Treacle Chocolate Stout 10/3/08

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roger the dog

Treacle Chocolate Stout 10/3/08

Post by roger the dog » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:32 pm

Doing my first stout today & as it seems a popular one I'm having a bash at Mr Edge's TCS from the Autumn newsletter

23 litres

4360g Pale malt
138g Chocolate malt
202g Wheat malt
405g Roast barley

60 min. mash

60 min. boil

66g Northdown (7.5% AA) @ 60 mins

260g Black treacle @ 40 mins

Safale S-04

Mash now completed, first batch sparge addition added.
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Post by Buzz » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:35 pm

Yes, it seems very popular. Might have a crack later in the year myself. Good luck with the brew RTD 8)
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AT

Post by AT » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:09 pm

Good luck with the brew RTD, it is a beautiful stout i'll be doing it again soon. :D
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Post by mixbrewery » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:13 pm

Hope it goes to plan RTD :D
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Post by Wez » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:11 pm

Have a good one RTD 8)
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Post by iowalad » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:19 pm

Hope all goes well!
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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:24 pm

I'm sure that you will love that stout rtd. I tried a couple of bottles of it myself courtesy of Garth & they went down a treat!

I posted a review on them Here.
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Post by roger the dog » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:30 pm

Your review was one of the reasons I decided to make it HH, cheers !

A few brew day pictures :-

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Lost about 1°C after 60 mins.

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Returning the first runnings

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Running off

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Nice 'n' dark

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Coming up to the boil

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Northdown going in

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Cooling......

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.....and aerating into the FV

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Yukk

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I ended up with about 25l @ 1.049 which suits me 'cos I'll have a few more bottles to hand round & I prefer a slightly weaker pint (yes, I'm a wuss :wink: )
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Post by Garth » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:38 pm

looks like a good 'un Roger, hope it was an enjoyable brewday, the smell from the treacle in the boil is great

I found it's not quite a session guzzler, but it's still a great beer
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Post by Wez » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:12 pm

That looks like it'll put hairs on your chest RTD ! Nice one :D
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Post by ECR » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:12 am

Great pictures, RTD. Hope you had a good day 8)
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Post by Vossy1 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:45 am

Mmmmm 8)

Well done RTD :wink:
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Post by iowalad » Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:42 am

Looks good enough to drink already!
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Post by roger the dog » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:20 pm

Thanks chaps, had a bit of a worry this morning when I checked it only to find that the electrim heater immersed in the brew wasn't working, the temperature was down to 12 °C & there was no sign of fermentation. Fortunately I've got a brew belt so I fitted that & I've got a nice crusty looking head now (on the beer :wink: )
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Post by CyberPaddy66 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:41 pm

Congrats, looks like a nice drop
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