hopbrad
Well-Known Member
ive brewed 2 stouts. both have had a sour/acidic taste. 1 was a dumper bc of it.
my most recent recipe is this:
8 Gallon Batch (extract)
Steep grains in 4 gallons of water. then bring 9 gallons up to a boil. add half of the extract. add 2nd half with 20 minutes left along with sugar.
- 15 lbs of Dark LME
- 1.5 lbs of brown sugar
1 lb of Chocolate malt
1/2 lb of Roasted Barley
1/2 lb of Black Patent
- 1.5 oz Magnum 60 min
- 1 oz Kent Golding 15 min
- 1 oz Kent Golding 5 min
S-05. ferm temps around 70 for 3 weeks. its been 4 weeks in the bottle. came out to 8%. SG 1.080 and FG 1.015
i put 4 gallons with cold steeped coffee and is nice. 1 gallon with cocoa nibs soaked and is nice and 3 gallons of regular stout and it has the harsh taste.
too much Black patent in there? (hidden by the coffee and choco)
none of my other beers have ever had this taste. i can only attribute to the black patent. my brown ale is a similar recipe - both chocolate malt and a little roasted barley. just smaller % without the black patent
my most recent recipe is this:
8 Gallon Batch (extract)
Steep grains in 4 gallons of water. then bring 9 gallons up to a boil. add half of the extract. add 2nd half with 20 minutes left along with sugar.
- 15 lbs of Dark LME
- 1.5 lbs of brown sugar
1 lb of Chocolate malt
1/2 lb of Roasted Barley
1/2 lb of Black Patent
- 1.5 oz Magnum 60 min
- 1 oz Kent Golding 15 min
- 1 oz Kent Golding 5 min
S-05. ferm temps around 70 for 3 weeks. its been 4 weeks in the bottle. came out to 8%. SG 1.080 and FG 1.015
i put 4 gallons with cold steeped coffee and is nice. 1 gallon with cocoa nibs soaked and is nice and 3 gallons of regular stout and it has the harsh taste.
too much Black patent in there? (hidden by the coffee and choco)
none of my other beers have ever had this taste. i can only attribute to the black patent. my brown ale is a similar recipe - both chocolate malt and a little roasted barley. just smaller % without the black patent