Comments on: Time For This Year’s Barley Wine http://lazybrewer.com/2009/03/05/time-for-this-years-barley-wine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-for-this-years-barley-wine Homebrewing, technology and other duties as assigned... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Ranes http://lazybrewer.com/2009/03/05/time-for-this-years-barley-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Mark Ranes Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:35:16 +0000 http://lazybrewer.com/?p=723#comment-104 The barley wine came in at OG 1.103, and with the huge starter I made, it was chugging along nicely, already blowing off when we got home from last evening's hockey game. Hopefully this barley wine is easier to finish off than the one I brewed last Valentines Day. Last year I had to coax the barley wine to finish with extra yeast, some heat and lots of swirling of the carboy. Eventually it did turn into a wonderful barley wine, so it was worth all the work:) The brew day was uneventful, except for great company and a couple awesome beers I've been wanting to try. Eric brought down a Lagunitas Farmhouse Hop Stoopid IPA and a Scottish Skull Splitter. The Hop Stoopid is an assault of hops - and tastes very much like my recent Simcoe IPA, so I'm assuming that the primary hop in the Hop Stoopid is incredibly stoopid amounts of Simcoes. I still have an additional Hop Stoopid in the kegerator, compliments of Wade. The Skull Splitter was a fabulous wee heavy, a malt bomb, that was a nice change after the resinous Hop Stoopid. Stephen brought an Oggie's Torrey Pines IPA that was a nicely balanced IPA with a pleasant citrusy profile. The barley wine came in at OG 1.103, and with the huge starter I made, it was chugging along nicely, already blowing off when we got home from last evening’s hockey game. Hopefully this barley wine is easier to finish off than the one I brewed last Valentines Day. Last year I had to coax the barley wine to finish with extra yeast, some heat and lots of swirling of the carboy. Eventually it did turn into a wonderful barley wine, so it was worth all the work:)

The brew day was uneventful, except for great company and a couple awesome beers I’ve been wanting to try. Eric brought down a Lagunitas Farmhouse Hop Stoopid IPA and a Scottish Skull Splitter. The Hop Stoopid is an assault of hops – and tastes very much like my recent Simcoe IPA, so I’m assuming that the primary hop in the Hop Stoopid is incredibly stoopid amounts of Simcoes. I still have an additional Hop Stoopid in the kegerator, compliments of Wade. The Skull Splitter was a fabulous wee heavy, a malt bomb, that was a nice change after the resinous Hop Stoopid. Stephen brought an Oggie’s Torrey Pines IPA that was a nicely balanced IPA with a pleasant citrusy profile.

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