Titanic Stout

[CrownCap]

I'd like to do something along the lines of the Titanic Brewery's Stout for my Christmas tipple. Has anyone got a recipe that comes close?

Its a medium dry stout (i.e. not in the Irish style) with chocolate and roasted coffee taste and aroma, some fruitiness and a slight hop flavour and nose. Very deep brown in colour with a tan coloured head, medium body and gravity so you can sink a few before exploding/falling over Damn nice stuff, Sainsburys sell it bottled conditioned.

This will be just my second AG, but I've got a good stock of bitters at the moment and fancy a bit of the dark stuff. Any suggestions gratefully received!

[CrownCap]

I guess that'll be a no then


Might have a look at scaling back PoP's Strong Stout V2 a bit as that seems to hint at some of the flavours I describe, although a bit on the strong side for Christmas.

Something like this below should bring me in at about 6% with an 80% efficiency and 23L, or so my back of a fag packet calculations would suggest:

4.0 kg Maris Otter Pale
0.8 kg British Crystal 55°L
0.4 kg Barley Flaked
0.4 kg Carapils®/Carafoam®
0.4 kg Roasted Barley
0.25 kg English Chocolate Malt
0.2 kg British Black Patent

100.0 g Hallertau (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min

As for the hops, Hallertau (Hersbrucker???) seems a slightly odd choice, might substitute for something else to give around 40-45 IBU. What do you think?

[oblivious]

I guess that'll be a no then


Might have a look at scaling back PoP's Strong Stout V2 a bit as that seems to hint at some of the flavours I describe, although a bit on the strong side for Christmas.

Something like this below should bring me in at about 6% with an 80% efficiency and 23L, or so my back of a fag packet calculations would suggest:

4.0 kg Maris Otter Pale
0.8 kg British Crystal 55°L
0.4 kg Barley Flaked
0.4 kg Carapils®/Carafoam®
0.4 kg Roasted Barley
0.25 kg English Chocolate Malt
0.2 kg British Black Patent

100.0 g Hallertau (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min

As for the hops, Hallertau (Hersbrucker???) seems a slightly odd choice, might substitute for something else to give around 40-45 IBU. What do you think?

Hallertau Hersbrucker seam a strange one

What are the IBU’s are you looking for

[CrownCap]

I don't get involved with stouts...

Perish the thought!

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As for the hops, Hallertau (Hersbrucker???) seems a slightly odd choice, might substitute for something else to give around 40-45 IBU. What do you think?

Hallertau Hersbrucker seam a strange one

What are the IBU’s are you looking for

As I say, about 40 IBU as that is roughly what PoP's recipe seems to be aiming at if we assume a 20% utilisation.

Northdown would of course be the 'traditional' choice for a stout, but I might go with something along the lines of Challenger in the hope to get a bit more flavour in there. Also might go for a small late addition as Titanic Stout definitely has some readily detectable hop aroma and flavour in there.