Caribbean Stout Brew Day

[dzlater]

I brewed up a Foriegn Extra Stout on Sat. here are some photos.
Sorry I didn't convert to metric.
Caribbean Stout
Foreign Extra Stout
Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (G): 6.0
Total Grain (lb): 14.000
Total Hops (oz): 1.20
Original Gravity (OG): 1.073 (°P): 17.7
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (°P): 2.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 8.14 %
Colour (SRM): 36.2 (EBC): 71.3
Bitterness (IBU): 30.8 (Rager)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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10.500 lb Pale Ale Malt (75%)
1.750 lb Brown Sugar, Light (12.5%)
0.750 lb Black Roasted Barley (5.36%)
0.625 lb Crystal 120 (4.46%)
0.375 lb Chocolate (2.68%)

Hop Bill
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1.20 oz Bramling Cross Pellet (7.1% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)

 

[Rwilts]

Seeing your Turkey fryer and Water cooler Mash Tun I take it you are over the water.?

Brew day looks great - :thumb:

 

[joe1002]

Seeing your Turkey fryer and Water cooler Mash Tun I take it you are over the water.?

Brew day looks great - :thumb:

The carbouy gave it away for me too.

 

[Vinnyc]

What yeast did you use for this

 

[dzlater]

Yup I'm in the US.
I used WLP007 Dry English Ale. That yeast flocculates like mad.
The starter was 1600ml the picture was after I poured off the spent wort.

 

[Vinnyc]

I like you use of cigar box by the way I am in the process of turning one of my old boxes into a stir plate just had to move a few sticks into my singles humidor.

 

[dzlater]

I took a sample today it was down to 1.019 from an SG of 1.076. 75% attenuation. ABV 7.5%.
It tastes pretty damn good. Real smooth no harsh roastiness. Maybe a little too sweet for my taste.
It's been fermenting at around 16c which is a little cool I am going to try and get it up around 21c, to see if I can get it to drop another couple points over the next week

 

[ArmChair]

This is my type of brew, looks like its going to be a good one

 

[dzlater]

I was thinking I should give credit to the inspiration for this recipe.
http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/CaribbeanStout
I pretty much stuck to the original, I just switched out the hops, subbed brown sugar for rice syrup, and used a different yeast.

 

[dzlater]

Getting ready to transfer to keg!


First pour

 

[nobyipa]

looks fantastic that
have you got it nice and smokey and chocolaty in taste I had a Caribbean stout not so long ago and it was like a smokey stout very nice
:drink: :thumb:

 

[ArmChair]

How has this turned out?

 

[tazuk]

i have one of those water coolers for a mash tun :thumb: can not fault them

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[dzlater]

How has this turned out?

Sorry for not answering sooner, haven't checked in here in a while.
The beer turned out really well.
Maybe a little sweet for my tastes, if I do iot again I might mash a bit cooler, or try a different yeast.