Recomendations please for a Stout

[Dunlambert]

Well I now have 3 AG's under my belt the first Festival Mild was fantastic and didnt last long.

The second was my Old Peculier clone which I was amazed to find was very close to the real thing, lovely rich flavours with the priming treacle coming through (almost all gone ).

On Sunday I brewed my third AG, the Caladonian 80 (I decided to put my planned Newcastle Brown brew on the back burner). It went so smoothly I am sure I must of forgotten to do something. This is now is fermenting away nicely.

So now I have an empty keg that needs filling. I had vistors from England a week or so ago and they brought me over a 25kg back of MO which I am now itching to use. I have plenty of crystal, roast barley, Chocolate malt, black malt, torrified wheat and some flaked barley. Some Goldings, Fuggles and Challenger. What I am looking for is a nice smooth stout, slighlty on the sweet side. Anyone have a nice 23L recipe ?

[eskimobob]

Well I now have 3 AG's under my belt the first Festival Mild was fantastic and didnt last long.

Well done - looks like you are well and truely hooked

Anyone have a nice 23L recipe ?

Probably not good manners to reccomend one of my own brews buy hey - Seriously though, do a search for Stout and you will find several great recipes here.

Here's a link to my EB Stout that was in the newsletter

And here are a few more showing slight variations that I have made:
1) Original EB Irish Stout
2) Slightly tweaked with some CaraPils
3) Vanilla version

I have also made it with Safale S04 and it tasted just great (slightly different admittedly - more sweet actually so should be waht you are looking for) too so use whatever yeast you have available.

Let us know how you get on

Edit: Forgot to say that these are 19 litre recipes (I use cornies and 19 litres fits well) but they can be easily scaled up a bit if you wish. If you need any help scaling just yell.

Edit2: Also forgot to say these are based on 85% brewhouse efficiency so you might need to adjust a bit based on what you achieved with your first 3 brews - although I think stouts are a little bit more efficient generally. - Again just yell.

[Dunlambert]

Thanks EB,

I have been looking through the recipe section for a couple of days now and just could not make up my mind as there are quite a few stouts on there. But I think you have sold me on your original. I will have to try and work it out for a 23L batch. Maths is not my strong point . I will take some time and read through your brew day.

thanks again

[notassuch]

I'm getting really excited about my EB Stout.
I tasted it at the weekend (at 3 weeks old) and the flavours are coming together rapidly.
As soon as it's mature I'm having my best bud & his missus over for stout and oysters.
Great recipe to try.... now I've just got to keep these so-called, "tastings," to a minimum!

[eskimobob]

I will have to try and work it out for a 23L batch. Maths is not my strong point . I will take some time and read through your brew day.

Just in case you want to check your calcs here is my original recipe scaled to 23 litres and adjusted to about 70% efficiency (do you know what you have achieved with your earlier brews? - not hugely important - if you achieve higher than 70% then it will be stronger).

3670gm Pale Malt (I used Maris Otter)
1470gm Flaked Barley
588gm Roasted Barley
69gm Fuggles (at 4.5% - you may need to adjust the hops if the AA content of your fuggles is a lot different - see the recent newsletter for instruction on how to do it.)

Mash with about 14 litres of water at about 64C.

Hope this helps

As soon as it's mature I'm having my best bud & his missus over for stout and oysters.

Hmmm I have tried Oysters but not in Stout - Interesting.

[notassuch]

I have tried Oysters but not in Stout

Ah, sorry... oysters WITH stout. Very classic accompaniment.
Mind you, I did come across an oyster stout recipe on BYO.

[eskimobob]

Ah, sorry... oysters WITH stout. Very classic accompaniment.
Mind you, I did come across an oyster stout recipe on BYO.

No, it's ok, I got what you meant . I have heard of oysters cooked in stout of course but never tried it.

[Dunlambert]

Thanks EB for re-calculating the recipe for 23L . Saves me from messing it all up

As far as my efficiency goes I havent really worked it out as I said my maths is bad so I generally steer clear of calculations. But my with first brew I was a bit off on the OG but the last two I have been pretty much spot on for the recipe as in amount of wort extracted and OG. So I am guessing about 70% ?

[eskimobob]

I have been pretty much spot on for the recipe as in amount of wort extracted and OG. So I am guessing about 70% ?

Depends what efficiency the recipes were based on but you are probably not far out there - Have fun