some questions about my stout.

[Diatre]

Ok, so i made a beer and it is in primary fermentation right now. i have a few questions about it and was wondering if anyone could help me. im a new brewer. 1) its a dark beer like i wanted it to be, does that mean its a stout? (its not transparent at all). and i added a lot of hops and aroma hops. 2) it is in primary fermentation, do i have to lager it or can i just bottle after i get 3 meter readings the same? or even when they are the same for 3 days does it still needs to be in the carboy for a wile, and if so how long?

i have listed the recipe below, i made a one gallon batch to start it out because i don't know how it is going to turn out and its the first one i have made on my own and not followed a direction pad. i just dont wanna bottle too early and have them boom on me.

1 pound muntons black patent 2 row
1 pound muntons maris otter 2 row
1 pound muntons extra dark DME
1 oz german magnum hop pellets (alpha 12%)
1 oz willamette hop pellets (alpha 5.8%) aroma.
coopers ale yeast.

OG 1.064

thanks

Diatre

 

[lumpher]

i'm afraid that will end up tasting like burnt ashes

 

[Calder]

That's enough Black Patent for 10 gallons. Going to be very roasty. I don't like the taste of Black, so I usually use Roasted Barley in my Stouts.

That's enough bittering hops for 5 gallons. I've not checked it out, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's of the order of 200 IBUs; very bitter.

I assume you steeped the grains, so you are not getting much out of the 2-row; almost a waste of grain. If you had mashed the grains, you probably would have a gallon of beer around 1.100 for your SG.

 

[Diatre]

yes it does taste like ashes. but oddly i dont mind it. and it is roasty. and yes its IBU's are around 227; the bitterness has lasted through two cigarettes and subway. and yes i steeped the grains. it was all i had though.
when would you lager it or bottle after about 10 to 14 days?

thank you

Diatre

 

[Diatre]

with my aroma hops too.. idk if they will add any IBU but if they do then it'll be 253.70 by my calculations but i may be wrong

Diatre

 

[vast_reaction]

You have created a real abomination of science here. I don't think you can really follow a standard rule set when bottling this beer anymore. You just said that it's a Stout that is bitter enough to outlast some cigarettes and a Subway sandwich, and it tastes like ashes. You can pretty much do whatever you want with it at this point, and nobody will be able to question you.

 

[penutbuttrdeath]

Id drink it.

 

[bja]

I'd use it to clean the rust off of the bumper of my old truck.

 

[Bizoune]

I think you have to start reading about brewing. "How to Brew" by Palmer.

 

[Frodo]

The Palmer book is online: http://howtobrew.com/

A couple more things, dark doesn't necessarily mean it's a stout, and lagering is colder fermentation usually with lager yeast as opposed to ale yeast. Palmer covers that stuff.