I also have oak cubes in bourbon soaking at the moment. They will be dropped in the keg after fermentation.
I'll look forward to hearing how this goes; I've got some cubes in bourbon as well earmarked for this recipe.
I also have oak cubes in bourbon soaking at the moment. They will be dropped in the keg after fermentation.
Port is a fortified red wine. I really can't stand the stuff by itself, it is way to sweet, but I imagine it would go well in the stout because many times a RIS can have some port like qualities.I am assuming port is some type of liquor?
Port is a fortified red wine. I really can't stand the stuff by itself, it is way to sweet, but I imagine it would go well in the stout because many times a RIS can have some port like qualities.
O, I am now much more excited. I have a HUGE sweet tooth and was trying to figure out a why to sweet this up a bit (I was leaning towards adding some lactose. Maybe, now I won't)
Anyone have a suggestion of a brand/dryness to buy? When it comes to wine, I am a super n00b.
Thanks,
josh
Well, Purchased the ingredients for this. Hoping to brew on my bday with it and give it to myself as my xmas present.
I made some minor (lazy) changes.
6 lb Light DME
10 lb Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain
1 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain
1 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain
1 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain
1 lb Carafa III (525.0 SRM) Grain
1 lb Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain
1 lb Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM) Grain
1 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain
1 lb Black Malt - 2-Row (Briess) (500.0 SRM) Grain
1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain
1 lb Chocolate (Briess) (350.0 SRM) Grain
Super excited for this. Will be my biggest brew to date. Not sure what I will do for hops. I'll have to look in the freezer.
I am assuming port is some type of liquor? I'l prob do oak chips with and maybe some coffee beans for secondary.
You can boost the mash temp or use a less attenuative yeast if you want to leave it a bit sweeter. Then taste it when it is ready to bottle, make your decision then whether lactose is worthwhile.
How would I add the lactose at bottling? Boil some water with lactose then mix it into my bottle bucket?
Exactly.
Keep in mind that a little bit of lactose really doesn't add a ton of sweetness. It'll take a *lot* of lactose to substantially sweeten a beer of this magnitude. Depending on your desired sweetness, at least.
hopplease said:Whenever I use lactose I always use 1# of it. What do you consider a lot 2#? 2# would be nuts. I don't think I would want it that sweet, but then again I dunno how sweet it would really become in this big of a beer.
smagee said:Looks about right, judging by the posts in the earlier sections of this thread. Ranges from ~17-20lbs base malts alone, depending on efficiency estimate and batch size. Isn't 24lbs coming close to the max on a 10 gallon MLT? I've got the same setup, but I think I'm going to sub in some extract for a few pounds just in case.
Gwitz said:I don't have access to carafa DH 3 or aromatic, so i was gonna sub munich for the aromatic. Im thinking i can just add extra chocolate for the carafa, or do you guys recommend doing a cold steep of black malt?
$20 to ship 1 lb of grain to Canada = no go.
Native302 said:I brewed this today had OG 1.110 with 5.5 gallons in the fermenter and 2 gallons left over for another beer!
kapbrew13 said:Did you use any dme or all grain to get the 1.110?
I put the recipe into Beer Smith and I need a bigger mash tun, but even with the right sized mash tun I get pre-boil volume ~6.5 gal from just the mash in volume. I've heard of doing no sparge but doesn't that really hurt your efficiency? I imagine my efficiency will be around 60-65%, what are other people seeing? I read that someone is going to run 10 gal and boil down to six, not a bad idea but I don't want to have to boil for 3 hours. Anyway thanks in advance.
I put the recipe into Beer Smith and I need a bigger mash tun, but even with the right sized mash tun I get pre-boil volume ~6.5 gal from just the mash in volume. I've heard of doing no sparge but doesn't that really hurt your efficiency? I imagine my efficiency will be around 60-65%, what are other people seeing? I read that someone is going to run 10 gal and boil down to six, not a bad idea but I don't want to have to boil for 3 hours. Anyway thanks in advance.
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