stout for christmas

[baldyjason]

ok here is my stock list, im brewing today and i want a stout, soooo

we have loads of pale malt
1 kg roasted barley
1.5 kg chocolate malt
1 kg black malt
500g carapils
500g caramalt

i only have 1 full packet of challenger 113g aa 5.6%

anyone got a recipe to follow using some of the above for a 50 litre brew length as far as taste goes i think murphys stout tastes a lot nicer than guiness

[Garth]

did you get a recipe Jason? did you brew today

I have one if you didn't.

[baldyjason]

no ive decided to brew today instead id apreciate your recipe though

[Garth]

sorry, probably a bit late but here is a variation on Hop Backs stout using your ingredients, it is a bit light on the hops, so if you do have any more bung 'em in with the Challenger to up the bitterness a bit. and they should be boiled for 90 not 60 as it the form says, to extract as much as you can from them.

the only change I made to the grain bill was I omited Flaked Barley and replaced it with your Carapils, they do similar things, more body and head retention.

[baldyjason]

cheers anyway garth but i started without you

i ended up doing a stout version of my specific ale( which i might add was AWSOME )

here is my xmas stout recipe 45 ltr brew length

8 x 2 ltr jugfulls of marris otter
1 bag caramalt about 4-500 gr ish
1 bag carapills about 4-500 gr ish
2 bags roasted barley about 1 kg alltogether
1 bag of chocolate malt about 4-500gr

1 block off chalenger hops 113gr aa 5.6%

2 whirfloc tablets

2 safale 05 yeast

[Garth]

glad you got sorted, looks like a good 'un. I love a stout, summer or winter