AG#139 "Waxing Gibbous" American Stout
Have made this a few times before, it's always a bit of a mish-mash of whatever American hops I have on hand at the time.
Nothing too radical, though I added some hops in the mash to see if it has any impact on metallic flavours - not normally a problem but arguably faintly there in the background sometimes.
15L tap water, 1.25ml lactic acid 80%, 2g CaCl, half a Campden tablet, giving:
Calcium 154
Chloride 99
Sulfate 41
Alkalinity 261
2000g Maris Otter
125g Roasted Barley
125g Chocolate Malt
125g Chocolate Rye Malt
125g Carared
175g Dark Crystal Malt 80L
125g Simpsons DRC
75g Special B Malt
2.875kg Total
Also added 10g Chinook 12.6% to the mash.
10.5 hour (overnight) full-volume no-sparge mash @ 67degC
Boil 30mins:
10g Chinook 12.6% AAU 30mins
20g Simcoe 13.3% AAU 10mins
20g Centennial 7.6% AAU 5mins
1/4 Britewort tablet 5mins
Pitched a vitality starter made the day before with 500ml tap water, 50g light DME and half a pack (5.75g) of US-05.
OG = 1.057
SRM = 43.0 (Very dark!)
IBU = 43 Rager / 45 SMPH
Should end up around 1.021 and 4.6%.
Have made this a few times before, it's always a bit of a mish-mash of whatever American hops I have on hand at the time.
Nothing too radical, though I added some hops in the mash to see if it has any impact on metallic flavours - not normally a problem but arguably faintly there in the background sometimes.
15L tap water, 1.25ml lactic acid 80%, 2g CaCl, half a Campden tablet, giving:
Calcium 154
Chloride 99
Sulfate 41
Alkalinity 261
2000g Maris Otter
125g Roasted Barley
125g Chocolate Malt
125g Chocolate Rye Malt
125g Carared
175g Dark Crystal Malt 80L
125g Simpsons DRC
75g Special B Malt
2.875kg Total
Also added 10g Chinook 12.6% to the mash.
10.5 hour (overnight) full-volume no-sparge mash @ 67degC
Boil 30mins:
10g Chinook 12.6% AAU 30mins
20g Simcoe 13.3% AAU 10mins
20g Centennial 7.6% AAU 5mins
1/4 Britewort tablet 5mins
Pitched a vitality starter made the day before with 500ml tap water, 50g light DME and half a pack (5.75g) of US-05.
OG = 1.057
SRM = 43.0 (Very dark!)
IBU = 43 Rager / 45 SMPH
Should end up around 1.021 and 4.6%.
