The official homebrew recipe for Big Brew 2025 is based on Donna and Larry Reuter’s award-winning American barleywine that took home the gold in the 2019 and 2023 US National Homebrew Competition Final Rounds. Expect a bold and hoppy strong ale of the highest calibre!
This recipe includes the malts, hops and yeast to brew this beer. You will need to have the necessary equipment for all-grain brewing.
There is around 9.5kg of malt in this recipe! Make sure your equipment can handle this volume.
Batch size: 18.9L
OG: 1.096
FG: 1.018
IBU: 100
EBC: ~33
ABV: 11.2%
Ingredients
Note that substitutes will be made where specific malts or hops are not readily available.
- Maris Otter Malt
- Light Crystal Malt
- Medium Crystal Malt
- Special W Malt
- Dextrin Malt
- Dextrose
- Cascade Hops
- Centennial Hops
- Chinook Hops
- Yeast, depending on your selection (2 packs needed)
