Choc Treacle Stout - 02/12/07

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Choc Treacle Stout - 02/12/07

Post by Garth » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:43 pm

Thought I'd give this a go from the newsletter as it sounds rather nice.

25 litres
OG1055
Eff 70%
86 EBC 52 IBU
estimated 5.6% ABV

Pale Malt 5.08kg
Roasted Barley 470g
Black Treacle 260g (upped to 300g)
Wheat Malt 240g
Chocolate Malt 160g

Mash 68C for 60 mins

Northdown 60g 60mins

Boil 60mins

Yeast 2x S-04

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Doughing in, much easier to stir in a round tun, and Spinny sparger comes back out of retirement

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Emptying the spent grains, and the unhopped wort just coming to the boil

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Hops on the block for the chop, and on the scales, spot on

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Treacle time, mmm sticky.....then mixing with hot wort to get it dissolved so as not to damage the elements

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Cornies make an attractive and useful stand for the chiller as I'm using a new 10gal fv which is higher so I don't get the 'ole pavlova effect all over the kitchen

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First runnings in to the new fv, it looks lost in there

All in all a thoroughly good brewday, maybe it's because I've not brewed for a while.
Last edited by Garth on Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Vossy1 » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:50 pm

Good work G and great pics 8)
I like the look of this recipe also. How did the wort smell :?:
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Post by Garth » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:53 pm

hell, that's what I forgot to say, thanks for reminding me Vos,

the wort smelt great, proper treacley and sweet, just hope it smells the same coming out of the bottle
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Post by Garth » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:38 pm

well, I thought I'd give the spinny another chance, I got poor efficiency when I used it with the coolbox mash tun and I was getting a bit put off

I put it down to channelling down the sides or something, but batch sparging restored my faith and convinced I wasn't doing anything wrong anywhere else.

I probably batch sparge the next brew, to see if it makes any difference again

according to Promash I got 79% mash eff. so that is a drastic improvement.
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AT

Post by AT » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:13 pm

Might try this recipe next week as my first stout :)
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Post by subsub » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:52 am

Missed your post Garth, looking good dude :D
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TAXMACKEM

Post by TAXMACKEM » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:06 am

Nice one mate,new gear looks cool ,and -----shiny !

Sounds very promising !!! :D
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Post by Garth » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:03 pm

Cheers Tom and SS

AT, out of all the stouts I've done this smelt the best while boiling, give it a go

Yeast head formed within 3 hours, skimmed the crap off last night and this morning.
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Post by TAXMACKEM » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:32 pm

BTW Garth,cant believe you hit the hop weight guess spot on again,lol !! =D> =D>
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Bazil

Post by Bazil » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:48 am

Just done a batch of this today after finding an old king keg in the loft I'd forgotten about.
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roger the dog

Post by roger the dog » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:25 pm

Lovely pictures Garth, great work 8)

I've been thinking about doing a stout for a while & I'll probably have a go at this one in the New Year. I'll be interested to find out how yours turns out.
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Post by Garth » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:34 pm

How did it smell Baz?

RTD, just bottled this from cornie and the treacle smell was there as much as before, I bottled 20 and kept 15 litres in the cornie for 'further research' :wink:
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bod

Post by bod » Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:45 pm

wow! how did i miss that in the newsletter! think i'll need to give this a brew. :D
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Post by AT » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:55 pm

bod wrote:wow! how did i miss that in the newsletter! think i'll need to give this a brew. :D
hmmm hmmm did you read it :lol: :lol:
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Post by Garth » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:28 pm

did you try this recipe AT?

It would be a belter for your first stout
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