Irish Stout Ó Flannagáin Standard

[bottlebomber]

Tasted this for the first time tonight. It poured a nice dark-brown head, which looked great, though it didn't last long. It's totally drinkable. It's not great, but it's quite drinkable, maybe a little astringent in the finish, but my palate is so undeveloped who knows. Anyway, I had 25 gallons of failure when I tried brewing years ago, now I've got 500ml of success.

It's more of just a quaffer than a knock-your-socks-off brew. As far as the astringency, that just comes with using dark roasted grains. You can use chalk in the strike water to reduce this I'm pretty sure, or it will mellow out a little with age.

 

[Boek]

Mine is good but seems a bit watery. Actually if I close my eyes it tastes a bit like coke. Anyone getting any of that?

 

[sdsurfaddict]

Im making this right now :rockin: I cant wait to try it, gonna be a long few weeks

 

[bottlebomber]

Mine is good but seems a bit watery. Actually if I close my eyes it tastes a bit like coke. Anyone getting any of that?

I took mine to the homebrew meeting, and while everyone loved the taste and the head retention was good, watery mouthfeel was pretty much unanimous. If I make this again I'm going to mash at 158.

 

[ChillWill]

You could try using some Munich to build body 10-15% maybe. Or maybe some really light crystal.

 

[seanybubbles]

Just brewed this today. After boil gravity was 1.044. Seems a little low even though I hit all my numbers. If this beer is worth redoing I might add another pound of 2 row. Hopefully if turns out good. I'm using white labs british ale for the first time.

 

[seanybubbles]

After one week in the primary I have a gravity of 1020. This gives me an ABV of 3.3%. Alot lower than expected. The hydro does taste pretty good though....

 

[bottlebomber]

After one week in the primary I have a gravity of 1020. This gives me an ABV of 3.3%. Alot lower than expected. The hydro does taste pretty good though....

Did you use the wlp004? That is a seriously low attenuation for that strain. Did it get really cold or something?

 

[seanybubbles]

I used wlp005 (british ale). It's been a week at 68F and I moved it upstairs as it's warmer to maybe knock it down a few points. Even at 1020 the hydro sample didn't taste sweet, which I found surprising. I never rush my beers so hopefully it will drop a bit more....

 

[BunzoBrew]

This is definitely my favorite homebrew stout. Love the stuff brewed with notty

 

[Oophaga]

Brewed this a a couple months ago, it is quite delicious, not my favorite yet, but definitely good one. The recipe makes a great session stout.

 

[thrust]

Brewed this one and I'm currently serving it on nitro. This is a great session stout and I have not experienced the thinness others have referred to, which could be attributed to my doubling (2lbs) of the Cara-Pils.

Great stout!

 

[unfairbeef]

Any particular advice for carbing this beer in a bottle (I have only kegged, force carb'd)? Mainly, with regards to me brewing this beer high gravity (I have a tendency to take things too far). Any advice for conditioning? Anyone brew this this with any other ale yeasts? Thanks, in advance!

Happy Brewing!

 

[46binder]

Another beer I brewed, been drinking it for the past month. I didn't think it was as 'thin' in the mouth feel as some past reviews said. Good, easy stout.

 

[Frikkieman]

First off, I dig this recipe, first time I made this I made it into a double batch. It's an awesome beer, real smooth Session Stout as everyone says and all of my buddies are nuts about it. You can definately have a few of these in one sitting. Now, I'm probably the millionth person to ask this but here I go anyway. I like to tinker with recipes, so any thoughts on parlaying this into an Oatmeal Stout. This is an awesome recipe as is but I was thinking of just adding a pound of oats (possibly toasted) to this recipe to give it a different spin. Maybe someone else has done it perhaps? Any thoughts/ideas/suggestions.

Thanks

 

[Bombeque]

This will be my next brew! Was looking for a mild mannered stout, this looks like the ticket.

 

[bink00]

Just pitched the yeast on my 5th go around on this recipe. Hit 1.048 for 5.5 gallons in the fermentor! I only had 6 ounces of 500 SRM roasted barley. I dont think it will matter much. This is a perfect beer for a 1 liter mug!

