joeskidmore
Active Member
So, finally got around to brewing my very first own recipe beer and it didn't turn out too bad. Here's what I tried:
Though not everything went to plan!
The Monster Mash which proved to be larger than my pan could hold! Had to reduce the amount of water in the mash and still ended up with some spillage.
The Sparge
The Boil (mmmm cake!)
The Additions
The Chiller doing its job
Final Result
The beer came out a more chocolatey colour than I thought it would, but that's not necesarilly a bad thing. The OG was lower than the planned 1.065 and ended up as 1.050 (a massive difference!). I didn't take into account all my losses and ended up with about 16.5l in the fermenter instead of the planned 19.
On the bright side, if I end up with 16.5l litres of drinkable chocolate stout at ~5.2% then I'll still be a happy bunny! :) :drink:
Code:
Title: Chocolate Biscuit Stout
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: American Stout
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 19 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 23 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.054
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.065
Final Gravity: 1.019
ABV (standard): 5.96%
IBU (tinseth): 53.97
SRM (morey): 40
FERMENTABLES:
4.5 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (72.6%)
0.4 kg - United Kingdom - Chocolate (6.5%)
0.3 kg - United Kingdom - Crystal 60L (4.8%)
0.3 kg - Belgian - Biscuit (4.8%)
0.2 kg - United Kingdom - Black Patent (3.2%)
0.2 kg - Belgian - Special B (3.2%)
0.3 kg - Flaked Oats (4.8%)
HOPS:
45 g - Challenger, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 8.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 44.95
15 g - Challenger, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 8.5, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 7.43
15 g - Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 1.58
MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Infusion, Temp: 50 C, Time: 30 min, Amount: 0.5 L, 300g Oats w/30g MO
2) Infusion, Temp: 64 C, Time: 90 min, Amount: 14.5 L
3) Sparge, Temp: 74 C, Time: 0 min, Amount: 8 L, Sparge to make up 23l in boiler
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
150 g - Cocoa Powder, Time: 15 min, Type: Flavor, Use: Boil
YEAST:
Wyeast - Ringwood Ale 1187
Starter: NoThough not everything went to plan!
The Monster Mash which proved to be larger than my pan could hold! Had to reduce the amount of water in the mash and still ended up with some spillage.
The Sparge
The Boil (mmmm cake!)
The Additions
The Chiller doing its job
Final Result
The beer came out a more chocolatey colour than I thought it would, but that's not necesarilly a bad thing. The OG was lower than the planned 1.065 and ended up as 1.050 (a massive difference!). I didn't take into account all my losses and ended up with about 16.5l in the fermenter instead of the planned 19.
On the bright side, if I end up with 16.5l litres of drinkable chocolate stout at ~5.2% then I'll still be a happy bunny! :) :drink:
