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Offline klickitat jim

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Re: BIG barley wine recipe for LONG aging
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2014, 11:45:13 pm »
Make up some California rolls just in case. Hmmm, new idea. Maybe like Drew's tequila fix for scorched beer, the fix for soy sauce beer could be adding wasabi

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Re: BIG barley wine recipe for LONG aging
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2014, 05:12:58 am »
Any update on how these beers are doing? I just had my first born daughter and was hoping to do the same thing – let a big barleywine sit for 18 years to drink with her.

The original 2011 vintage is getting pretty tasty at this point. I had to stop tasting it for a few years as the number of bottles started to diminish. Hops are almost non existent  at this point. Carbonation is low. It won a second place ribbon st the national organic brewing challenge last year.
2012 is also nice, carbonation a little better because I used enough sugar this time. Hops still not assertive enough.
2013 is in bottles now for about a month. Best one yet. Delicious right out of the fermenter. I force carbed this one and bottled from the keg. I also used a lot more bittering hops and it shows.
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