Guiness, but a bit stronger

[fen_boy78]

Hello,

I brewed Guiness a couple of months back based on the Classic 70%, 20%, 10% recipe and it turned out very nice. However gave a bottle to a friend and he said he'd like it a bit stronger - about 5 -5.5% ABV. To keep him happy I said I'd give it a go and he#ll cover the cost of ingridents.

The only problem is how do I go about it.

Do i just increase the Pale Malt or will this dilute the flavour?

Do I increase everything or will the flavour be too strong?

Do I do a bit of both?

Will the hops need increasing.

I don't like the idea of experiments and I'd be gutted wasting a whole day brewing and it tastes like back wee so I wondered if anyone has tried this before.

Cheers

Mark

[dave-o]

If you just want to make it stronger with the same flavour then add more pale. Perhaps 600g or so.

Or you could just add some sugar. I doubt you''ll tell the difference!

[Invalid Stout]

Or just sparge less.

[beerlover36]

The recipe I've seen for Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (at 7.2% abv) uses the same amount of Roast Barley as normal Guinness (500g in a 25 litre batch), but with the Flaked Barley and Pale Malt increased

[fen_boy78]

Thanks for your advice. I may go with your idea beerlover36 and keep the Roast the same and increase the others.

The more I look at it, the more its screaming parti-gyle. 4% for me and 5.5% for my mate... I've got until Monday to come up with a plan and I may change my mind several times before I weigh out the grist.

Mark

[beerlover36]

the Foreign Extra Stout did also have a pro-rata increase in hops too

[fen_boy78]

Ok, I'm going for...

4.462kg Marris Otter
1.275kg Flaked Barley
0.493kg Roast Barley

45g Target 90 min.

OG 1.061
FG 1015
ABV 5.99%
Bitterness 52.5

Time will tell...