Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Building Big Barrel-Aged Barleywines with New Image
From selecting malts with intention to deploying Madeira-inspired macro-oxidation, finishing on different woods, and blending to taste, New Image founder Brandon Capps outlines a technical approach to crafting characterful barrel-aged barleywines.
6 chapters · 24 lessons · 1h 16m
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Brandon Capps
Founder, New Image Brewing
Brandon Capps of New Image Brewing in Arvada and Wheat Ridge, Colorado, has a reputation for tinkering with chemistry and technique to pack more flavor into beers. His background in engineering and process design informs his iterative, experimental approach, whether it means finding the best way to use hop terpenes in IPAs or deploying macro-oxidation to get the aged qualities he wants from barrel-aged barleywines.
Course contents
6 chapters, 24 lessons, 1h 16m of video
Chapter 1
Introduction
- Meet New ImageFree preview1:05
- What Our Judges and Editors Said About New Image 9505 Barleywine
Chapter 2
Planning Your Barleywine
- Approaching Barleywine for Barrel-Aging0:48
- Choosing Your Starting Point1:09
- Selecting Ingredients: Malt, Hops, Yeast, and Water8:50
Chapter 3
Brewing Big Barleywines
- Brewing for Higher Gravities3:34
- Shepherding a Successful Barleywine Fermentation3:59
- Before the Barrels: Clarification and Degassing2:10
Chapter 4
Barrel Aging Your Barleywine
- Three Key Components0:35
- The Importance of Oxidation—and Macro-Oxidation6:34
- Understanding the Flavors in the Wood3:21
- Planning for Time as a Component5:59
- Wood Finishing3:34
- Adjusting Time on Wood for Desired Character1:37
Chapter 5
Tasting & Blending Your Barleywine
- Brewing and Barrel Aging with Blending in Mind1:11
- Pulling Nails and Tasting Barrels4:42
- Cross-Pollination and Blending Barleywines with Other Styles1:38
- Tasting and Evaluation for Blending15:43
- Finishing and Packaging7:22
Chapter 6
Parting Thoughts, Further Reading, Listening & Recipes
- Parting Thoughts2:02
- Recipe: New Image Intent Barleywine
- Podcast Episode 202: Brandon Capps of New Image Brews Better IPAs Through Chemistry
- More Perspectives: How Anchorage’s Gabe Fletcher Packs Character into Barrel-Aged Barleywine
- Brewing Trends: Barleywine, Looking Good in Black