Brew Day for the Boys! Sweet Stout

**Pappers_** · 09-12-2009, 03:41 PM

SWMBO is away at an all-day choir workshop so boys and I are brewing this afternoon! We're going to make a sweet stout with the goal of it being close to optimal before Christmas.

Here's the details:

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.00 gal

Ingredients:
0.50 lb Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 4.26 %
6.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 51.06 %
2.00 lb Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 17.02 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 8.51 %
0.75 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 6.38 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4.26 %
0.75 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 33.7 IBU
1.00 lb Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 8.51 %
1 Pkgs Safale US-04

Beer Profile:
Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.018
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.99 %
Bitterness: 33.7 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 36.3 SRM

Mash Profile:
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 10.75 lb
Sparge Water: 4.18 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F TunTemperature: 72.0 F
45 min Mash In Add 13.44 qt of water at 170.5 F 158.0 F

**david_42** · 09-12-2009, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Calories: 43 cal/pint

Dream on!

Might want to crack one at Halloween and Thanksgiving, just for QA.

**Pappers_** · 09-12-2009, 04:12 PM

Yeah, I didn't even look at that! Take that, Bud Select 55!

I suspect BeerSmith uses that calculation, based on the actual OG and FG, not the estimated.

tdavisii · 09-12-2009, 09:01 PM

yeah with 43 calories a pint i can have at least ten of them before i start feeling guilty