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Offline Joe Sr.

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Re: Fermenting a Barleywine
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2013, 05:23:31 pm »
So the advice would be "don't trust bad Grolsch bottles", right?  ;)
"don't trust bad (or potentially bad) Grolsch bottle cap seals"

This seems like more of a perceived risk to me than a real one.  IME, I have never had carbonation problems with Grolsch bottles and they seal well enough for bottles to crack when they are overcarbed.

If the rubber gasket is dried out, it will be obvious.  I haven't had any dried gaskets that I can recall except when I received a batch of OLD bottles that hadn't been used in maybe 20 years.

You might as well just give advice to say "don't use chipped or cracked bottles or rusty caps."
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Re: Fermenting a Barleywine
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2013, 06:00:33 pm »
I think brand new or newer gaskets will be just fine for many years.  I've never had a problem in 20 years with them.  I don't expect any for the Barleywine.  I'm still buying all new ones though for this batch..... ;)

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Re: Fermenting a Barleywine
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2013, 12:24:14 pm »
I usually do 1 minute per 5 gallons of ale, 2 for lagers or big beers.  You can re-oxygenate up to 24 hours later.  I don't have a flow meter.  I just turn it up until the bubbles start coming. 

I wouldn't trust the Grolsch bottles myself.

And do you have a way to control the fermentation temperature?  Lots of yeast with lots of sugar and oxygen make lots of heat.

Why do you not trust Grolsch bottles?

I thought about mentioning that myself. The rubber seals can dry out and with enough presure you could lose carbonation past the seals anyway.

So the advice would be "don't trust bad Grolsch bottles", right?  ;)
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Re: Fermenting a Barleywine
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2013, 08:14:18 am »
So I have this 1.100 Barleywine fermenting at 61F.  It's steady but not going crazy.  The plan is to leave it here until the activity slows dramatically, then raise to 65F and burn it out at 68F.  Good plan?

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Re: Fermenting a Barleywine
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2013, 08:42:23 am »
So I have this 1.100 Barleywine fermenting at 61F.  It's steady but not going crazy.  The plan is to leave it here until the activity slows dramatically, then raise to 65F and burn it out at 68F.  Good plan?

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sounds good!
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Re: Fermenting a Barleywine
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2013, 10:48:39 am »
So I have this 1.100 Barleywine fermenting at 61F.  It's steady but not going crazy.  The plan is to leave it here until the activity slows dramatically, then raise to 65F and burn it out at 68F.  Good plan?

Dave

sounds good!

+1

I like to ramp up my ales to 68-70F with a fermwrap in the winter when my cellar's ambient temp dips into the upper 50's to low 60's. Helps the beer finish properly.
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Re: Fermenting a Barleywine
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2013, 12:49:27 am »
I think a loose ROT could be 1-2 seconds per gallon?  Re-aerating not sure about and maybe not recommended. I pitched an entire additional fresh slurry of 001 my last high gravity ferment (1.106) when the brew got below 1.050 as insurance. It was below 1.010 at the final reading.

Just chugged along and took about 2 weeks at 70-ish temps.
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