Cheap Leather Jacket Barley Wine American Barleywine NHC08

Category 19: Strong Ale

2008 AHA National Homebrew Competition Gold Medal

Sponsored by Northern Brewer
Alex Buerckholtz, Asheville, NC, American Barleywine, Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
"Cheap Leather Jacket Barley Wine"

American Barleywine

Ingredients for 5 U.S. gallons (19 liters)

12.0    lb (5.44 kg) Maris Otter pale malt

6.0       lb (2.72 kg) Munich malt

3.0       lb (1.36 kg) Northwestern Gold dry malt extract (10 min.)

2.0       lb (1.36 kg) Vienna malt

1.0       lb (0.9 kg) 40° F crystal malt

2.0       oz (57 g) chocolate malt

2.0       oz (57 g) Warrior plug hops, 18% alpha acid, (4 hrs)

2.0       oz (57 g) Chinook plug hops, 14% alpha acid, (90 min.)

2.0       oz (57 g) Amarillo plug hops, 10% alpha acid, (45 min.)

2.0       oz (57 g) Simcoe plug hops, 15.7% alpha acid, (20 min.)

2.0       oz (57 g) Cascade plug hops, 7.2% alpha acid, (10 min.)

2.0       oz (57 g) Centennial plug hops, 5.6% alpha acid, (2 min.)

2.0       oz (57 g) Amarillo plug hops, 10% alpha acid, (dry, 10 days)

2.0       oz (57 g) Centennial plug hops, 10% alpha acid, (dry, 10 days)

Pisgah Brewery ale yeast slurry

1.25    cups dry malt extract (0.3 liters)

1          tablet White Labs Servomyces yeast nutrient

Original Specific Gravity: 1.112

Final Specific Gravity: 1.022

Boiling Time: 4 hours, 30 minutes

Primary Fermentation: 10 days at 70° F (21° C) in glass

Secondary Fermentation: 30 days at 70° F (21° C) in glass

Directions

Mash grains at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes.

Judges' Comments

"Great hops. A little more malt complexity would help."

"Great American 'grapefruit' hops, complex malts (toffee and caramel), hugely balanced. Big beer, well crafted!"