Blackout Stout (RIS)

[Monkeybrew]

A little update on day 11.

I have racked this brew into a clean 15L FV and also checked the gravity and it's down to 1.022. I wouldn't think that it will drop anymore now, but you never know!

I will check the gravity again at the weekend with a view to bottling early next week. It is still tasting rather nice, but I think adding any hops was now an obvious waste, because they are totally lost in this stout.

Anyway an 8.5% stout should be great by winter 2012

[Stomach]

Sounds really good mate!

Is the stout over powering the hops altogether? Sounds a super brew though and you will be on your arse!!

[Monkeybrew]

Yeah, the liquorice stout flavours are pretty full on

It doesn't taste quite as sweet as the first taste which is good.

[Monkeybrew]

I have checked the gravity again today and it's still 1.022, so I will be bottling tomorrow night.

I am not sure how I am going to leave this brew alone until Christmas, because the trial jar sample tasted so damn good. Liquorice, sweetness, mild roastyness, slight bitterness, then alcoholic warmth!

[Stomach]

I have checked the gravity again today and it's still 1.022, so I will be bottling tomorrow night.

I am not sure how I am going to leave this brew alone until Christmas, because the trial jar sample tasted so damn good. Liquorice, sweetness, mild roastyness, slight bitterness, then alcoholic warmth!

I predict a nice pleasant summer BBQ going wildly messy!

[Monkeybrew]

I have moved this brew into my garage this evening after 10 days in the warm, and couldn't help but try one of the half pint taster bottles.

It is still very good, if not a bit too sweet again, but I am sure that this will fade with time. It is well carbonated already, and gave a nice pfftt when I popped the cap off.

The head is strangely tight too, and lasted to the end

[darkonnis]

that does sound quite nice to be fair! May just give one a go next time i have a free FV

[Monkeybrew]

I tried a pint (dunno why I bottled it in pint bottles, lol!) bottle of this brew tonight some 7 months after bottling it.

The aroma is liquorice and so is the taste.the high alcohol taste is masked by dark malt flavours and it has a strong dry bitterness that needs to mellow alot more IMO. The mouthfeel is full and very smooth and the head is very dense an creamy and just won't dissapear.

At 8.5% ABV, this brew carries a mighty punch and in true RIS style, probably needs another 6-12 months of conditioning.



A wasted MB!

[neilmcca]

Hi mb...never done the RIS but just done a stout with 1 kg dark spraymalt and 450 gram tin of treacle...good. .oh yes but after time the treacle taste is hardly there anymore not so strong as when it was younger.......but still bloody good..mmmmm

I did exactly the same just the other week, bloody lovely

[woblylegs]

im going to try this as my next years Christmas brew. ill make it early January so it has plenty time in the bottle.
it looks nice monkeybrew

[tteknulp]

Looks really nice Monkey , i might have a bash at one of them 8.5% wow , great post by the way

[beerlover1983]

Do you need two packets of yeast for this? silly question how you get 2 packs of the coopers yeast .Or can i substitute with another yeast

[Monkeybrew]

im going to try this as my next years Christmas brew. ill make it early January so it has plenty time in the bottle.
it looks nice monkeybrew

It definitely is a slow burner, so get brewing asap.

MB

[Monkeybrew]

Do you need two packets of yeast for this? silly question how you get 2 packs of the coopers yeast .Or can i substitute with another yeast

I only used 2 because I had a spare from a previous Coopers kit that I'd brewed with a different yeast.

You should be ok with 1 sachet as long as it's well in date.

Who's to say how well it's been stored before it got to you, but Coopers yeast is normally very viable.

MB

[Stomach]

im going to try this as my next years Christmas brew. ill make it early January so it has plenty time in the bottle.
it looks nice monkeybrew

It definitely is a slow burner, so get brewing asap.

MB

Could be worth doing now for Christmas 2014! And I am slightly serious there!