imperial coffee honey stout.

[bullet08]

i'm going to brew small batch, 1 gallon, of imperial coffee honey stout over the christmas vacation. just wondering what would be a good choice for bittering and a aroma hop would be. i don't care too much for too bitter beer. but i do enjoy good hop aroma. any suggestions?

pete

 

[scottland]

Anything really. But i'll make it simple for you, East Kent Goldings for both bittering and aroma. What is your Target OG, and i'll tell you how much to use.

 

[bullet08]

not sure what the target OG will be. never really try to figure those things out. i'll be using about 3.5-4lb of grains mostly american 2 row. it will be rested for 90 min. mash out, sparge, and will be boiled. cooled and into fermenter. final volume should be around 1 gallon. i'll be most likely use wyeast belgian abbey ii yeast in smack pack, about half of it.

pete

 

[BryanJ]

Whats your recipe?

I wouldnt use a belgian yeast for this beer if it was me, it seems like there is plenty going on without using that style of yeast.

 

[scottland]

70% efficency:
3.5lbs = 1.091 OG
4lbs = 1.100 OG

Believe it or not, you'll want about 1 to 1.25oz of East Kent Goldings. That'll target about 50-60IBU which is on the low end for an imperial stout (not very bitter).

Add .5oz at 0min. That's it.

 

[bullet08]

recipe? i don't need no stinking.. actually, i don't have one. i'm reading few books and finding out what's a good grain bill for it. i like guinness mainly, to me that is, it tastes like cold espresso. so i'm going to add crushed coffee beans. i like my porter/stout with touch of honey in the background also, so i'm going to add honey.

i'm going to go to church lock-in with cub scouts tonight, so i'll take my books with me and see what i can come up with.

i usually just mix and match to what i think might taste good. last batch of beer i made was over 10 years ago and back then they all came out ok. this idea of brewing 1 gallon batch is working out great for me. just have to dig out my wort chiller this weekend and see what's growing in them...

pete