Rhoobarb

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In a separate post, ajf had asked for a stout recipe for an upcoming celebration where a number of people of Irish ancestry would be attending. So, I'm posting this because it turned out excellent. I brewed this in mid-October, 2005, bottled it in mid-November and began drinking it the beginning of last month.

It is the third incarnation of this recipe and the first all-grain. I was attempting a Guinness Stout clone and, after reading about it, used Weyermann Acidulated malt to replicate that special 'tang' of Guinness. I named it for a friend whose favorite beer is Guinness.

D. McElderry’s Irish Wake Stout
Recipe 2005 / Mark Pannell

OG: 1.056
FG: 1.011
ABV = 5.9%
IBU = 40.8
SRM= 34.6

Grains:
8 lbs. Maris Otter British 2-row (3.0-L)
1 lb. flaked barley (2.0-L )
3/4 lb. roasted barley (474-L )
1/2 lb. Belgian CaraPils malt, 2-row (5.9-L)
6 oz. Mich. Weyermann Acidulated malt (2.3-L)
4 oz. Belgian chocolate malt, 2-row (425-L )

Bittering hops:
1 oz. Fuggles [4.1% AAU] (60 mins.)
1 oz. Kent Goldings [5.9% AAU] (60 mins.)

Flavoring hops:
.5 oz. Perle [4.3% AAU] (20 mins.)

Fining agent:
Irish Moss (15 mins.)

Yeast: White Labs WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast

Primary: 7 days at 68o F

Secondary: 14 days at 68o F

Total boil: 60 minutes

Mash in 3 gallons of water ~155o F for 60 minutes. Recirculate until clear, ~20 minutes. Sparge with ~7gallons of 176o F water. Add hops and Irish moss to schedule above. Cool wort to ~70o F and pitch yeast. Bottle when beer falls clear. Prime with 1-1/4 cups plain light DME.

david_42

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I'll have to try this, since you're using my favorite (non-IPA) hops.

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Rhoobarb

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Here's the finished product, which I'm sipping as I type this :

Exo

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Rhoobarb I need to "wake" this post up. What are your opinions of your recipe and how did it turn out? What would you change, if anything?

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Primary:
doh!
Secondary:
Wasp Bitten IPA (a Walker-San clone);Cheesefood's Caramel Creme; Wee Heavy Scottish Ale;
Bottled/Conditioning:
Flyin' Hornet Pale Ale(Mirror Pond clone);Oktoberfest Ale
Drinking:
Boom-Boom Apricot Hefeweisen; Forbidden Ale;Pale-Ass Ale (SNPA Clone); Ol' Man Winter Ale
On-deck:
Dead Guy clone
Planning:
Walker's Espresso Stout; BrewPastor's Bastard Lager

Quote:

But honey, how else am I going to get enough bottles for my next batch? *burp*...*fart*

clayof2day

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I did it, and while it was delicious it was much more "roasty" that I was expecting. I think. It was very delicious, however.