 

[mdbrewer1]

I've never re-used yeast before, but I have a Centennial Blonde that will be finished in a couple days. I used Nottingham for that and I've seen a couple posts where people used it for this recipe. I did a search in the yeast forum and it looks like it is as simple as pouring the cooled stout wort on top of a portion of the yeast cake. Is it as simple as that?

Is Nottingham a good choice for this brew? Has anyone used both Notty and a different yeast and have any feedback on how each turned out?

Thanks!!

 

[xeviousx]

This was my first all grain, didnt have all the ingredients and like more bitter beers so changed up the hops level and swapped in a small amount of crystal 60 for cara-pils aiming for similar SRM.

2.80 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)
0.50 kg Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM)
0.30 kg Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)
0.25 kg Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM)
42.00 g Goldings, East Kent [6.64 %] - Boil 60.0 min
1.0 pkg Safale English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]

Bottled three weeks and taste tested against Guinness export and a local (in Ireland) bottled stout (O'hara's) and this stout is definitely super nice even in comparison. Creamier, more rounded, more subtle flavours coming through

I will definitely be making it again, Thanks OP and all commenters

 

[BrewOClock]

I've decided this is going to be my first all grain so wish me luck.

Update: Brewed this but ended up with a crazy low OG. (1.034) Not sure what happened but hoping that its still going to be good. I was going to throw some DME in the fermenter to bounce it up but can't get to any LHBS for it for 3 days at least and not sure if it will still work at that point. I guess I'll just enjoy a very low ABV cause my gravity sample tasted great.

 

[volks_r_us]

I just made that beer 20 min ago. Tasted extremely good before I added the yeast, I am very please. Ended up with a 1.046 OG and 22L
I added 5gr of fuggle for 5 min to the Oz of Kent. Used Safale S-04 for yeast.
I think I will leave it in the primary for 25-30 days and Keg to force carb. I always leave my beer (blonde IPA) that long in the primary and get great results.
I must say it's my first Stout, is it a beer that age well before kegging ?
My friend is a very impulsive brewer and always keg within 15 days. His brew always taste like crap, At least to my taste, so I tend to leave mine undisturbed for ever.

 

[trapae]

Anyone made this using maris otter? And hoe did it turn out?

 

[trapae]

I am going to brew this next weekend by my local home brew shop only has roasted barley 595 ( instead of 300) and chocolate malt 450 ( instead of 350). Will this change change the flavor adversly or just color?
Thanks, t

 

[Oophaga]

I am going to brew this next weekend by my local home brew shop only has roasted barley 595 ( instead of 300) and chocolate malt 450 ( instead of 350). Will this change change the flavor adversly or just color?
Thanks, t

It's what I used. People who tend to like quaffers love it. Like lighter drinkers. Even BMC found this beer enjoyable.

 

[trapae]

Cool, so you used the higher L roasts and it still turned out good? Btw, what is BMC?

T

 

[frod1963]

Cool, so you used the higher L roasts and it still turned out good? Btw, what is BMC?

T

Bud, Miller, you get the point.

 

[trapae]

Got it

 

[volks_r_us]

3 weeks later here we are. I couldn't wait any longer. My GF love this beer, caught her with a glass this morning before she had her coffee

Weather screwed up my fermentation, I ended up fermenting at high temp for the first 2 weeks (70-74f). I will have to make it again definitely.

I was expecting a strong Coffee moka expresso taste, but it's not the case. It's a very mild Stout almost like a pale super smooth blonde,but with a mild stout character and aftertaste with a hint of fruit.

I guess I screwed with fermentation temps that why it's not very tasty. On the other hand. It's the perfect stout to introduce beginners to dark beer, and My girlfriend can't get enough. It will not last long on the tap

 

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During the first month after bottling, I wasn't a big fan of this beer, it was too harsh and bitter, (lack of caramel malt, and 40 IBU's), but damn, just as if it was magic, after a month passed, this beer turned into a delightful, creamy, but light flavored stout. I can't get enough, and it seems like I will keep it around all the time. This is pretty quaffable to me, but non stout drinkers might not want more than one in a sitting.

 

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