Life time beer supply...

[Hominid]

Excellent Giff dude! I bottled 15 gallons of brew today - should do me for a week or two.  ;-)  Actually, 5 gallons of that is a barleywine that should supposedly age for at least 6 months.  The other 10 gallons is a strong blonde ale with some orange peels for a slight citrus flavour.  Should be good.  Then tomorrow is another brew day - gotta keep the pipeline full!

[jgiffin]

I want to do a barleywine soon. Hominid, do you use an aerating system, starter batch, or anything else to help the yeast through the heavy alcoholic environment? Any tips for a noob?

Closest I've tried are the two HUGE imperial IPAs I kegged/bottled today (2 1/2 gallon batches each - one Simcoe / Zythos and one Falconers Flight / Citra) and an imperial russian stout (5 gallons) in the secondary right now. I didn't get to the Zombie Dust clone that's been percolating for four weeks. May either dry hop it again or keg/bottle it soon.

[Hominid]

I want to do a barleywine soon. Hominid, do you use an aerating system, starter batch, or anything else to help the yeast through the heavy alcoholic environment? Any tips for a noob?

Closest I've tried are the two HUGE imperial IPAs I kegged/bottled today (2 1/2 gallon batches each - one Simcoe / Zythos and one Falconers Flight / Citra) and an imperial russian stout (5 gallons) in the secondary right now. I didn't get to the Zombie Dust clone that's been percolating for four weeks. May either dry hop it again or keg/bottle it soon.

I used dry S04 yeast which is tolerant of higher alcohol.   Barleywine is basically a double strong recipe... instead of 10 pounds of barley, I used 24.  With double the bittering hops (of course). The calculated ABV is just over 9%.  Should be yummy.  Oh, and for aeration, I pour it from one bucket to another three times, creating lots of foam.

[BikerDude]

Miller - you call that beer? 

What the  Canadian's call sex in a a Kayak.
"Fuckin near water."
We envy your higher alcohol content in beer.

[Hominid]

What the  Canadian's call sex in a a Kayak.
"Fuckin near water."
We envy your higher alcohol content in beer.

Go to a micro brewery and support local.  They'll likely have an IPA that'll rock yer socks... They're usually 6 or 7 percent ABV.

[BikerDude]

What the  Canadian's call sex in a a Kayak.
"Fuckin near water."
We envy your higher alcohol content in beer.

Go to a micro brewery and support local.  They'll likely have an IPA that'll rock yer socks... They're usually 6 or 7 percent ABV.

Yeah you can seek it out.
A local has a "Scotch Ale" that is 8.3%.
But the stuff for mass production sold in supermarkets and gas stations is generally limited.
For years Molson was "watered down" for sales in the US.