Place your bets will it fit in my tun

[stigman]

Brewing a barley wine today pushing the limits of my tun I think. 10.9kg in my 10us gallon cooler.

 

[strange-steve]

Well the rackers.org calculator says that'll take up 9.1 US gallons if mashing at 2.5L/Kg so you should just about make it!

 

[stigman]

Didn't know there were calculators for this thanks matey.

 

[strange-steve]

That's a serious grainbill, what's your expected OG?

 

[stigman]

Recipe says 1105 but I think that's based on 75% efficiency, I always suffer with big bills so it's also getting 500g dark candi sugar :thumb1:

 

[Ajhutch]

Gonna put it in sharer bottles?! That’s a heck of a grain bill, good luck with it.

 

[strange-steve]

Nice, @dad_of_jon will be proud.

 

[foxbat]

Wow that is one big beer you've got lined up there. Keep us posted how it goes.

 

[stigman]

Gonna put it in sharer bottles?! That’s a heck of a grain bill, good luck with it.

Haha you know me Ajhutch, this may have to go in 750s I might struggle with my litre growlers

 

[stigman]

Well it fits in with a little room to spare. Bang on target with mash temp aswell.

 

[stigman]

"would like some sprouts with that gravy"

 

[Sadfield]

Recipe says 1105 but I think that's based on 75% efficiency, I always suffer with big bills so it's also getting 500g dark candi sugar :thumb1:

Me too, I find knocking my efficiency down by 10% works when brewing high gravity beers. I have a barley wine fermenting away from last Sundays brew day, although wasn't brave enough for a 20L batch. I like Beersmith as it calculates the required mash tun volume.

1105, that's going to be a big one.

 

[Simonh82]

Are you planning on doing anything special to help fermentation along? Added nutrients or extra oxygen/aeration after fermentation has started?

 

[stigman]

Servomyces and a dam good thrashing.

 

[GerritT]

:thumb1:
Own recipe or is it from a book/site?
(not sure yet whether I like barleywines or not)

 

[stigman]

:thumb1:
Own recipe or is it from a book/site?
(not sure yet whether I like barleywines or not)

Greg Hugh's American barley wine with some added dark candi. May come out a bit to dark we'll see.

 

[GerritT]

Greg Hugh's American barley wine with some added dark candi. May come out a bit to dark we'll see.

Page 168, got it. You add the candi sugar at the end of primary, or already at the end of the boil?

 

[IainM]

Nice brew. Big beers always feel like something special. I've got a 1.116 RIS in the fv at the moment. BIAB was a work out.

 

[Clint]

I'd love to try a big beer but I'd be proper fecked on it....I might just do a one gallon job and bung it away for when father Christmas comes...

 

[stigman]

Well she's all wrapped up in my ferm fridge. Not far off on numbers but some changes needed
1st runnings 1.090
2nd runnings 1.060
Pre boil 1.102
og 1.102 a bit low and 21.5 litres into the fv.

22 with starter Wort. Should have been 1.105 @23L.
I do a single batch sparge might try 2 next time and a litre more in total liquor