Beer Bitches Big Butt Barley Wine (All Grain) 5 US gallons

Beer Bitches Big Butt Barley Wine
(All Grain) 5 US gallons

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This Homebrew Recipe was added by Aidan on August 27, 1998 at 19:21:05:
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Brewing Method: All Grain
Yeast: 1275 Thames Valley
Yeast Starter: Humongous 3000 liter, stepped up 4 times
Batch Size: 5 US gallons
Original Gravity: 1098
Final Gravity: 1025
Alcohol Content: 7.2 ABW %
Total Grains: 'Bout 20 lbs
Color: Pretty
Extract Efficiency: A sad 66% %
Hop IBU's: 70ish
Boiling Time: 90 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 2 weeks at 67°
Secondary Fermentation: ca. 165 days at 65°
Additional Fermentation:

Grain Bill:

16 lbs Marris Otter pale
1 lb Munich - Durst
12 ozs Aromatic - DWC
8 ozs flaked barley
8 ozs 50° crystal - Hugh Baird
5 ozs Special B - DWC
3 ozs 120° crystal - Hugh Baird
3 ozs roast barley - DWC

Hop Bill:

2.5 ozs Northern Brewer 8.2% alpha pellets for 60
1 oz EKG 6.0% pellets for 60
1.5 ozs EKG 4.8% pellets for 15
0.5 oz EKG 6.0% pellets at finish
0.5 oz Fuggles 5.1% pellets at finish
1 oz EKG added to secondary 3 weeks before bottling

Mash Schedule:

Single infusion at 153° for 60 minutes. Mash out at 168°.

Brewers Notes:

Can't stress enough the importance of a big ass starter and aerate/oxygenate the hell out of it.
I was quite pleased with the balance of this batch.
As with meads I believe bulk aging gives a better product to higher gravity beers as opposed to bottling sooner and relying on bottle aging. This was brewed in Sep 97 and bottled Mar 98.