Big Keeping Beer

[JabbA]

Hi Guys,

With the imminent arrival of our first little 'un I'm planning on getting a beer on then cracking open a bottle or two on their birthday over the next, well how ever many years the bottles last- it'd be nice to get to 18! I'm thinking of a big IPA / barley wine number. I've got a collection of 275 & 330ml bottles, about 12 litres worth, that I'll cap and seal with wax and keep in the garage / loft to keep them out of temptations way!

I've not done a beer as big as this before so I thought I'd keep it simple:



I'm guessing 2 packets of Nottingham will do the job? I'm undecided whether to rack into a corny to condition first for a few weeks / months and then maybe reseed with yeast at bottling, though in the spirit of keeping in simple I'll probably just prime and bottle it!

Cheers,
Jamie

[leedsbrew]

Congrats on the iminent arrival mate! It's the best feeling in the world! our little lad is 7 weeks now and I can hand on heart say it has been the best 7 weeks of my life! Don't get me wring, you don't know how much sleep you don't need, but you won't give a crap about yourself once little one arrives! I spent 6 hours at work the other day before someone pointed out I had my trousers on inside out! Tired wasn't the word!


Beer looks good! I love maber malt, it'll lend a nice dryness and toast to the beer! I still need to sort out a recipe to do the same!

cheers

LB

[JabbA]

Cheers LB, 3 weeks now until we're due, Becky finished work yesterday- it's all becoming rather real now!! Really looking forward to it- but I don't do well on little sleep as it is so we'll see how that goes!

Hope to get the beer on the go on Sunday, maybe I'll get the soon-to-be-granddad-father-in-law round to help out!

Cheers,
Jamie

[coatesg]

Good luck with the impending arrival! They are great 2 packs should be fine there. Amber is a lovely and oft-overlooked malt.

[Rookie]

I read somewhere that dark and hoppy beers hold up best over time.

[super_simian]

Don't forget boozy. Dark, hoppy*, boozy. The three factors which can extend a beer's keeping time. Two of three is good, three of three is best!

*well bittered hoppy rather than aroma hoppy.