<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Fineness &amp; Accuracy]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://finenessandaccuracy.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Scott Madin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://finenessandaccuracy.wordpress.com/author/smadin/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Current Brews Status]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I checked on my two current brews last night.  The barleywine — slightly modified from the <a href="http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/recipe.asp?Style=Barley+Wine">&#8220;Big 10/20 Barley Wine&#8221; recipe at beertown.org</a> — has been proceeding very slowly since racking off the ale yeast and pitching champagne yeast, but from its original gravity of 1.132 it was down to 1.092 when I racked it, and it&#8217;s now at 1.077.  It&#8217;s got a ways to go yet, so I think I&#8217;ll need to make up a small starter of the champagne yeast to try to get it going.</p>
<p>When I racked the barleywine, I decided it would be a shame to waste its yeast bed, so I brewed a coffee porter (which for lack of a better name I&#8217;m calling &#8220;Dark Roast&#8221;) and put it in the same carboy on top of the old yeast.  It was down from 1.060 to 1.022, or about 5% ABV, when I checked it last night, which I&#8217;m willing to consider good enough, so I racked it, and I&#8217;ll probably bottle next weekend.  It tastes very good — nicely roasty, with a coffee flavor that&#8217;s distinct but somewhat subtle — so I&#8217;m quite pleased with how it came out. I&#8217;ll post the recipe I used for it a bit later; I&#8217;m thinking I may start putting up recipes as pages under the main <a href="https://finenessandaccuracy.wordpress.com/matters-zymurgical/">Matters Zymurgical</a> tab up top, rather than as regular posts.</p>
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