OK so this will be my fifth beer and by far the highest gravity. i want to make an irish style dry stout (i prefer sweet but this is for saint patricks day) and i want to keep the alcohol somewhere around 7% and keep the gravity fairly high and make it a dry stout but not too dry. here is my recipe so far but there are some holes i need filled in:
Steep grains at 175 for one hour:
Roasted Barley-1lb
40l crystal malt-.25 lbs(i want to keep it from being too dry. good idea or lose it?)
Black Patent malt-i think i want this but i dotn kno how much
Chocolate malt-this would make it too sweet right?
Malt extract:
8-9 lbs pale lme-(too much?)
hops:
East kent goldings-2 oz-60 mins
East kent goldings-.5oz 20 mins
Yeast:
Not sure, any ale yeast that can easily hit 7% abv
Basically i need some holes filled and i want to know if iwill hit 7% abv and have a good tasting dry stout. Thanks in advance!
Steep grains at 175 for one hour:
Roasted Barley-1lb
40l crystal malt-.25 lbs(i want to keep it from being too dry. good idea or lose it?)
Black Patent malt-i think i want this but i dotn kno how much
Chocolate malt-this would make it too sweet right?
Malt extract:
8-9 lbs pale lme-(too much?)
hops:
East kent goldings-2 oz-60 mins
East kent goldings-.5oz 20 mins
Yeast:
Not sure, any ale yeast that can easily hit 7% abv
Basically i need some holes filled and i want to know if iwill hit 7% abv and have a good tasting dry stout. Thanks in advance!