stout type beer

[insnekamkze86]

Hello there im going to be making a batch of a irish stout beer soon and was wondering if any one had a ideal how this might come out or taste.

It consists of a irish stout can extract combined with 4ibs of dark malt, a pound of raw cane sugar, and a pound of honey.

The other things i might put in it would be two tsp of burton water salts, and some cloves as a spice.

 

[Edcculus]

Is this a kit? Personally, I'd skip the cane sugar and honey in favor of more extract. Are you steeping or mashing the grains? 4lbs seems like a lot for steeping grains to me, but I haven't done that many extract kits.

 

[insnekamkze86]

sorry if i wasnt completly clear yest its a extract kit in a can theres no grains involved its already done for you. The dry malt is DME I want it to have a nice flavor to it and not just to be dry and bitter but with a nice alchol content as well. My last batch i only used 2lbs of malt and it tasted like it needed more malt to the batch.

 

[Challenger440]

It consists of a irish stout can extract combined with 4ibs of dark malt, a pound of raw cane sugar, and a pound of honey.

Would you care to further explain what the "irish stout can extract" is?

I would also say to ditch the cane sugar and honey. These will provide sugars to ferment to alcohol, but no body or other flavor really.

 

[dcp27]

4lbs of dark DME is a lot to add on top of a kit. If you're looking at adding more flavor, you're better off steeping some grains instead. Roasted barley in particular will give you the dry and bitterness you're looking for.

 

[insnekamkze86]

its canned kit from coopers. last time i made it it was with 3 lbs of dark dme and a pound of cane sugar and it came out good but was a little to dry it ended up tasting like a dark english porter because of how dry it was. I like that taste but thats not what i was going for i wanted more a stout taste to it. Meaning a little bit more flavor in it besides more alcohol content. I was going to use the sugar and honey to boost the alcohol content since they are fermentable sugars for the beer.

 

[dcp27]

well what kind of stout qualities are you looking for: oat, coffee, chocolate, roasted, etc? while steeping grains won't give you the same alcohol bump as the extract, it will give you a lot better flavor.

 

[insnekamkze86]

sorry i belive roasted flavors something like guinness or beamish taste, so i would say roasted, robust flavors.