four shades of stout

[paulski]

hi guys been brewing for about 15years now and just started allgrain being new to this forum would like to now the recipe for four shades of stout,have looked through the other threads but cant seem to find it.please can some one help,also summer lightning is it just 5kg of pale malt and hops cos i like the sound of that to

[DarloDave]

I've done both brews, heres the recipes I used, both were great. Having a pint of 4 shades now actually.

Maris Otter 3230gms
Flaked Barley 500 gms
Amber Malt 250 gms
Chocolate Malt 250 gms
Roasted Barley 200 gms
Carafa Special 200 gms

Cascade 40 gms


SL



5000 g Pale malt
Mash 90mins at 66 C

57g Challenger (7%) 60 mins
30g East Kent Goldings (4%) 15mins
15g East Kent Goldings (4%) Steep.

[Carpking]

This worked well for me...

4kg Maris Otter
500g Crystal Malt
300g Flaked barley
100g Caramalt
200g Roasted Barley
300g Chocolate Malt
100g Black Malt
Added campden to my strike water. Mashed at 67 degrees for 75 mins.
50g Northern Brewer (60 mins)
40g Bournville cocoa powder (60 mins)
irish moss (15)
SG was 1050
Wyeast 1024 and 40g Bournville cocoa powder pitched.
This was made 3 months ago and although it seems like a big list of ingredients it has turned out to be superb.

Leave out the cocoa and use s-04?

[paulski]

oow whats carafa special is it a grain?

[prodigal2]

oow whats carafa special is it a grain?

Its a specialty grain, heres a good guide to grains:
http://www.brupaks.com/BRUPAKS%20GRAIN% ... %20WEB.htm

[Craphaus]

hi guys been brewing for about 15years now and just started allgrain being new to this forum would like to now the recipe for four shades of stout,have looked through the other threads but cant seem to find it.please can some one help,also summer lightning is it just 5kg of pale malt and hops cos i like the sound of that to

Paulski

My original recipe is here;

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/i ... recipe=414

Enjoy.

Warren -

[dandy]

Hi All,

Feel a bit disrespectful posting this after the fella who developed it has posted,
But I'm thinking of doing it more like this, due to the bits and bobs in the house:-
for 25 litresish
3K Pale
1K Flaked Barley
250g roasted
250g Amber
250g Chocolate
250g Carafa I(think that's what's in the shed)
OG 1.060
40 IBU split between cascade & Galena
Saf 04 yeast
(hops and boil volume to be decided when I use beertools on the home PC)
and I'm playing with the Idea of adding a touch of cocoa near the end!

The reason I'm posting is really for idea's/recommendations!
I've read that half the taste of 4SOS comes from the Cascade, but I really like Galena in stout

for people who've done in, and are fond of it, should I stick with pure cascade recipe, or should I ditch it althogether?
(Or do people think Galena mixed with Cascade could be horrendus?)

all feedback welcome,
Bear in mind, I'll be serving on draught on Nitrogen, is that sacriligious?

Thanks

Andy

[aceuass]

i have made the original and its a great pint, as for your version, you can do what you like, its your beer but it wont be no FSOS it will be your stout, why not try both and decide what taste better to your liking
cheers
paul

[dandy]

Hi All,

proceeded with the original recipe, however have ran into the problem below!

after snapping my mercury thermometer in half on my 2nd brew, I invested in a digital thermometer, which surprise surprise has died too
(reckon some steam got in on my last brew!!) only foun up as I had my water boiling to strike temperature!
Anyways, I ran down to tesco, and bough a meat thermometer, which was grand for mashing temperatures(goes from 40c to 100c)

My question is this, I have mashed as normal, and am planning to split my brewday, and boil tomorrow.
Given that I will probably not be able to find a better termometer tomooroow, I'm planning to boil as normal, and chill for an hour
(an hour just about got it to 20c last time)

Given that I have to work for a few hours in the afternoon, I'm going to put the wort in an airtight frementer for two or three hours while I'm working, just so it loses another few degrees!

Can anyone see any massive flaws in this, or is there a better way of doing it?

Thanks,

Andy