Hey All,
I brewed up the second batch of breakfast stout as my first one went down really well. However this batch hasnt turned out well whatsoever.
I have posted the recipe below to see if anyone can help. The brewday went as normal, no hiccups, this is what leads me to believe there was an issue with either ingredients or the fermentation itself.
The beer pours nice, smells fine, chocolate, coffee, Caramel all normal aroma's but the head goes in about 15 seconds to nothing, looks as flat as a pancake.
Carbonation levels in the beer itself is fine. The taste is a little thin which is odd considering the amount of oats.
Any help would be appreciated, it might get slightly better over time (i hope) but i really am disapointed in this batch.
Recipe
Breakfast Stout Mark 2
5kg pale malt
1kg Munich
500g chocolate
350g roast barley
350g crystal 120
1kg rolled oats
Mash 154 for one hour
40g nugget for one hour
20g ground coffee (5 mins before end of boil)
50g raw cacao powder (5 mins before end of boil)
Brewed 16/09/2015
Bottled – 06/10/2015
O.G 1.064 – US - 05
F.G 1.019 bottled with 120g brown Sugar
I brewed up the second batch of breakfast stout as my first one went down really well. However this batch hasnt turned out well whatsoever.
I have posted the recipe below to see if anyone can help. The brewday went as normal, no hiccups, this is what leads me to believe there was an issue with either ingredients or the fermentation itself.
The beer pours nice, smells fine, chocolate, coffee, Caramel all normal aroma's but the head goes in about 15 seconds to nothing, looks as flat as a pancake.
Carbonation levels in the beer itself is fine. The taste is a little thin which is odd considering the amount of oats.
Any help would be appreciated, it might get slightly better over time (i hope) but i really am disapointed in this batch.
Recipe
Breakfast Stout Mark 2
5kg pale malt
1kg Munich
500g chocolate
350g roast barley
350g crystal 120
1kg rolled oats
Mash 154 for one hour
40g nugget for one hour
20g ground coffee (5 mins before end of boil)
50g raw cacao powder (5 mins before end of boil)
Brewed 16/09/2015
Bottled – 06/10/2015
O.G 1.064 – US - 05
F.G 1.019 bottled with 120g brown Sugar