What yeast did you use?
by raygun (2019-10-18 09:12:32)

In reply to: I made a 19.5% barleywine and it only cost me ~$80 for 5 Gal  posted by anthro_domer

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I thought most wouldn't have a tolerance that high.

White Labs Super Yeast will get 20+%
by pmoose  (2019-10-18 11:02:18)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I have made a 16% ABV imperial stout with it, though I am fairly certain I could have gotten US-05 to get at least close to that...
Yep. Used this. They claim it can get up to 25%
by Anthro_Domer  (2019-10-18 14:44:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I'm pretty sure I could have pushed mine more too, as it dried out more than I wanted at 1.014.

I did have to do a bit of work to get it that high. The wort would have only gotten to around 13%, but I added maple syrup and honey to the beer over 3 days after the yeast had gotten through some of the wort. Purportedly this helps the yeast, as they can struggle if you throw all the sugar at them right away.

The resulting beer was a little bit hot initially, as you could imagine. I've let it sit about 2 years and it's really come around. It was definitely a fun experiment in how big a beer I could brew.
I've made up to 15% using champagne yeast
by Irish_Texan  (2019-10-18 10:21:36)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Start off with an ale yeast, and then once that stalls out hit it again with the champagne yeast to take it up to 15%