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Hops
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Amount
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Variety
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Cost
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Type
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AA
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Use
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Time
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IBU
|
Bill %
|
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30 g |
Northern Brewer30 g Northern Brewer Hops |
|
Pellet |
7.8 |
Boil
|
60 min |
17.94 |
50% |
|
15 g |
Fuggles15 g Fuggles Hops |
|
Pellet |
4.5 |
Boil
|
15 min |
2.57 |
25% |
|
15 g |
Fuggles15 g Fuggles Hops |
|
Pellet |
4.5 |
Aroma
|
0 min |
|
25% |
|
60 g
/ $ 0.00
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Other Ingredients
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Amount
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Name
|
Cost
|
Type
|
Use
|
Time
|
|
75 g |
Dark Chocolate
|
|
Flavor |
Boil |
0 min. |
|
45 g |
Dark Chocolate
|
|
Flavor |
Secondary |
0 min. |
|
125 g |
Coffee
|
|
Flavor |
Boil |
0 min. |
|
125 g |
Coffee
|
|
Flavor |
Secondary |
0 min. |
|
6 g |
Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)
|
|
Water Agt |
Mash |
1 hr. |
Yeast
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- Default - - -
|
|
Amount:
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1 Each |
Cost:
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|
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Attenuation (custom):
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65%
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Flocculation:
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Low |
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Optimum Temp:
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-18 - -18 °C |
Starter:
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No |
|
Fermentation Temp:
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-
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Pitch Rate:
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0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P)
185 B cells required
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|
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$ 0.00
Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
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Target Water Profile
Dublin (Dry Stout)
Notes
Son of a Bastard
I love the Bastard series of stouts from Nickelbrook in Hamilton, Ontario, so this is my tribute to it. However, I've never quite fallen in love with this recipe. I need to make it creamier-feeling. Do I need to become nitro-capable?
Malt
Basic idea here is a healthy helping of dark/black malts and dark crystal malts. Feel free to vary the actual specific malts.
It's a lot of malt! Do not overgrind the malt. I had a seriously stuck mash for STOUT03. Also, make sure the mash filter is properly clamped on. Don't fuck around!
I've set brewhouse efficiency to 55% for this recipe. That reflects results to date. It's still quite possible that the yield will be lower than expected. Have on hand at least a kilo each of DME and dextrose.
Mash
The mash pH that is calculated for this recipe is way too low. Ignore it! Stout03 came in consistently at 5.5. Eventually it dropped to 5.2. Don't leave out the acid malt!
Dough in 33L @ 168F ==> 153F strike temperature //set to 2.5L/Kg grist ratio to avoid troubles with overly thick mash Stout03
Add 10L to HLT after dough-in and fit HERMS
Let sit 60-90 minutes at 153F (with a gently drop over time)
Use HERMS to raise temp to 158F, hold 10 minutes
Use HERMS to raise temp to 170F and start to run off
Be gentle with the HERMS recirc to avoid a stuck mash
Consider using rice hulls for same reason.
Chocolate
Use cacao nibs roasted according to this schedule:
- 350 °F (177 °C) for 10 minutes
- 325 °F (163 °C) for 5 minutes
- 300 °F (150 °C) for 5 minutes
- 275 °F (135 °C) for 5-10 minutes or until done.
When the roasting is right, there will an aroma of brownies. You could go longer too for deeper more complex flavors. I did not do that with STOUT02.
Cacao nibs are added to the mash.
Yeast
I'm going to go with SAFALE S-04, my new favorite. No need to rehydrate it. Sprinkle two packs on the wort and stand back.
Hops
Not a lot of hops. Most straight-up stout recipes use a bunch more, but I want little noticeable hop flavor, so the chocolate and coffee flavors can shine.
- 240 alpha pts 60 minutes
- 75 alpha pts 30 minutes
- 75 alpha pts 0 minutes (stay close to 1/2 ounce)
Coffee
Prepare cold-brew coffee at a rate of 60g coarse coffee per cup. (Make at least 6 cups. You won't need that much, but anything left over makes nice iced coffee.)
Default rate is STOUT 4 (equivalent) 3/8 cup to a glass carboy. Go with that or perform taste tests with the cold brew coffee.
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Cost $ |
Cost % |
| Fermentables |
$ |
|
Steeping Grains
(Extract Only) |
$ |
|
| Hops |
$ |
|
| Yeast |
$ |
|
| Other |
$ |
|
| Cost Per Barrel |
$ 0.00 |
|
| Cost Per Pint |
$ 0.00 |
|
| Total Cost |
$ 0.00 |
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