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(David M. Fresco) writes:

YES ! 9# light DME. 6# Amber DME. 4 oz fuggles or eroica boil. 2.5 oz your favorite to finish. (more fuggles for me) add a huge starter. add water to 5 gals. in a 7 gal carbouy. DO NOT use a blow off tube. (starts at more than 1.1) add champagne yeast after about 3 weeks, stir upon that addition and a few times after. (add champagne yeast at about 1.040 – 1.036) bottle after about 75 days, total. Warning: you may find this a bit strong…

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9# light DME. 6# Amber DME. 4 oz fuggles or eroica boil. 2.5 oz your favorite to finish. (more fuggles for me)

Fuggles?  I think Cascades would be more appropriate.  For bittering *and* for finishing, but especially for finishing. Also, I doubt you could get the kind of hop flavor that Bigfoot has without using a hopback, as SN does for this brew.

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Rubinoff) writes: Cascades and Hopback .. etc.

If that works for you, do it often. Note that the various ’species’ of hops have different Alpha-acid potentials that vary more by the field and/or (US) state than by brand name. Repeat what you enjoy … -P

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This is a very strong ale not for the faint of heart. I titiled it Big bad rabid dog ale (’cause it bites you when your not lookin’). The taste is very similar to SN Bigfoot except stronger (alcoholacost?)<grin. Here goes: 6 LBS Light dried malt extract (DME) 3 LBS Amber DME 3 LBS Light (Clover) Honey 1LB Crystal Malt (53 Degree Lovibond) 1/2 Lb Black Patent Malt 4 oz Bullion Hops (9 Alpha) 3/4 cup corn sugar or 1 1/4 cups DME EDME ale yeast 11gr an grain bag. Remove grains, bring to water to a boil and add DME, honey, and 3 oz bullion hops in a hops bag. Boil for 55 min then add 1 oz hops for last 5 min of boil. (1 hour total boil time), cool add to ferm (use 6.5 Gallon carboy) filled to 5 gallon capacity. Pitch and attach blowoff hose. Very violent ferment. Can rack to secondary in about 5 days but not really neccessary. SG = 1.100 and FG =1.028. Bottle when fermentation complete about 2-3wks and wait at least 2-3 wks to taste. Gets better with time and is devastating!!! ——- Sent from the OneNet Boulder BBS  (303) 444-7569   Graphical interface available for Macintosh & MS Windows users. OneNet member Network Regional Hub.   Providing access to Information, Tools & Community

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responded to an earlier post of mine, in which I made suggestions about hopping for a Bigfoot clone: Rubinoff) writes: Cascades and Hopback .. etc. If that works for you, do it often. Note that the various ’species’ of hops have different Alpha-acid potentials that vary more by the field and/or (US) state than by brand name. Repeat what you enjoy … -P

By all means, do whatever you want to your beer.  But the subject of this thread is cloning Bigfoot Barleywine, and you can’t do that unless you use the right type of hops.   You seem to be under the impression that alpha acid content is all that differentiates hops.  This is not so.  The aroma and flavor of hops varies greatly from variety to variety, and has little to do with the alpha acid content.  Bigfoot Barleywine has an immense hop aroma and flavor (the strongest of any beer I’ve ever tasted), and the aroma and flavor hops that SN uses are either Cascade or Centennial (a close relative of Cascades). My earlier post was in response to the suggestion of using Fuggles; this simply could not produce a beer resembling Bigfoot.

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As with the industrious squirrels, it’s time to turn one’s attention to winter fare.  For the homebrewer it’s fruit beer and barleywine time.  I would like to brew up a SN Bigfoot Barleywine copy.  I would like an extract/specialty grains recipe.  I’d also be interested in recipes for SN’s 1993 Celebration Ale.

SN? Am unfamiliar with that brewery, but am interested in barleywine recipes please. Am most familiar with the Bridgeport Brewing seasonal here in Portland, Oregon. Most fine, most thick, pretty darn sweet, and my sweetheart loves it. Neal.

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As with the industrious squirrels, it’s time to turn one’s attention to winter fare.  For the homebrewer it’s fruit beer and barleywine time.  I would like to brew up a SN Bigfoot Barleywine copy.  I would like an extract/specialty grains recipe.  I’d also be interested in recipes for SN’s 1993 Celebration Ale. SN? Am unfamiliar with that brewery, but am interested in barleywine recipes please. Am most familiar with the Bridgeport Brewing seasonal here in Portland, Oregon. Most fine, most thick, pretty darn sweet, and my sweetheart loves it.

SN=Sierra Nevada Still no one out there with a recipe?  Come on !!! =  David M. Fresco                                          = =  Department of Psychology                                 = =  CB#3270, Davie Hall                      __o             = =  Chapel Hill, NC 27599                    <,             = =  Voice:  (919) 962-5082               """"                = =  Fax:    (919) 962-2537                                   =

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As with the industrious squirrels, it’s time to turn one’s attention to winter fare.  For the homebrewer it’s fruit beer and barleywine time.  I would like to brew up a SN Bigfoot Barleywine copy.  I would like an extract/specialty grains recipe.  I’d also be interested in recipes for SN’s 1993 Celebration Ale. TIA =  David M. Fresco                                          = =  Department of Psychology                                 = =  CB#3270, Davie Hall                      __o             = =  Chapel Hill, NC 27599                    <,             = =  Voice:  (919) 962-5082               """"                = =  Fax:    (919) 962-2537                                   =

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