Small Stout Recipe Ideas.

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  1. andys_war_hall

    andys_war_hall Devotee (371) Dec 7, 2012 Texas

    Hey all,

    I just made a brown porter that turned out fantastic. I am now looking to make one more wintry beer to finish out the cold season before I go back to my spring and summer saisons. I want to make a stout that sits around 5% ABV. My porter is right at that ABV and has nice nutty and roasty notes. For the stout I am looking to get more roasty and chocolate notes. Anyone have a recipe they have made similar to that? Or maybe something that I can modify a bit? I'm also looking for suggestions on types of yeast to play around with. Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
     
    #1 andys_war_hall, Dec 4, 2015
  2. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    I'd say a "classic" Irish Dry Stout would be right up your alley.
    OG 1.040 to 1.045
    70% pale ale malt
    20% flaked barley
    10% roast barley
    single bittering charge ~40 IBUs
    Irish Ale yeast
     
    #2 MrOH, Dec 5, 2015
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    andys_war_hall Devotee (371) Dec 7, 2012 Texas

    I was looking in to those this weekend. There is an Off Color and Mikkeller colab Beer Geek Mus that also sounded interesting. But I have not read much or seen much on that beer. Just spit balling my next brew. Thanks!
     
    #3 andys_war_hall, Dec 7, 2015
  4. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    The cool thing about a simple recipe like this is that you can use experimentation to hone in on your technique and which ingredients you like. If you know that you pretty much like the result no matter what, you can rebrew it with slight tweaks to things like mash temp/time, boil length, bittering strategy (something neutral and high AA% or flavorful and low AA% [I love Fuggles in dark ales, even if it is just a bittering charge, it makes a difference to me]), different varieties and brands of pale ale malt, different brands and levels of roast barley, yeast pitch, fermentation temp, etc.
    The stuff you'll learn from tweaking a small, simple beer will definitely influence the rest of your brewing, and it's a bit less of a bummer to find out that you don't like the flavor of a certain brand of whatever on a relatively affordable batch that you can drink up in a couple of months than on a batch of imperial stout that you'll drink on for a year or more.
     
    #4 MrOH, Dec 7, 2015
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