Sweet Stout Left Hand Milk Stout Clone

[NewBrew2]

Hellbentbrewco,

I am having the same trouble, tastes great just a little flat. It has been at 36 degrees and 12 PSI for 4 weeks yesterday. This is my first attempt at force carb and my only other beer in still in seconday so I have nothing to compare it to.

 

[AAIndigo]

My buddy had this problem with his batch. He tried bottling but they wouldnt carb so he kegged them and they carbed fine.

I bottled mine from the same batch and they are carbed but it is low. My wife opened a warm one (cooking some cubcakes, yummmmm) and the thing fizzed all over the place. ?????

AA

 

[Irishwrench]

Search the forum for carbonation chart. But itncomes down to, the lower the temp the lower the needed pressure because the colder liquid will absorb the co2 easier. So I Carb at a higher pressure because I don't have room in the fridge.

Thanks. I have that chart taped to the side of my freezer. Maybe Ill just throw some corn sugar in keg and call it a day.

 

[AAIndigo]

Thanks. I have that chart taped to the side of my freezer. Maybe Ill just throw some corn sugar in keg and call it a day.

It makes a good cake. Let me know if you need the recipe

 

[brewski09]

i'd be up for trying the cake recipe.

did you guys try adding a little bit of yeast or stirring up the slurry a little on the bottom if you had a long secondary time? i don't keg, but i've had issues with carbonation when I have long secondaries, so i pitch a tiny bit of yeast when i bottle on these long aging beers (oaked stuff mostly that go for almost 6 weeks before the bottle). might not be the problem, but worth looking at with some of the long secondaries i have seen reported here.

 

[beerbro]

It is a tasty stout cannot wait to brew this myself

 

[HibsMax]

Yeah, I love LH's version; any extract/steep suggestions?

I know this is a wicked old post but I just wanted to say that you can find extract / partial mash / all-grain versions of this in Clone Brews, 2nd Edition.

edit : didn't notice this thread was 19 pages long. Apologies if someone already referenced the CB recipe.

 

[brewski09]

so, anyone still following this post that has brewed the beer. How long do I bottle condition for and how much cocoa powder would you recommend to get just a hint of the chocolate to it, like 2 oz ???

Thx for the help

 

[AAIndigo]

Its called a chocolate Guinness cake but We used the LHMS. worked nice

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/chocolate-guinness-cake-3086

i'd be up for trying the cake recipe.

did you guys try adding a little bit of yeast or stirring up the slurry a little on the bottom if you had a long secondary time? i don't keg, but i've had issues with carbonation when I have long secondaries, so i pitch a tiny bit of yeast when i bottle on these long aging beers (oaked stuff mostly that go for almost 6 weeks before the bottle). might not be the problem, but worth looking at with some of the long secondaries i have seen reported here.

 

[LouBrew13]

Brewed this today after an irish red. Pretty ambitious day. Anyway I have never had the left hand but this looked and smelled delicious. Can't wait to try it. First milk stout ag. Could be a regular in my fridge very soon. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[brewski09]

using 2oz of cocoa nibs in secondary on this recipe. tasting so nice right now, i almost want to drink it without bottle conditioning it.

 

[Bardo87]

could you use wyeast 1056

 

[brewski09]

could you use wyeast 1056

You might have to change your fermentation temp if it isn't fermenting at the cool temp for you, but it should work fine.

 

[haygood]

Yeap; 1056, WLP001, US05 pretty much the same thing.
68F and let it rip

I'm going to try a repitch of WLP002 for my next batch.

 

[LouBrew13]

Just transferred to secondary and the aroma was fantastic. Cannot wait to try this. Will post a pic and tasting notes when I try it.

 

[brewski09]

Yeap; 1056, WLP001, US05 pretty much the same thing.
68F and let it rip

I'm going to try a repitch of WLP002 for my next batch.

I have heard people say the 002 under ferments, but I have not had that problem with it, and I am closing in on 10 generations now. Just pitch a healthy starter if you can (I like to get it active with a small amount of wort so it takes off on brew day. Enjoy

 

[chalmer9]

Is one package of S-05 enough to ferment this? When I run this through pitch rate calculators it recommends 2+ packets.

 

[brewski09]

Is one package of S-05 enough to ferment this? When I run this through pitch rate calculators it recommends 2+ packets.

You can pitch 1 packet, but 2 is a lot better for the yeast. Or make a small starter 1-2 days before to increase your yeast count.

 

[chalmer9]

Heating up the strike water now, can't wait to try this!

 

[LouBrew13]

Well it's official...this beer is delicious!! The mouth feel is silky smooth. The aroma chocolate, caramel, roasted malt. The color is dark as night.

 

[franks160]

Just finished brewing and realized I used 1 oz magnum hops instead of .35. Is it going to be really bitter or am I safe?

 

[brewski09]

Just finished brewing and realized I used 1 oz magnum hops instead of .35. Is it going to be really bitter or am I safe?

wow, looks like that puts you in the 60-70ibu range. maybe add a little lactose sugar (and i mean a little, or it will be cloying...)? or just call it a barleywine style stout and age it a year or two? good luck

 

[AGadvocate]

I brewed this last night but adjusted it for 5.5 gal and my 60% efficiency. My LHBS was out of flaked barley, so I subbed it with another lb of flaked oats. My OG came out at 1.074, which is a little high. IBU came out to be 25 which is close. My color came out to be 46.9L which is also close. I can't wait to try it.

 

[zheol]

im planning on doing a chocolate milk stout for my 2nd batch would this be a good recipe to add say 4oz of chocolate after primary? of if someone has a goto chocolate milk stout recipe

cheers and thanks

 

[brewski09]

im planning on doing a chocolate milk stout for my 2nd batch would this be a good recipe to add say 4oz of chocolate after primary? of if someone has a goto chocolate milk stout recipe

cheers and thanks

i threw in some cocoa nibs into secondary and it was nice. problem is i didn't brew it without first, so i don't know if it really did anything for it. also, do a long secondary with the nibs...

 

[strumke]

Beersmith is giving me an expected FG of 1.011 when everyone on the thread is talking about gravity in the 1.020 range (which is about where I am right now). Does Beersmith not take the inability for yeast to convert the lactose? I checked over the recipe and it's spot on... anyone else see this in their version of beersmith?

EDIT: After a quick search, it looks like Beersmith does show lactose as fully fermenting. Looks like I should be about stable and just need to check gravity 2 or 3 more times before transferring to secondary.

 

[chalmer9]

I bottled this last night after 5.5 weeks in primary (lazy I know). It tasted WONDERFUL. I could've literally drank a few pints of that easily already.

 

[BoxBrewer]

Brewed this today... Ended up getting close to 80% efficiency with my 3 gallon BIAB setup. Gonna be a little heavy!!! I'm excited!

 

[Benzene]

Did this one last night. Added 1 lb 2 row to the recipe. Had an OG of 1.072. Now the wait...

 

[BoxBrewer]

Brewed a 3 gallon batch of this. Tried to scale it properly, but I got really good efficiency from sparging my BIAB... OG: 1.071 and my FG seems to be leveling at about 1.023 after about a week. I think it will come down a few points still... Excited to drink it!