looneybomber
Well-Known Member
As taken from this thread, I am about to brew this beer and wanted to keep notes about the process in case it turns out great or horrible...a year from now.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/mephistopheles-stout-41966/
Picked up all of my ingredients from Northernbrewer and my LHBS.
Fermentable Ingredients:
-7lbs Maris Otter
-3lbs 2row
-1.66lbs Belgian Aromatic
-1.5lbs English Roasted Barley
-1lb Belgian Special B (bought 2lbs on accident, so I could add more)
-0.5lb English Black Malt
Gravity subtotal = 1.070 (70% efficiency, 5.25gal batch)
-6lbs MO (LME) +0.040 pts
-2lbs Corn Sugar +0.017 pts
-2lbs Turbinado Sugar +0.017pts
Gravity total = 1.144
If I can get 85% attenuation out of WLP099, it will finish at 1.022.
Hops (had to make some substitutions for what I had on hand)
2.00 oz. Northern Brewer (pellet, 8.5%) 90 min.
2.00 oz. Magnum Whole (pellet 14.7%) 90 min.
1.00 oz. Willamette (pellet, 4.5%) 20 min.
1.00 oz. Willamette (pellet, 4.5%) 10 min.
0.50 oz. Willamette (pellet, 4.5%) 5 min.
IBU total = 105
This is going to be my first partial mash and my game plan goes like so,
1) create 3L starter of WLP099 (Thurs night [tonight])
2) mash all grains, boil, chill, wort in fermenter.
3) Hydrate and pitch T-58.
4) Chill, decant, and pitch WLP099 starter.
5) Add 6lbs LME
6) Add 2lbs corn and 2lbs turbinado sugar.
x) Aerate once or twice after fermentation has started
x) Use twice as much nutrient (1tsp of Wyeast)
My options go as follows,
1) Brew the beer tomorrow (Friday), pitch T-58, and aerate when signs of fermentation start. When the krausen begins to fall, add the 6lbs LME, add another dose of nutrient, aerate, and pitch WLP099. Add sugar incrementally when fermentation slows.
2) Brew the beer Monday, pitch T-58 and WLP099, aerate in about 12hrs, add LME when gravity reaches ~1.030 or whenever the krausen begins to fall - whichever comes first. Aerate, add another dose of nutrient, and add sugar incrementally when fermentation slows.
I think option 2 is my best bet so I can get both yeasts to grow. I want to get the estery Belgian like flavors from the T-58, but I need the 099 to finish the beer off. I think if I pitch 099 days after T-58, I won't get enough growth out of it?
For the yeast nutrient, does it all have to go into boil, or can I add some later with my addition of LME?
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/mephistopheles-stout-41966/
Picked up all of my ingredients from Northernbrewer and my LHBS.
Fermentable Ingredients:
-7lbs Maris Otter
-3lbs 2row
-1.66lbs Belgian Aromatic
-1.5lbs English Roasted Barley
-1lb Belgian Special B (bought 2lbs on accident, so I could add more)
-0.5lb English Black Malt
Gravity subtotal = 1.070 (70% efficiency, 5.25gal batch)
-6lbs MO (LME) +0.040 pts
-2lbs Corn Sugar +0.017 pts
-2lbs Turbinado Sugar +0.017pts
Gravity total = 1.144
If I can get 85% attenuation out of WLP099, it will finish at 1.022.
Hops (had to make some substitutions for what I had on hand)
2.00 oz. Northern Brewer (pellet, 8.5%) 90 min.
2.00 oz. Magnum Whole (pellet 14.7%) 90 min.
1.00 oz. Willamette (pellet, 4.5%) 20 min.
1.00 oz. Willamette (pellet, 4.5%) 10 min.
0.50 oz. Willamette (pellet, 4.5%) 5 min.
IBU total = 105
This is going to be my first partial mash and my game plan goes like so,
1) create 3L starter of WLP099 (Thurs night [tonight])
2) mash all grains, boil, chill, wort in fermenter.
3) Hydrate and pitch T-58.
4) Chill, decant, and pitch WLP099 starter.
5) Add 6lbs LME
6) Add 2lbs corn and 2lbs turbinado sugar.
x) Aerate once or twice after fermentation has started
x) Use twice as much nutrient (1tsp of Wyeast)
My options go as follows,
1) Brew the beer tomorrow (Friday), pitch T-58, and aerate when signs of fermentation start. When the krausen begins to fall, add the 6lbs LME, add another dose of nutrient, aerate, and pitch WLP099. Add sugar incrementally when fermentation slows.
2) Brew the beer Monday, pitch T-58 and WLP099, aerate in about 12hrs, add LME when gravity reaches ~1.030 or whenever the krausen begins to fall - whichever comes first. Aerate, add another dose of nutrient, and add sugar incrementally when fermentation slows.
I think option 2 is my best bet so I can get both yeasts to grow. I want to get the estery Belgian like flavors from the T-58, but I need the 099 to finish the beer off. I think if I pitch 099 days after T-58, I won't get enough growth out of it?
For the yeast nutrient, does it all have to go into boil, or can I add some later with my addition of LME?