It's Barleywine Season!

[dnjan]

What are your favourites?

I just had a barleywine from a local brewpub - BigTime. Named Old Wolly.
A bit more like a strong ale, but surprisingly smooth.

 

[rumblefish]

Yes, and I think Samichlaus will be visiting soon!

 

[rmrdaddy]

YES!

I'm always a fan of Victory Brewings' Old Horizontal:
http://www.victorybeer.com/old_horizontal.aspx

I've also recently also tasted the Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot, Very Nice! :
http://www.weyerbacher.com/cwo.php?id=7&page_id=10

Cheers People :beer:

 

[quickerNu]

Sisyphus, from Austin's Real Ale Brewing! It's "only" 11.5%, but very flavorful!

 

[El Erico]

My favorite is Sierra Nevada Bigfoot!

Great tasting Barleywine that will knock
you on your butt if you are not to carefull.

 

[rikrdo]

another vote here for SN Bigfoot Barleywine.

I also like Stone Brewery's Old Guardian and
Rogue Old Crustacean

 

[cooncatbob]

Back during my home brewing days I made a Barleywine.
I did a 12 lb mash consisting of 7 lbs of 6 row barley malt, 2 lbs of victory malt , 1lb of Carapils malt, 1 lb dark crystal malt and 1 lb of wheat malt.
During the boil I added 6 lbs of pale malt extract, 1 lbs of dark brown and a bottle of dark mollasas.
After I pitched the yeast it blew the airlock off the fermenter and beer sludge all over the wall.
It ferment like crazy for 2 week then I transferred it a secondary ferment at which time I repitched it with Champange yeast.
3 weeks later it finally stopped fermenting I primed it with Black strap molasses and bottle it.
I aged it for a month before I tried it, it tasted rather like Old Foghorn and had a similar alcohol content.
It continued to improve with age and I have a friend who I believe still has a bottle statched away.

 

[John in Covina]

Bigfoot
Old Foghorn
Old Dipsea
Old Crustacean

 

[rikrdo]

not quite a barleywine, but very close
Deelicious, nonetheless

Lagunitas Brown Shugga

http://www.lagunitas.com/beers/brownshugga.html

 

[John in Covina]

I had a Sierra Nevada Bigfoot on tap at Hero's in Clairmont, CA last week. YUM:beer: