Irish Stout Ó Flannagáin Standard

[jacobyhale]

Do you notice much activity with your starter for this? This is my first starter, and first liquid yeast, and I don't have much airlock activity going on in my 1/2gallon growler that I made the starter. I made the starter late last night, so it's been about 24hours. I hope to brew tomorrow morning. I have seen a couple of airlock bubbles, but just not much.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

I usually don't see much air lock activity for any of my starters. You should be fine.

 

[jacobyhale]

Just finished my batch of this recipe. Smells and looks great! Hydro sample wasn't too shabby either! I hit the SG on the money, with exactly 5gallons going into primary. I'm stoked to have my second AG done, and much more successfully than the first.....except the fact that my a$$ is frozen!

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Sweet, be sure to post how it comes out here. I'm really stoked about others trying this recipe.

 

[jacobyhale]

Yeah, thanks for posting and helping me out! I've really become a Stout fan this year, after years of not really being into them because I thought that Guiness was the end all of Stouts. Not really my thing. But after a few Samuel Smith's, and others...I'm hooked. I think I may try a Oatmeal Stout on this yeastcake after I switch it to secondary.

 

[jacobyhale]

If you were going to do an Oatmeal Stout with this basic recipe, would you just replace the Flaked Barley with Flaked Oats? Any other adjustments that I should plan on making? I think I may try and do a small oatmeal stout batch (2-3gallons) on the yeast cake once I pull this out of the Primary. Any ideas OFlannagain?

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

If you were going to do an Oatmeal Stout with this basic recipe, would you just replace the Flaked Barley with Flaked Oats? Any other adjustments that I should plan on making? I think I may try and do a small oatmeal stout batch (2-3gallons) on the yeast cake once I pull this out of the Primary. Any ideas OFlannagain?

Personally I'd replace the flaked with flaked oats and even up it to 1.5lbs. Although for 2 or 3 gallons 1 lb would probably be good.

 

[mdd134]

Simple stout but awesome taste.

I made this for some friends and we fell in love. This will be one that I brew again without changing anything.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

You made it, dude? That's awesome! So you got your friends drinking real beer, eh? lol, you gotta let me know how that cream ale turned out.

 

[jzal8]

I am transfering mine to the secondary tomorrow...which of course means I will be enjoying at least a pint of this guy tomorrow. Will let you know how that goes

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

I am transfering mine to the secondary tomorrow...which of course means I will be enjoying at least a pint of this guy tomorrow. Will let you know how that goes

I'll tell ya, you don't really need to secondary this one. I usually take it from primary to bottles/keg in 12 days. Regular, low abv stouts are goooood young.

 

[jzal8]

Interesting, I was considering just bottling. I guess it comes down to my bottle situation which i think is hurting haha. Right now I got 3 batches in bottles so I need to do a little more drinking/bottle collecting.

I will most likely just end up keeping it in the primary for another week (its been 1 week) and then bottling. Looks like I'll be putting that tasting on hold

 

[jacobyhale]

Mine sure is fermenting out fast! I had the largest, fluffiest krausen that I've ever gotten on a beer with this. It has now dropped. I think I'll give it a hydro test when I get home from work. Hopefully I'll be able to bottle this next week before I fly out to Oregon for XMas.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Interesting, I was considering just bottling. I guess it comes down to my bottle situation which i think is hurting haha. Right now I got 3 batches in bottles so I need to do a little more drinking/bottle collecting.

I will most likely just end up keeping it in the primary for another week (its been 1 week) and then bottling. Looks like I'll be putting that tasting on hold

No reason you can't draw a sample now... you know, to check the gravity and all

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Just poured one from my second batch:

 

[jzal8]

Whelp, now I'm convinced its time for a gravity check...thanks for the extra push

 

[BNVince]

Just poured one from my second batch:

I'm sold. Just ordered the ingredients to do an All Grain batch of this.

 

[sleepystevenson]

Wise decision, BNVince. This dry stout simply rocks. I bottled mine about 3 weeks ago. Just started drinking them about 2 weeks after bottling. I know they are gonna get even better with a month or so of aging....I can only hope they last that long!!!

Everyone who has tried it has loved it. It is a very approachable and drinkable stout that even light beer drinkers like. Light bodied for a dry stout, and not overly dry

I made a few changes to the recipe to suit my tastes and to keep it inline with the dry stout category.

I will give a full report in another month or so after it ages.

This one is definitely a keeper!!!

Thanks, O'Flannagain!

 

[hotammo]

I had this at a brew buddies this weekend. Its the best stout I've had im brewing it next

 

[jacobyhale]

Yeah, mine's been in bottles for a week and already tastes great. Still needs a few weeks, but there's that great coffee roastiness there, but not overly roasty like a lot of homebrew Stouts that I've tried. I think this will be a recipe that I tweak and keep around for a long time.

 

[BNVince]

I'll be brewing this Saturday. I have some White Labs Irish Ale yeast I washed from a while ago. I'll make a starter Thursday night to see if it's still viable. If not, I'll probably just pitch some Nottingham on it.

The last batch I did with the Irish Ale fermented like wild although it did have an o.g. of 1.082. I'll have to keep an eye on it this time.

 

[ohiodad]

So this classifies as a dry stout correct? Looks very tasty! Thinking about making it for a St Patty's day party...

 

[jzal8]

Just an update...I brewed this in early december and it turned out fantastic. It was one of my best beers to date and I would consider brewing it again one day.

 

[nikko]

I just put mine in the primary on Saturday only difference i used in recipe would be the yeast i used dry safale yeast.

 

[The Drizzle]

I just tapped my keg of this stout. I made a mistake and used a full 2 ounces of US Goldings in this. A slight hint of a hop nose is all that resulted in. A very tasty beer indeed. This is one that I'm going to repeat for sure.

 

[inkslinger82]

this was my first all grain. I just kegged it today for my poker room...tasted really good. Even a couple guys sampled it who don't like stout enjoyed the taste. Im gonna put it down as a keeper...hopefully all the guys like it

 

[Kai]

I'm kegging this today to drink on St. Patrick's day (and to use in stew for the same). I'll let you know how it turns out, perhaps post a picture. It tasted great out of the thief a couple weeks ago.

-Kai

 

[Chaos_Being]

Has anyone figured out an extract version of this recipie? It looks really good

 

[nikko]

I'm wondering how much ABV this will have anyone know?

 

[bradsul]

I'm wondering how much ABV this will have anyone know?

Assuming you hit the OG and FG in the recipe you should get about 4.2% ABV.