MacBruver
Well-Known Member
Hey folks! I'm getting ready to brew my first batch of beer tomorrow. I'll be using the Java Stout kit from Midwest Supplies, along with one of their equipment kits. I can't wait! Waiting that long will be hard enough, let alone the weeks and weeks it'll be before I can drink it.
I picked up some White Labs yeast locally, so that I won't be using the munton's dry yeast... but I'm not sure if I made a good choice. Midwest recommends the WLP023 Burton yeast, but my local store (Stein Fillers in LB, CA) was out of it, and so they recommended the WLP002 English Ale yeast. From what I've found this will be OK, but does anybody have any experience using this for a stout of this type? Here's the rough recipe:
6 lbs. Dark LME
8 oz. Chocolate Malt
4 oz. Flaked Barley
4 oz. Caramel 60°L
4 oz. Roasted Barley specialty grains
2 oz. of ??? hops
4 oz of coffee, brewed and added to secondary
Thanks in advance!
I picked up some White Labs yeast locally, so that I won't be using the munton's dry yeast... but I'm not sure if I made a good choice. Midwest recommends the WLP023 Burton yeast, but my local store (Stein Fillers in LB, CA) was out of it, and so they recommended the WLP002 English Ale yeast. From what I've found this will be OK, but does anybody have any experience using this for a stout of this type? Here's the rough recipe:
6 lbs. Dark LME
8 oz. Chocolate Malt
4 oz. Flaked Barley
4 oz. Caramel 60°L
4 oz. Roasted Barley specialty grains
2 oz. of ??? hops
4 oz of coffee, brewed and added to secondary
Thanks in advance!