Stout Ingredients

[louthepoo]

I fancy making a stout but all the recipes i've seen all have roast barley and the HB shops by me didnt have any!

can i make it without or will it not taste anything like a stout?

I have Pale Malt, Flaked Barley, Crystal Malt, Chocolate malt, Black malt, and loads of different hops. only yeast i have is safale S-04 and Gervins ale yeast.

could i make one out of that lot?

cheers LTP

[oblivious]

You can make good stouts with out roasted barley, generally the addition of roasted and flaked barley is for a dry Irish stout. You could also make a porter either you ingredients, but leave out the flaked barely.

To get the colour and flavour you can add 500g of chocolate malt or a combination of chocolate and black malt at a ratio of 75:25. Some people like more black malt but if you are un sure start at the lower end an increases it over successive brews

S-04 or Gervins ale yeast will work out good!

Here is a basic recipe

4.5kg pale malt
500g crystal
500g Flaked barley
375g chocolate malt
125g black malt

I like s-04, but it’s up to you

[louthepoo]

thanks for that oblivious.

How much of bittering do i need off the hops?

[oblivious]

I like east Kent Goldings, but the choice is you to you of what hop you prefer. I would aim for some where around 30-40IBU’s

[louthepoo]

cheers, i'll be doing it friday, i'll let you know how it turns out.