CoopersGoose
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What's up with the time stamp being off so much? Time is 9:20 pm.
Had a glass tonight. Bottles overflow with foam. Disappointed in that for sure. Flavor doesn't seem affected. My guess is that I bottled too early. Thinking about dumping remaining into keg to see if I can correct. I've read some having bigger beers take longer to carb, but it's been a while now since I bottled, have to chek notes. This beer has good flavor, not totally off target. Will debate next steps.
Any updates, fellas?
Eulipion,
Will be pulling together another batch in the next few weeks to prepare for Christmas. If I find the baby ginger here in Richmond, want me to ship you some? Be more than happy to. Looking forward to my second go round on this one.
Brewed up 10 gallons
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1) How much ginger? 2 tsp per 5 gal? ground or chopped?
2) One vanilla bean per 5 gal? scrape out the bean?
3) Three whole cinnamon sticks per 5 gal?
Okay, just tasted again. I was wrong about the base. I think I'd lower the roast a bit, maybe use some Carafa III. The roast in mine was a bit too strong. Also, less ginger, more cinnamon & vanilla.
Let us know your changes. I think we can get a definitive clone out of it if we keep trying.
Looks great! I think we're still trying to hash this out by trial-and-error, but every iteration gets us a little closer to an actual clone. Let us know how it turns out!
At 70 IBUs you don't think that's too high? I saw a couple other recipes on here were in the 50's.
Then add your flavorings for whatever duration you desire. Then rack off or filter into keg or bottling bucket. If you are bottling you will of course have problems with all the honey, since it was used to back sweeten the final stout. Just some useful into I picked up from a little research from their site. Cheers!
We're looking to brew this in the next couple weeks. Took your recipe and suggestions and came up with this. (lowered ginger/black barley, increased carafa, cinnamon, vanilla). Thoughts? Suggestions?
Recipe:
11 lb Maris Otter
1.5 lb Victory malt
1.25 lb Lactose
1.25 lb flaked oats
1.0 lb crystal 120
.75 lb Chocolate malt (UK)
1.5 oz Black Barley
1.5 oz Carafa II
3.5 oz Challenger (6.9% AA) 60 min
2 oz Ginger, fresh, peeled, and sliced - 15 min
2.5 tsp Cinnamon, ground - 15 min
3 Vanilla beans, split & scraped - 15 min
2 lb Wildflower honey - 5 min
2 packs US-05
Mash: 156 for 60 min
Mash-out: 170 for 15 min
Boil: 60 min
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