
From the catalog -
The inspiration for this deep garnet ale was actually called a barley wine, even though it weighed in at quite a bit less than you’d expect for a beer of that name. That’s “weighed” in the past tense because the powers that be gobbled up a small brewery in Kilkenny, moved this beer to Dundalk, and then did away with it altogether. Nice work, European corporate brewing industry. Looks like it’s up to us again, homebrewers.Nomenclature aside, think of Dundalk Heavy as an overgrown Irish session ale: the color of old mahogany, rounded and full in the mouth easing into an off-dry and slightly biscuity finish. Throughout you will find overtones of butter toffee, juicy malt, and tree fruit with glimmerings of ruby port, earth, and ground coffee. Raise a pint or four to brewing your own and keeping the dream alive: Slainte!
Time was going to be tight to get it on draft by St Patricks day so she needed to brew it soon. It was pretty straight forward for me to convert the recipe from liquid extract to dry extract so that she could brew it with ingredients from the shop.
The brewday went well and Bonnie had a great time. I should note that all of the pictures are ones she took during the process. I also mostly stayed in the background doing miscellaneous chores having brewed Westbennetteren 12 b2 myself earlier that day.
Cheers
-SNB
Wee Bonnie Lass
Some Crazy Irish Beer
Type: Extract
Date: 2/17/2013
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Brewer: Bonnie Bennett
Boil Size: 6.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.062 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.072 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.2 %
Bitterness: 49.8 IBUs
Est Color: 13.7 SRM
Ingredients
0.50 lb Carared (20.0 SRM)
0.25 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)
6.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Corn Sugar (Boil 15.0 mins)
0.75 oz Summit [17.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins)
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min
1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002)
Pictures
Excellent. My wife has brewed with me. She was even the "head brewer" a couple times. She has never really done a brew day by herself, though.
ReplyDeleteI don't think my wife would ever brew a beer this big, either :-)