| Brewing a Stout! | [September 13, 2009 | 12:48 PM] |
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So after months of not brewing, I finally broke down and ordered a few ingredients and decided to whip out a stout. I did not consult any recipe books and pretty much pulled the recipe out of my ass. It consists of:
10lbs of Marris Otter
10 oz of Roasted Barley
7 oz of Chocolate Malt
1 ounce of Nugget (60 minutes)
a packet of WYeast 1084 Irish Yeast
Everything went smoothly for the most part. I did get attacked by bees a few times since they seemed to admire the malty smell from the mash tun. I completely forgot to do a gravity check but I would guesstimate that it is around 1.050. This is the first real stout that I have done an all grain of (I did make a stout like beer without roasted barley, using instead dehusked black grain, it was good, but not roasty enough to be a stout). I’m hoping I will have this beer rolled out by November.
September 28, 2009 | 6:29 AM at 6:29 AM
Is this the beer you let me try? If so, it was good. But it probably wasn't, since you gave it to me last week.
October 01, 2009 | 8:16 AM at 8:16 AM
Hey Paul,
This is a different beer. This should end up tasting a bit more like a Guinness than the last one. The one you tried is supposed to be a clone of Dogfish Heads indian brown ale. My beer came out a bit lighter than the Dogfish head though.
-Thijs