Peppermint Stout Recipe and Water check/questions

[RedBeard08]

Just finished my first stout recipe. Trying to make it a peppermint chocolate stout. Below is my recipe.

6 gallon batch

12 lb - Marris Otter Pale Malt
1 lb - Flaked barley
1 lb - Black Roasted Barley
12 oz - Chocolate malt
8 oz - crystal 40
8 oz - crystal 120
2 oz - east kent goldings (60min)
10 ea - peppermint tea bags (10 min)
4 oz - unsweeteed cocoa powder (5 min)
WLP004 Irish ale yeast (2L starter)

Mash at 154 for 60 min with 5 gallons water (mash thickness 1.36qt/lb)
Creating my own water for the first time, starting with RO water and creating something similar to dublin water.

Epsom Salt - 2.5g
Calcium Chloride - .6g
Baking Soda - .9g
Chalk - 4.5g
Lactic Acid - 3ml

Should give me
Calcium - 104
Magnesium - 12
Sodium - 13
Chloride - 15
Sulfate - 52
PH - 5.46


Est OG - 1.077
Est FG - 1.019
Color 43.5 SRM
IBU - 25

Ferment at 65 for 7-10 days


Hope this is enough information without being too run on. any help would be greatly appreciate! Thank you for the help!!

 

[RedBeard08]

I plan on ordering the ingredients in the next few days. any input would be great!