Barley Crush

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  • HoppyHoppy
  • FloralFloral
  • CitrusCitrus
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If you thought Candy Crush was hard to put down, just wait until you’ve tried this English Barleywine. Everything about the Barley Crush is big. Intense sweet malt flavours fight against a bracingly bitter marmalade finish with fistfuls of orange peel aromas. Rich fragrant floral notes and vibrant hop aromatics betray its 9.9% ABV. The perfect tonic to warm the bones on a cold winter’s night, you’d best get brewing now; because, like all big strong things, the Barley Crush takes some time to mature.

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Recipe Contains

1 × Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale (1.3kg)
1 × Mr Beer North West Pale Ale (1.3kg)
1 × Mr Beer Carbonation Drops (72g)

You'll Need

1 × 12g Challenger Hops
1 × 12g East Kent Golding Hops
1 × 11g Lallemand Nottingham Dry Yeast

Beer Style: Ale

Colour (EBC): 65
Volume: 8.5L
Difficulty: Intermediate

ABV 9.9%

Alcohol by Volume

85 IBU

International Bitterness Units

EBC 65

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Ingredients

1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale
1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer North West Pale Ale
1 x 12g Challenger Hops
1 x 12g East Kent Golding Hops
1 x 11g Lallemand Nottingham Dry Yeast
1 x 72g Mr Beer Carbonation Drops

Mix

Clean and sanitise all equipment that will come in contact with the brew.
Add the contents of the Bewitched Amber Ale and Northwest Pale Ale to the Fermenting Vessel (FV).
Fill the FV with cold water to the 8.5 litre mark.
This brew is likely to produce a lot of foam. We suggest you fit the Krausen Kollar.
Sprinkle the Nottingham yeast and brew can yeasts then fit the lid.

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Barley Crush

If you thought Candy Crush was hard to put down, just wait until you’ve tried this English Barleywine. Everything about the Barley Crush is big. Intense sweet malt flavours fight against a bracingly bitter marmalade finish with fistfuls of orange peel aromas. Rich fragrant floral notes and vibrant hop aromatics betray its 9.9% ABV. The perfect tonic to warm the bones on a cold winter’s night, you’d best get brewing now; because, like all big strong things, the Barley Crush takes some time to mature.

Barley Crush
Beer Style Ale
Flavour Profile Malty, Hoppy, Floral, Citrus
Alcohol Content 9.9%
Colour (EBC) 65
Bitterness (IBU) 85
Volume 8.5L
Difficulty Intermediate

Ingredients

1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale
1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer North West Pale Ale
1 x 12g Challenger Hops
1 x 12g East Kent Golding Hops
1 x 11g Lallemand Nottingham Dry Yeast
1 x 72g Mr Beer Carbonation Drops

1. Mix

Clean and sanitise all equipment that will come in contact with the brew.
Add the contents of the Bewitched Amber Ale and Northwest Pale Ale to the Fermenting Vessel (FV).
Fill the FV with cold water to the 8.5 litre mark.
This brew is likely to produce a lot of foam. We suggest you fit the Krausen Kollar.
Sprinkle the Nottingham yeast and brew can yeasts then fit the lid.

2. Brew

Place the FV in a location out of direct sunlight and try to ferment at 18 - 20C.
Fermentation should take 7 to 12 days.
At around day 7, add the Challenger and East Kent Golding Hops to the brew (we recommend
wrapping them in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled straight from the wrapper).
After a couple of days, check the Specific Gravity (SG)
Check the SG again the following day and so on.
The brew is ready once the SG has stabilised over a couple of days, expect about 1012 to 1016.

3. Bottle

Gently fill clean PET bottles to about 3cm from the top.
Add 2 carbonation drops per bottle and secure the caps (use only one carbonation drop for bottles
intended to be stored for a longer period).
Store the bottles upright in a location out of direct sunlight at or above 18C.

4. Enjoy

After at least two weeks, check for sufficient carbonation by squeezing the PET bottles.
Naturally conditioned strong brews, being higher in alcohol and fuller of body, benefit from extended
conditioning at or above 18C.
Remember these brews are very high in alcohol and are not intended to be consumed as a session
beer.
When ready to drink, chill the bottles upright.
The chilled beer may be poured into clean glassware, leaving the sediment behind.
Expect the alcohol content to be approximately 9.9% ABV.

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