BrutalBrew
Well-Known Member
I need help with my first barleywine AG. I have a few problems to work out. First here is a list of equipment to be used and my recipe. Plus my targets.
10g igloo round cooler= MLT , 5g igloo round cooler= fly Sparge
2 x 6g pots. immersion wort chiller.
Im trying to use brewtarget for the first time so I hope someone might crunch numbers and tell me if my calculations are correct. Also if my recipe is sound for what i am shooting for. I am shooting for a sweet ( not to sweet ) high ABV brew of goodness.
Here is what brew target says this recipe will produce.
5 gallon batch = AG+fly sparge
ABV 11.4, OG 1.117, FG 1.029, IBU 55.4, color 13, IBU/GU .47 (dont know what this is)
Recipe=
10 lbs Maris Outter
9 lbs 2-row
4 lbs Vienna
1 lbs Caramel 60
2 lbs Golden light DME (only can fit 24 lbs in mash, so using some dme)
1/2 lb table sugar
1 oz Chinook 60 min
1 oz warrior 60 min
1 oz target 15 min
x2 Safale S 05
I plan on using 7.5 gallons strike (most I can fit in MLT). mash at 150-155f for 60mins (longer?)
Im confused on how much sparge water to use. I want to extract all the goodies from the 24lbs of grain but dont want to have 15g of water to boil down to 5.5.
some questions
1) Does this recipe look sound?
2) Do my numbers look ok?
3) How long is too long to boil down before causing problems?
4) What should I shoot for on pre-boil amount having 2x 6g pots
5) Is the 15 min target hop a waste of time. I want to taste some hops but want it to have some sweetness also.
I really need some help on this. Ideas? Please help anyway you can. Thoughts, input needed. I plan on 7 day primary, 6 month secondary (at least ) Ive read that this long of fermentation will pretty much make late additions of hops useless but reading barleywine recipes on here I see a whole lot of late addition hops?
10g igloo round cooler= MLT , 5g igloo round cooler= fly Sparge
2 x 6g pots. immersion wort chiller.
Im trying to use brewtarget for the first time so I hope someone might crunch numbers and tell me if my calculations are correct. Also if my recipe is sound for what i am shooting for. I am shooting for a sweet ( not to sweet ) high ABV brew of goodness.
Here is what brew target says this recipe will produce.
5 gallon batch = AG+fly sparge
ABV 11.4, OG 1.117, FG 1.029, IBU 55.4, color 13, IBU/GU .47 (dont know what this is)
Recipe=
10 lbs Maris Outter
9 lbs 2-row
4 lbs Vienna
1 lbs Caramel 60
2 lbs Golden light DME (only can fit 24 lbs in mash, so using some dme)
1/2 lb table sugar
1 oz Chinook 60 min
1 oz warrior 60 min
1 oz target 15 min
x2 Safale S 05
I plan on using 7.5 gallons strike (most I can fit in MLT). mash at 150-155f for 60mins (longer?)
Im confused on how much sparge water to use. I want to extract all the goodies from the 24lbs of grain but dont want to have 15g of water to boil down to 5.5.
some questions
1) Does this recipe look sound?
2) Do my numbers look ok?
3) How long is too long to boil down before causing problems?
4) What should I shoot for on pre-boil amount having 2x 6g pots
5) Is the 15 min target hop a waste of time. I want to taste some hops but want it to have some sweetness also.
I really need some help on this. Ideas? Please help anyway you can. Thoughts, input needed. I plan on 7 day primary, 6 month secondary (at least ) Ive read that this long of fermentation will pretty much make late additions of hops useless but reading barleywine recipes on here I see a whole lot of late addition hops?