Crown Cellar English Barleywine | All-grain Recipe Kit | 5 Gallons
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Crown Cellar English Barleywine
English Barleywine is the grand old malt bomb of British brewing: rich, warming, layered, and built for sipping rather than speed. A good one should feel powerful without becoming syrupy, with deep Maris Otter character, toffee, biscuit, dried fruit, marmalade-like malt depth, and enough bitterness to keep the finish structured.
Crown Cellar is designed as a proper cellar-worthy strong ale. The heavy Maris Otter base gives it the bready, nutty depth the style needs, while Crystal 80L, Crystal 120L, and Victory malt stack caramel, raisin, toast, and biscuit. Challenger and East Kent Golding keep the beer balanced instead of sticky.
Why Brew This Kit
This is a brew for patience and payoff. It is excellent young if fermentation is clean, but it is built to improve as the malt, bitterness, and warming alcohol knit together over time.
Companion version: This is the all-grain version. If you prefer the other brew-day format, see the Crown Cellar English Barleywine extract recipe kit.
Beer Profile
- Style: English Barleywine
- Batch Size: 5 gallons
- Estimated OG: ~1.086–1.095
- Estimated FG: ~1.018–1.024
- Estimated ABV: ~8.5–9.5%
- Bitterness: Firm, ~45–60 IBU
- Color: Deep copper / ruby
- Fermentation: Clean English-style ale fermentation
Grain Milling
We automatically mill the grains included with SoCal Brewing Supply beer recipe kits so they are ready for brew day. If you want the grains left unmilled, please add that request in the shopping cart notes before checkout. We’ll do our best to support unmilled requests when packing your order.
What to Expect
Toffee, biscuit, dried fruit, marmalade, firm bitterness, full body, and warming alcohol that should smooth with conditioning.
Fermentation Requirements
Pitch Nottingham into well-aerated wort around 64–68°F. This is a high-gravity beer; oxygenation and healthy yeast are important. Give the beer time to fully finish and condition before packaging.
Detailed Kit Contents
- Maris Otter Malt: 256 Ounces
- Crystal 80L Malt: 12 Ounces
- Crystal 120L Malt: 6 Ounces
- Victory Malt: 8 Ounces
- Challenger Hops: 2 Ounces
- East Kent Golding Hops: 2 Ounces
- LalBrew Nottingham Yeast: 2 Sachets
Brewing Notes
Mash around 150°F for fermentability, oxygenate well, and give this beer extra conditioning time before judging it.
Download the Crown Cellar English Barleywine brewing instructions PDF.
Helpful Bottling & Kegging Add-Ons
- Bottling this batch? Add powdered dextrose priming sugar and use our Priming Sugar Calculator for the actual packaged volume, beer temperature, and carbonation target.
- Kegging instead? Use our Beer Carbonation Chart & Keg Serving Pressure Calculator to choose the right CO₂ pressure for your serving temperature and target carbonation.
All-Grain Brew Day Upgrade
If you brew with a kettle-based brew-in-a-bag setup, add our BIAB grain bag for easier mash handling and cleanup.