Odd Ends Stout and brew number 42!

[WishboneBrewery]

Odd Ends Stout using bits and bats of malt up, its going to be 4.9% and black as black 'Pale Malt+Lager malt= 70% so keeping the base malts up there with it being a right mixed bag of other adjuncts. I am assuming the dark malts will overpower any hints of Maize flavour from the 375g.

I'm not decided fully on the hops yet, though Willamette will feature, I might throw something a bit more exciting in near the end

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Fermentable	Colour	lb: oz	Grams	Ratio
Pale Malt	5 EBC	7 lbs. 7.9 oz	3400 grams	63.1%
Carafa Special III	1200 EBC	0 lbs. 14.3 oz	405 grams	7.6%
Lager Malt	2.5 EBC	0 lbs. 14.0 oz	400 grams	7.4%
Flaked Maize	3 EBC	0 lbs. 13.3 oz	375 grams	7%
Amber Malt	100 EBC	0 lbs. 9.6 oz	270 grams	5.1%
Brown Malt	150 EBC	0 lbs. 8.4 oz	235 grams	4.4%
Black Malt	1100 EBC	0 lbs. 3.6 oz	100 grams	1.9%
Flaked Oats	0 EBC	0 lbs. 3.2 oz	92 grams	1.7%
Crystal Malt, Dark	300 EBC	0 lbs. 1.7 oz	48 grams	0.9%
Chocolate Malt	940 EBC	0 lbs. 1.0 oz	28 grams	0.5%
Crystal Rye Malt	150 EBC	0 lbs. 0.8 oz	22 grams	0.4%

Hop Variety	Type	Alpha	Time	lb: oz	grams	Ratio
Willamette	Whole	4.4 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 1.6 oz	45 grams	50%
Willamette	Whole	4.4 %	30 mins	0 lbs. 1.6 oz	45 grams	50%

Final Volume:	23	Litres
Original Gravity:	1.055	
Final Gravity:	1.017	
Alcohol Content:	4.9%	ABV
Total Liquor:	33.7	Litres
Mash Liquor:	12.9	Litres
Mash Efficiency:	80	%
Bitterness:	33	EBU
Colour:	253	EBC

Brew No.42 should be different, being the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything

[Garth]

go for it Ade, I bet it turns out quite drinkable.

actually it looks a bit like what I have in the brewcupboard at the moment.

Willmette is a good hop on it's own.

[TheMumbler]

Make sure you wrap the FV up in a towel

[WishboneBrewery]

and put a fish in my ear whilst I brew

I'll maybe stick with the willamette, will see what I come across in the Hops-Freezer

[RdeV]

pdtnc, that's a lot of TIII, sometimes it gets tricky to balance flavours at those high rates, but IMO you're doing the right thing in incorporating all those other specs, while some are a bit darker. The Amber is about the only concern, I'd trim that back a bit to about 2%, but its hard to say in all honesty.

Make sure you wrap the FV up in a towel

... cracked me up!

[WishboneBrewery]

it could be tricky trying to pick 2% Amber out of here http://twitpic.com/35v309
I think the fairly large amount of Carafa Special III will cover most of the Amber & Brown malt flavours, I'm fairly happy with the percentages.... but, we shall see when its brewed

[RdeV]

Oh.. yep, that could be a bit fiddly then!

There's nothing wrong with serendipity so see how it rolls, grain dregs disposal batches like this usually turn out fairly interesting and I hope its a real cracker!

[TheMumbler]

pdtnc, that's a lot of TIII, sometimes it gets tricky to balance flavours at those high rates...

Forgive my ignorance, what do you mean by TIII?

[WishboneBrewery]

pdtnc, that's a lot of TIII, sometimes it gets tricky to balance flavours at those high rates...

Forgive my ignorance, what do you mean by TIII?

I ignored that 'cos I didn't understand! i assume he means Carafa Spesh 3

[RdeV]

Yeah sorry, guessed right, I was talking about Weyermann Carafa Special III.
Oops, as it happens, Weyermann don't call it TIII! Its only because CraftBrewer here in Aus calls it T3 that I've called it that, so my mistake, a thousand pardons. Its interesting how terms get incorporated in our lexicon...