JP wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone ever attempted to make a barley wine from just light malt >> extract?
>> Think it would be worth the time and expense.
>> I was considering just using about 16lbs of light DME maybe some honey
>> and champagne yeast.
>> Thoughts?
>
> You're gonna have an awfully thin BW. I'd recommend using some 60L
> crystal, too, and definitely skip the champagne yeast. It isn't
> necessary and won't give your BW the right flavor. Skip the honey,
> too. It's 100% fermnentable and will just thin the beer. Use 2-3
> packets of a good dry ale yeast, or a huge amount of liquid yeast. >
> ------------->Denny
Use some, a pound or so, of lactose too as it gets really bitter when the alchohol content soars to 16%.
-gcitagh