Irish Stout Irish Car Bomb Stout

[MZRIS]

anyone using lactose and vanilla to do this?

 

[Zak]

anyone using lactose and vanilla to do this?

I started a kit Dry Irish Stout yesterday and just picked up some oak chips and a vanilla bean to soak in the whiskey. I plan to add the whole thing to the secondary this weekend.

 

[Wreck99]

Is there an extract version of this somewhere? This sounds tasty! I guess I could take a Dry Irish Stout extract kit and make it work too.

 

[Zak]

Is there an extract version of this somewhere? This sounds tasty! I guess I could take a Dry Irish Stout extract kit and make it work too.

yeah you could pretty much use any recipe you want. I've heard of people being more successful using a clone of Left Handed Brewery's Milk Stout than Guinness clones.

 

[ErikHoppy]

Hey all!

I've been away from this forum for a few years, amazed to see some people have tried my recipe! So it's great to here such positive reactions from folks!

I currently work at Magic Hat and will surely attempt to persuade the head brewer to give this recipe a try on a small scale!

 

[ahaley]

Sounds great! I need to save some money for this!

 

[sok454]

I am drooling over this.... Although I'd use Black Bush or straight Bushmills...

 

[bre2ts]

this is a rookie question but when you write 5# or 1# i am assuming you are talking about lbs correct?

 

[sok454]

Yes pounds.

 

[bre2ts]

Hopefully gonna brew it this weekend... Going to use pacman instead of Nottingham

 

[sok454]

Looks good. How much whiskey u using? What type? Get ur vanilla beans soaking. Also ull need to let it condition for a while to lessen some of the alcohol burn.

 

[bre2ts]

Looks good. How much whiskey u using? What type? Get ur vanilla beans soaking. Also ull need to let it condition for a while to lessen some of the alcohol burn.

i will be using either a 5th or a liter of jameson. i will also be infusing the whiskey with cocoa to give it a more chocolatey hint.

 

[GelatiKING]

Hey everyone - first post here. I plan to brew this stout first, cutting the batch in half. Will update. Thanks for all the notes and comments!

 

[sok454]

i will be using either a 5th or a liter of jameson. i will also be infusing the whiskey with cocoa to give it a more chocolatey hint.

Bro that will probably too much whiskey. I was at 20 oz and that was plenty. Need to make to balance it all. I would add some malto if I did it again. Also use some carapills and barley and oatmeal flaked. Made a whiskey stout w those and the head stand is phenom. Much better than the carbomb recipe I used.

 

[bre2ts]

Bro that will probably too much whiskey. I was at 20 oz and that was plenty. Need to make to balance it all. I would add some malto if I did it again. Also use some carapills and barley and oatmeal flaked. Made a whiskey stout w those and the head stand is phenom. Much better than the carbomb recipe I used.

ok so i will be using bushmills instead of jameson since our base doesnt seem to have any or know when they will be getting more.

20oz of whiskey
2 vanilla beans sliced and diced
1 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract
1 1/2 tbsp of hersheys natural unsweetened cocoa powder

i am using both extract an bean infusion because people were talking about not having enough vanilla flavor. i am adding the cocoa to give it a more chocolatey flavor.

i was also thinking of adding some vanilla bean to the last 5 minutes of boil for aroma, what do you guys think?

 

[sok454]

If u soak the cut beans in the whiskey for 2 weeks or more u will get good vanilla flavor especially initially. That seems like a lot of vanilla extract to add in addition.

 

[bre2ts]

Cool it will be soaking for about 2 weeks maybe a little more.

I was reading the vanilla stout recipe and it saids to add 2 1/2 tbsp in the secondary. Maybe something like that but less.

Also maybe adding some in the last 5 mins of boil for aroma?

 

[ErikHoppy]

Hey All, OP here.

Gonna brew an updated recipe tomorrow...

FERMENTABLES:
5 lb - Liquid Malt Extract - Light (50%)
1.5 lb - American - Chocolate (15%)
1 lb - American - Caramel / Crystal 60L (10%)
1 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (10%)
8 oz - American - Roasted Barley (5%)
8 oz - Flaked Oats (5%)
8 oz - Lactose (Milk Sugar) (5%)

HOPS:
1 oz - Fuggles for 60 min
1 oz - Fuggles for 15 min

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
2 each - Vanilla Beans, Type: Flavor, Use: Secondary
12 oz - Irish Whiskey, Type: Flavor, Use: Secondary
8oz - Oak Chips, Type: Flavor, Use: Secondary
1 tbsp - Irish Moss, Time: 15 min, Type: Other, Use: Boil

Soak oak chips and vanilla beans in Jameson's during fermentation, add to fermented beer and condition for 3-4 weeks. Ready just in time for St. Paddy's Day!

 

[Bad_Horse_Brews]

Hey OP,


Boiling my wort for the original recipe RIGHT NOW...... You mentioned in the original recipe "get vanilla beans" and then later there was a statement about tripling the amount of vanilla beans.... Then in this updated recipe you call for 1-2, does that include the tripling in your opinion or is this still pretty strong vanilla with 1-2? CAN NOT WAIT to try this. Thanks for the recipe!!

 

[AnyOtherName]

This recipe sounds perfect. OP, how toasted are your oak chips? does it matter? I've never used oak chips in my brews before

 

[Bad_Horse_Brews]

OK, so, this weekend I'll be moving this to the secondary. Did you drop the vanilla beans in with the oak chips and the Jameson into the secondary or pull those out? Will it hurt it to just throw the beans in the secondary? Been catching little whiffs of this every couple days (the jameson, oak chips and vanilla beans) and it smells AWESOME. I'm pretty stoked to see how this turns out.

One other question. I used the 12 ounces of Jameson with the 8 ounces of oak chips, it's definitely not totally immersed. i.e. the oak chips aren't floating in Jameson. Is that how it's supposed to be, the ratio there just doesn't seem quite right, but I'm sure it'll still turn out well.

 

[CrudeBrew]

Bottle this stuff on Sunday! Can't wait to give it a go! Tasted great before bottling!!

 

[Bad_Horse_Brews]

My batch has been bottled for just over a week, I KNOW it's not carbonated, but it's killing me wanting to crack a bottle open and try it finished. Damn you patience, damn you science, why can't you work in my favor?!?!?!?!

 

[Bad_Horse_Brews]

Fact. My bottles might explode. They are already carbonated... And delish.

 

[bababooey]

This is my first time posting on here and this was my second brew. I'm drinking one right now as of 1.5 weeks after bottling and it's already delicious! It's not fully carbonated yet but I'm hoping by St. Pattys it will be good enough to serve. Thank you all for the input.

 

[techbrewie]

Looks awesome. If your getting any harsness from the jameson I would suggest michael collins. 5 bucks more but imo much much less harsh.

also some lactose may be a good addition for this as well

 

[wilsojos]

I brewed something very similar last week and added 1lb of lactose.

 

[bababooey]

 

[bababooey]

I don't know why my text didnt show up in the last post. But I wanted to say...this has been aged for about a month and it's absolutely delicious. I'm having a party Saturday for St Pattys and I'm sure this is going to be gone in no time.

 

[CrudeBrew]

This stuff is AWESOME! Happy St Patrick's Day to ALL!! Can't wait to make another batch!