Party-gyle time!

So on this wonderful Sunday afternoon, we will be rejoicing at the holiest church of homebrewing and praise thee, the holy partigyle barleywine and porter.

We will of course be sticking to the purity commandments.

First of all let me say that it is cold as balls outside - even for here in Buffalo. It is currently 10 degrees out with some wind and a bit of snow. We will still be attempting this holy partigyle - but we will probably do the big beer inside and the final boil on the lighter porter outdoors.

With that being said, here is the proposed recipes:

Carl's Millenium Barleywine

2.5 gallon batch in partigyle fashion

14lb 2-row
1 lb crystal 120L
.75 lb wheat
.5 oz millenium @ 60
.5 oz Cascade @10
.5 oz  Pacific Jade @0
Scottish Ale yeast
Champagne yeast if needed
OG: 1.090
FG: 1.020
ABV: 9.19%


Don's Breakfast porter

5-6 gallon batch

Same as above but add:

.5lb rolled oats
.5lb UK coffee malt
.5lb chocolate malt
Breiss porter LME - as needed to bring up the gravity (my first partigyle - so I don't know what I'm doing)
.75 oz Northern Brewer @ 60
.5 oz Cluster @ 30
.5 oz Willamette @ 20
Scottish Ale yeast
OG: 1.072
FG: 1.018
ABV: 7.09%


My good friends are coming by to assist me in the brewing and so they get a delicious beer named after them. They are both aspiring to brew and I hope that they enjoy this afternoon of homebrewing.

Beer and puppy pictures to follow. Go Sabres.

Here's the barleywine after 12 hours - crazy yeast festival:

Sweet porter is done!