I bottled today the barley wine, that was 1.113 OG and today 18 days later FG was 1.018, which translates to about 12.5% ABV. I'll wait for six months at least before opening the first one. It came out quite light colored, a dark orange, and there were some tones of raisins and toffee starting to emerge already. It was fizzing and gushing a bit when I siphoned it, so I hope I didn't bottle soon-to-be small glass bombs...
Last weekend I brewed a cream ale, "Weed,feed and mow" from Brewing Classic Styles. PAle ale malt, pilsner malt, flaked corn and sugar. For hops only Willamette. It's been fermenting like crazy, I used a 1.3 liter starter of WLP080 Cream Ale Blend plus 7 grams of US-05 for about 30 liters of wort, fermenting at 18-19 C.
I'm really impressed with BIABicus again, with the first one I was aiming for an OG of 1.115, and with this latest one for an OG of 1.050, which I hit excatly. Really nice
"The rules for making hop additions during the boil are about as well defined as those for a knife fight." -Stan Hieronymus
