people involved will know the approximate cost upfront and no one gets stuck paying more than their fair share.
Recipe: We have a rough recipe figured out. We will finalize the recipe with only 3-4 people before we get the big group involved. I'm hoping this will eliminate alot of squabbling and possible issues with trying to come to a consensus in a big group. So far the recipe is fairly standard for a barleywine, with the addition of some rye. here's the tentative grainbill (for 5.5 gallons):
-5.5 gallons @ 72% eff and 120 min boil
-9# 2 row
-8# marris otter
-3.5# rye malt
-8 oz Simpsons Crystal 50/60
-12 oz briess caramel 80
yeast: wyeast 1056/ cali 001/ safale s-05
OG: 1.104
I will continue to post here as the project develops. Please feel free to share any wisdom that might come in handy for a project like this. Thanks and stay tuned!
I will keep this thread updated as a way to document to the brew and ask some questions of you that have done a big group brew before.
Here's the tentative plan:
We plan on brewing about 10 gallons more than the barrel will hold. The extra can be used to top off the barrel and the remaining portion can be bottled "un-oaked" for comparison, or blended with the oaked beer.
once we figure out a recipe and get all the costs associated with the barrel, shipping the barrel, ingredients, etc, we will split the cost into 5 gallon "shares". if we are brewing 60 gallons, there will be 12 "shares" of beer available. This way all of the people involved will know the approximate cost upfront and no one gets stuck paying more than their fair share.
Recipe: We have a rough recipe figured out. We will finalize the recipe with only 3-4 people before we get the big group involved. I'm hoping this will eliminate alot of squabbling and possible issues with trying to come to a consensus in a big group. So far the recipe is fairly standard for a barleywine, with the addition of some rye. here's the tentative grainbill (for 5.5 gallons):
-5.5 gallons @ 72% eff and 120 min boil
-9# 2 row
-8# marris otter
-3.5# rye malt
-8 oz Simpsons Crystal 50/60
-12 oz briess caramel 80
yeast: wyeast 1056/ cali 001/ safale s-05
OG: 1.104
I will continue to post here as the project develops. Please feel free to share any wisdom that might come in handy for a project like this. Thanks and stay tuned!