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fermentables:

  • 5.5 gal of OG=1.100 wort prepared by swamp head at the 12/29/12 knights of the barleywine event. boiled in parking lot over a propane burner, then chilled with Craig’s plate chiller.
  • equivalent to 20.6 lbs. maris otter

60 minute kettle additions:

  • 2 oz. Styrian Goldings pellet hops

15 minute kettle additions:

  • 1/2 oz. East Kent Goldings pellet hops
  • 1 tsp. Irish Moss

5 minute kettle additions:

  • 1/2 oz. East Kent Goldings pellet hops

yeast:

  • WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast

stats:

  • OG: 1.100
  • FG: 1.025
  • ABV: 9.81%

notes:

  • bottled: 1/20/2013, during Obama’s second inauguration (hence the name)