Really good Stout Recipe

[ManseMasher]

Last stout I brewed I added molasses at flameout - not enough to make it cloyingly sweet but it was definitely there as an after taste. I'll try and dig out the recipe if you want it?

[Battleaxe]

You want more mouthfeel on a 1.069 O,G. beer? I guess if I was trying to make a Milk Stout or maybe an Oatmeal stout I could agree but I respectfully disagree if we are talking about an American Stout. Remember, he is contemplating 5% Crystal 90L which is going to boost the terminal gravity. As a previous poster correctly stated, everyone has their own individual idea about stouts and I suppose this exchange just bears that out. I guess using a less attenuative yeast as well as mashing hot are other ways to boost mouthfeel if indeed that is desired.

Not bothered about mouth feel FG is 1.020 should have plenty of feels especially at 6.5%

Don't have any flaked barley won't be using it simple as, Maybe next time.

Have I got the balance right? As Orlando said choc and black Malts use in small amounts can work together, I've also read this elsewhere and using Crystal can add some plum or deep fruit notes have I used too much too little could I add anything else?

Also I've now read at least 3 articles suggesting Centennial as a very good hop for big/American stouts...

[Battleaxe]

Last stout I brewed I added molasses at flameout - not enough to make it cloyingly sweet but it was definitely there as an after taste. I'll try and dig out the recipe if you want it?

If you don't mind ManseMasher, even if I don't use molasses your Grain bill will be useful!

[WalesAles]

Battle,
You are looking for a `Really Good Stout Recipe`?
Try this one.......Please read the post right through, great fun!
See my new Brew on March 2nd, I`m just going to pour one now and post pics and review tomorrow.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=73130

WA

[ManseMasher]

Here you go....

[WalesAles]

Battle,
I couldn`t wait........pics below.







Doesn`t feel like 5.5%. Smell the Bergamot as soon as you open the bottle, Very smooth, Bloody Lovely Mun!

WA

[hazelbrew]

if we are doing stout pics... 1085 down to 1005 saison stout. lego man shows what happens

[WalesAles]

hazel,
I have mentioned the Lego Man on another of your pics on another post!
I am going up the attic to get all my kids toys out for some great pic backdrops!
Well, you started it!
Millenium Falcon next to a Pint, Ninja Turtles, Thunderbird Island,Buzz Lightyear next my Beer! Oh Joy!

WA

[hazelbrew]

hazel,
I have mentioned the Lego Man on another of your pics on another post!
I am going up the attic to get all my kids toys out for some great pic backdrops!
Well, you started it!
Millenium Falcon next to a Pint, Ninja Turtles, Thunderbird Island,Buzz Lightyear next my Beer! Oh Joy!

WA

oh there is plenty of scope for great pics. Just needs more than one lego man.

like a lego man and a lego woman for example...

[orlando]

Something like this ?

ABV 6.5%
OG 1.069
FG 1.020
IBU 40
EBC 78

Grist

4.5lt batch (demijohn)

Pale - 1157g 85.7%
Crystal 90 - 68g 5.0%
Roasted Barley - 68g 5.0%
Black malt - 28g - 2.0%
Chocolate - 28g 2.0%

Thoughts please

Looks a good starting point to me because it isn't extreme, this means when you try it you will have a better idea in what direction to take it. If you want it roastier then you can up the RB and or black, if you want smoother you could use Carafa 3 instead of the black. I would do this before introducing oats or flaked barley as that is a different dimension, get the base right for you then riff. It's always too tempting to change too many things at once or go to extremes too soon, ask me how I know.

[Clibit]

Looks good to me too. I tend to go for 8 - 10% RB/black in varying proportions and sometimes add a bit of choc. Then I add one or two other things, an adjunct like flaked barley, oats or TW, and/or a few % of specialty malt like crystal, Crystal rye, chocolate rye, Brown malt etc. I keep meaning to try roasted wheat.

[Barley Water]

Good advice there about changing things slowly. What I generally do when brewing a style I don't have a lot of experience with is first brew a formulation that I know will at least give me a good beer ('cause life is too short to drink crap beer, right?). After that I start pushing things around depending on how it comes out, my personal preferences plus results from competitions. My "go to" recipe book is that deal the Great Jamil wrote now several years ago because everything comes out good and there are a lot of different styles in the book. For English stuff I consult that Real Ale book by Wheeler (although I wish he had gotten into the various English yeast strains). Of course, if you go that route you need to keep good notes otherwise if you are like me you will forget exactly what you did. Over the years I have developed a large three ring notebook full of beers that have worked well for me in the past. The hardest thing for me is to avoid screwing around with stuff that has already proven itself.

[john luc]

Our Local club "liffey Brewers", are in the process of brewing an RIS and adding it to Iaphroaig whisky barrels. The beer is fermented going from a 1098 to average 1033. finishing target was lower but only one brewer got there and he had separated the dark malts to mash them. Beer tastes great,lovely and rich and I hope will be even better after a stint in the barrels.
20 liter batch,
5.30kg pale malt,
1.00kg Roasted Barley,
0.45kg Black malt,
0.45kg Crystal 60,
2.00kg Brown Malt,
0.45kg Chocolate Malt,
35gr Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus CTZ 15.6% 60 minute boil,
100gr East Kent Goldings 5% 10 minute boil.
2 packs of US05 yeasts.

[Battleaxe]

ABV 6.5%
OG 1.069
FG 1.020
IBU 40
EBC 78

Grist

4.5lt batch (demijohn)

Pale - 1157g 85.7%
Crystal 90 - 68g 5.0%
Roasted Barley - 68g 5.0%
Black malt - 28g - 2.0%
Chocolate - 28g 2.0%

Brewed this in the end, with a health amount of centennial in the boil and 20g at the end below 80c it smells like a chocolate Turkish delight at the moment!

Missed boil off by roughly 500ml so it was 1.062 instead of the anticipated 1.069 so unfortunately it will only finish at a possible 5.8% instead of 6.5% hey ho I'm not crying over it.

I did find it had thrown its airlock across the brewfridge at some point today it had also been sick on the ceiling aswell, replaced airlock came back three hours later only to find it attempting the same thing... A blow off tube was installed!