Inside the Factory - Guinness

Rodcx500z · Jan 29, 2024

Wow fascinating, so target is the hop of choice think i might have a go i have a fair bit of roasted barley, time for some research

samale · Jan 29, 2024

So what is the recipe, should you steep the roast barley at home brew level or mash it.

Sorcerers Apprentice · Jan 29, 2024

Personally I mash them separately, I make up my liquor from RO because although based in Dublin I'm on the hard water side of the city. I pull 3x the volume from the total volume of liquor, versus roast barley , eg 330g roast = 0.990L . I've an induction hob , I heat the liquor to ~90c and mash in the roast barley un -milled, cowboy-coffee style . I give it as much time as possible, to maximise colour extraction, at as close to boiling as possible, without having boil overs and stir it from time to time . I then heat the main mash liquor to strike in temp , I've found personally that the main mash needs a 62c step and a 67c step for the flaked barley to convert adequately to get a final gravity in the 1.008- 1.010 region . After a mash out , I pull the grain bag, and while its draining , I empty the roast barley mash into the kettle through a sieve, I "sparge" the roast barley grains through the sieve, with the pale wort maybe three times or four times to maximise colour extraction . Add hops and boil away for 60 minutes.

Frisp · Jan 29, 2024

Sorcerers Apprentice said:
Don't forget the flaked barley

how much FB?

Bzee · Jan 30, 2024

Im worried now that i only did a half hour boil last week for my stout and ate the crispy skin off my chicken dinner on sunday. Is a longer boil needed for these nitro chemicals. I aint boiling my chickens though

foxy · Jan 30, 2024

Jim Brewster said:
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I just double checked and they did say 80-90
at the point where they pulled a sample... although thinking about it that might just be because they were heating it ready to add into the boil and so perhaps not necessarily the steeping temperature. I think I'm going to experiment with it myself and see how it turns out

When I make a Foreign Extra Stout clone I add my none fermentables at mash out for 20 minutes at 78C I do it with all my beers which have a grain bill with any none fermentable. Why? The salt additions are always close for whatever beer one is going to brew.
For the sour I have tried different combinations, remove 2 litres of wort of a 21 litre batch and ferment separately with a wild yeast. Don't try to harvest it from the atmosphere, buy a wild yeast strain. Ferment it out and bring the 2 litres of wort to 80C before adding to the fermenter. Ferment out and you have something close to a Guinness Extra Stout.
I would say ignore the noble hops which is in one of the videos, I can't see that given the bitterness needed Target I would go with or a large dose of EKG at 60 minutes. Doesn't need any prettying up after the one charge. It is bitter and sour.

Rodcx500z · Jan 30, 2024

I am going to mash mine on the hob then add to the wort last ten minutes, don't know if this will work but hey ho it will be beer

Sadfield · Jan 30, 2024

It's interesting to see the convoluted method used to make, an arguably bland, mass market product, but I'd be more inclined to brew the 1883 version. I'm not seeing any evidence that not mashing in one with higher mineral content, makes for a more flavoursome beer. Sodium with Chloride is a very highly regarded flavour enhancer.

Northern_Brewer · Jan 30, 2024

Rodcx500z said:
Wow fascinating, so target is the hop of choice think i might have a go i have a fair bit of roasted barley, time for some research

I wouldn't read anything into the hop farm segment, they obviously asked the BHA for a farm to visit and BHA director Ali Capper got to get herself on the telly.

Historically it was a blend including Northdown among others, but in the show they made passing reference to hop extract, which these days is mostly Pilgrim but I'm not sure it matters too much as the roast barley tends to swamp anything from the hops.

Twostage · Jan 30, 2024

Sorcerers Apprentice said:
Don't forget the flaked barley

I must have missed that bit. I've seen recipes online that use it but can't remember it being mentioned in either the factory of GEB videos.

Sadfield · Jan 30, 2024

"Guinness is created using four key ingredients – roasted barley, malted barley, hops, yeast and water making Guinness dairy-free."

From a link to the Guinness website FAQs. Flaked Barley would make six.

Chippy_Tea · Jan 30, 2024

https://www.guinness.com/en-gb/frequently-asked-questions

marshbrewer · Jan 30, 2024

Sadfield said:
"Guinness is created using four key ingredients – roasted barley, malted barley, hops, yeast and water making Guinness dairy-free."

From a link to the Guinness website FAQs. Flaked Barley would make six.

Isn't "key" a bit like "upto" in legal terms, aka meaningless? "This car is up to 10% efficient" (it isn't more efficient in normal use). "These are our four key ingredients (not including sheep's brains which aren't really key. We just bung them in)

MashBag · Jan 30, 2024

It sure knocks 2+2+2 out of the park

Jim Brewster · Jan 31, 2024

Sadfield said:
It's interesting to see the convoluted method used to make, an arguably bland, mass market product, but I'd be more inclined to brew the 1883 version.

Tbh the steeping of the roasted barley is not that convoluted in addition to the rest of the AG process, its just a bit of steeping

Brew_DD2 · Jan 31, 2024

MashBag said:
It sire knocks 2+2+2 out of the park

I can't say that I've ever subscribed to that. Most moderate gravity beers are done in a week.

peebee · Jan 31, 2024

Brew_DD2 said:
I can't say that I've ever subscribed to that. Most moderate gravity beers are done in a week.

Humm ... I think the email you replied to is a classic piece of @MashBag "irony"?

I don't think he'd wait longer than two days, fermenting in the boiler to save time. One day with the lid on to carbonate then out the boiler tap into his favorite dog bowl (a pint glass won't fit under the tap). The dog bowl also has the advantage you can drink beer from the floor - great when you don't want to waste time transferring to a table (and handy for those extra long sessions when perhaps you can't get off the floor).

dad_of_jon · Jan 31, 2024

peebee said:
Humm ... I think the email you replied to is a classic piece of @MashBag "irony"?

I don't think he'd wait longer than two days, fermenting in the boiler to save time. One day with the lid on to carbonate then out the boiler tap into his favorite dog bowl (a pint glass won't fit under the tap). The dog bowl also has the advantage you can drink beer from the floor - great when you don't want to waste time transferring to a table (and handy for those extra long sessions when perhaps you can't get off the floor).

I'm clearly having a bad hallucinations. goodnight or whatever time it is.

Suppup · Feb 1, 2024

Suppup said:
Threads merged - Admin.

The BBC TV series “Inside the Factory” 8.5. Have made a one hour programme centred in & around the Dublin Guinness Factory. Aimed at a general audience it showed how production of the Stout has been scaled up to mega Litre proportions. The “mashing” of roast barley separately from the malt & the addition of hops was rather glossed over. I’d be interested if others have seen the show & what they took from it?

MashBag · Feb 1, 2024

The way this thread has gone, it left me speechless too.

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