Agh. Brewed my lactose free sweet stout..well.. an approximation since I lost my original recipe when my HD died last year.
12 days old and I tasted a sample out of the fermentor. Smells a bit burnt (though my dad says shoe leather) and tastes a bit like black malt (i didn't use any black malt!)
Aggggh. Didn't taste/smell burnt post sparge. This could be some overly ground Chocolate RYE malt I used. Don't ask, but I ended up with about a 100g (out fo 200g) ground like coffee, in the mash.
Not sweet either, though that could have been the recipe. Maybe some molassas added would help? Can't find lactose around here.
Supposed to bring some of this when it's ready to a guy who has a 6 BBL system in his garage!
Oh, so thats why the funny taste.. Murphy's law kicking in.
Mash was 154F. 10 Gallon batch
Thoughts?
12 days old and I tasted a sample out of the fermentor. Smells a bit burnt (though my dad says shoe leather) and tastes a bit like black malt (i didn't use any black malt!)
Aggggh. Didn't taste/smell burnt post sparge. This could be some overly ground Chocolate RYE malt I used. Don't ask, but I ended up with about a 100g (out fo 200g) ground like coffee, in the mash.
Not sweet either, though that could have been the recipe. Maybe some molassas added would help? Can't find lactose around here.
Supposed to bring some of this when it's ready to a guy who has a 6 BBL system in his garage!
Oh, so thats why the funny taste.. Murphy's law kicking in.
Mash was 154F. 10 Gallon batch
Amount Item Type % or IBU
7.00 kg Stout Malt (2.0 SRM) Grain 62.5 %
1.50 kg Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 13.4 %
0.50 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
0.50 kg Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
0.50 kg Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
0.50 kg Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
0.50 kg Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
0.20 kg Chocolate Rye Malt (250.0 SRM) Grain 1.8 %
65.00 gm Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 34.1 IBU
30.00 gm Williamette [5.50%] (15 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
2.11 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
180.00 gm Cocoa Powder (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Thoughts?