Well, I woke up today to find out that I had the day off. A nice surprise, so I decided to brew and I didn’t want to leave the house. I looked at what a had (Pilsner and Munich malt, WY 1056, and various American hops) and decided to make my annual American Barleywine. I did two things different this year. First, I didn’t use any Crystal/Caramel malt (didn’t have any). Second, I boiled down 3/4 of a gallon of the first runnings to a thick syrup and added it back to the boil like Skorat’s Wee Heavy recipe. Anyway, it really was fun today to throw a recipe together on the fly and not have everything planned out like usual. We’ll see if it turns out alright.
Recipe for 4 gal.
12 lbs Pils Malt
2 lbs Barke Munich
1.5 oz Columbus @ 60
1 oz Cascade @ 0
1oz Nugget @ 0
1 oz Columbus @ 0
WY 1056
OG 1.091
Sounds pretty tasty, Dan. Be sure to post how it comes out. The boil down was a great idea, especially given the lack of crystal.
Nice, Dan. Hope it turns out well for you. Spontaneous brew sessions are fun, I do them on weeknights sometimes, for kicks.
Wonder what happened to Skotrat, lost interest in the forums? He seems to be referenced a lot still, surprisingly.