All-Grain - Black Project Stout

**Yuri_Rage** · 10-15-2008, 01:31 AM

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: S-04
Yeast Starter: No
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: No
Batch Size (Gallons): 6
Original Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.012
IBU: 27
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 44
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7-10
Additional Fermentation: Age to perfection
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 (if desired)
Tasting Notes: Medium bodied and mild for a stout. Smooth as silk when served on nitro.

A surprisingly light stout given the heavy duty name. That's supposed to be part of the "mystique." Lactose improves the body and adds a touch of sweetness to the finish.

Black Project Stout

9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
10.0 oz Carafa Special II
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt
8.0 oz Roasted Barley
8.0 oz Special B
1.75 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min)
1 Whirfloc Tablet
12.00 oz Lactose (flameout)
1 Pkgs Fermentis S-04

Single infusion mash at 154°F for 60 minutes

Best served on nitro/beer gas.

tgrier · 11-11-2008, 03:55 AM

I was thinking of making this after reading your thread on quick turn beers.

Do you really just use 04? Dry yeast for this? I love it if you do. just making sure.

tgrier · 11-11-2008, 04:00 AM

I do not have nitro either..I was just going to carb on co2. I have really really really been wanting to make a stout for the winter...
I think I can live with co2. .. although I am sure it rocks on beer gas.

Thanks for sharing this recipe.

strohs · 11-30-2008, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tgrier

I do not have nitro either..I was just going to carb on co2. I have really really really been wanting to make a stout for the winter...
I think I can live with co2. .. although I am sure it rocks on beer gas.

Thanks for sharing this recipe.

Let me know how it turns out on CO2 only...

**BierMuncher** · 11-30-2008, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tgrier

I do not have nitro either..I was just going to carb on co2. I have really really really been wanting to make a stout for the winter...
I think I can live with co2. .. although I am sure it rocks on beer gas.

Thanks for sharing this recipe.

Just give it a good aggressive pour to knock the gas out and let it sit for 10 minutes to warm a bit. Surprising what a little warming and flattening will do for a stout.

**Yuri_Rage** · 12-01-2008, 05:44 PM

Yes, I really use dry yeast. Don't buy into the hype that you HAVE to use liquid yeast to make good beer. S-04 is a nice, clean fermenting English ale yeast that gives fantastic results in beers like this one.