I brewed up the recipe below and was very pleased with the result. IMO it is a true stout with a nice character of toasted grains well-balanced against the hops. With only 1 lb of dark Belgian Candi syrup offset by an American stout style hop schedule, it is not at all sweet. The color was a rich dark chocolatey milky brown, not the black I had hoped for. Obviously, this a derivative of IG Jone's no-nonsense stout. The key component here is the cold steep of dark roasted millet acquired from jguthner on this forum. I placed the grain in ziplock bags and then rolled a bottle over the bags (as an improvised rolling pin) to crack the grains. 1.25 lbs of the grain was then cold-steeped in 1 gallon of water for about 15 hours. I strained out the grains and added the resulting mash at the start of the boil.
I don't know if this cracked the code for a nice GF extract stout, but maybe. Having said that I am sure there is room for improvement somewhere, but I am pretty happy with the outcome and I don't have any material suggestions for improvement. The buckwheat honey I used was very potent but light in color. I suppose next time I might use a more typical buckwheat honey which is much darker than what I used and then use a full pound and then reduce or eliminate the turbinado. I would keep the IBU's the same. I used Nottingham only because I had some on hand that was approaching expiration before my S-04. One person told me they would categorize this as between a stout and a Belgian quad, if that helps out at all. He did also say it was delish and I concurred. Please, try it out, try to improve it, and let me know your thoughts. Thanks !
GF stout ex
Method: Extract
Style: American Stout
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 5.2 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
OG 1.055
FG 1.015
ABV 5.33%
IBU 51.06
SRM 36.18
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
5 lb White Sorghum Syrup - Gluten Free 37 1.5 59.7%
12 oz Belgian Candi Syrup - D-180 32 180 9%
6 oz Turbinado 44 10 4.5%
10 oz Maltodextrin 39 0 7.5%
6 oz Honey (Buckwheat) 42 2 4.5%
7.13 lb Total
Steeping Grains
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
1.25 lb American - Dark Roasted Millet Malt - Gluten Free 25 300 14.9%
Hops
Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
1 oz Nugget Leaf/Whole 14 Boil 30 min 36.13
1 oz Cascade Pellet 4.7 Boil 20 min 10.51
1 oz East Kent Goldings Pellet 6 Boil 5 min 4.42
Yeast
Nottingham
I eventually added more water.
I don't know if this cracked the code for a nice GF extract stout, but maybe. Having said that I am sure there is room for improvement somewhere, but I am pretty happy with the outcome and I don't have any material suggestions for improvement. The buckwheat honey I used was very potent but light in color. I suppose next time I might use a more typical buckwheat honey which is much darker than what I used and then use a full pound and then reduce or eliminate the turbinado. I would keep the IBU's the same. I used Nottingham only because I had some on hand that was approaching expiration before my S-04. One person told me they would categorize this as between a stout and a Belgian quad, if that helps out at all. He did also say it was delish and I concurred. Please, try it out, try to improve it, and let me know your thoughts. Thanks !
GF stout ex
Method: Extract
Style: American Stout
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 5.2 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
OG 1.055
FG 1.015
ABV 5.33%
IBU 51.06
SRM 36.18
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
5 lb White Sorghum Syrup - Gluten Free 37 1.5 59.7%
12 oz Belgian Candi Syrup - D-180 32 180 9%
6 oz Turbinado 44 10 4.5%
10 oz Maltodextrin 39 0 7.5%
6 oz Honey (Buckwheat) 42 2 4.5%
7.13 lb Total
Steeping Grains
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
1.25 lb American - Dark Roasted Millet Malt - Gluten Free 25 300 14.9%
Hops
Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
1 oz Nugget Leaf/Whole 14 Boil 30 min 36.13
1 oz Cascade Pellet 4.7 Boil 20 min 10.51
1 oz East Kent Goldings Pellet 6 Boil 5 min 4.42
Yeast
Nottingham
I eventually added more water.
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