All-Grain - Ode To Arthur, Irish Stout (Guinness Clone) - Page 11

kaiser423 · 09-18-2009, 04:25 AM

This beer has me back on my game. I was down on my luck and fighting off flavors, so I thought that I'd make a stout.

Wife and I have been drinking it for the last couple of days and it IS GOOD.

This stout + black beans + home grown chile relleno is one hell of a meal. We'll have it at least once a week until either the stout or the chile's run out!

Thanks BM, great beer!

Edit: I used ~1/4tsp acid and it's about right for me. 2 pints and the sour sticks with my tongue, like guinness (I am very sensitive to sour).

OnTheStrangeBrew · 09-19-2009, 02:30 AM

Thank you BierMuncher! That was the info I was looking for on the 90 minute mash. Is there an ideal fermentation temp, I can program it in to my fermentation box.

karbinator · 09-22-2009, 12:38 AM

acid malt is acidulated malt....yes?

NotALamer · 09-22-2009, 02:04 AM

yessssssss

Dauntless · 09-25-2009, 01:57 AM

Little question from a little noob:

I'm trying a PM version of this, lacking the big stockpot needed to at least BIAB.

Here's my planned recipe for 5 gallons
6lbs LME
1lbs roast barley
2lbs flaked barley
1/8lbs acid malt
2oz East Kent Goldings
1 sachet of Nottingham

I just realized the recipe I ended up with doesn't have anything really converting the sugars in the flaked barley. 60 grams of acid malt won't do the trick I would imagine.

Should I replace a portion of the LME for a pound of so of 2row? Am I going crazy?

BuzzCraft · 09-25-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dauntless

Should I replace a portion of the LME for a pound of so of 2row? Am I going crazy?

Use at least 2#....one lb for each lb of the grist with no diastatic power and having starches to convert.

BuzzCraft · 09-25-2009, 04:53 PM

Just tapped my keg of this last night to commemorate Guiness's 250th anniversay. Aged 8 weeks and it's a fine stout.

BTW, I'd asked in a separate thread about using WL California Ale yeast for this (as suggested in Ray Daniels book). I used it and it came out quite well. Maybe slightly less fruity(?), but nice and dry. Going to do a side by side w/a Guiness Draught tonight.

Cheers, Arthur Guiness!

Dauntless · 09-25-2009, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuzzCraft

Use at least 2#....one lb for each lb of the grist with no diastatic power and having starches to convert.

Thank you very much. These are great forums for newbies like me.

Dauntless · 09-30-2009, 09:09 PM

I brewed this up last night with 4.5lbs of 2 row and about 2lbs LME. It is fermenting quite happily. I got 70% efficiency with a BIAB method. What a great way to get started with mashing: it's so nice to see that wort get impossibly black.

Chris Z · 10-02-2009, 06:32 PM

Why in post # 68 is 152 for 60 minutes recommended and in post #98 150 for 90 minutes is recommended?

cz