Strong roasted stout recipe ....

[lyacovett]

OK, I am looking to make a dry stout, with strong roasted character. I made a stout before, and it ended up with too sweet, and very little on the roasted side. I have come up the recipe below. I have a few question about this:

Do the roasted barley and black patent look about right for a stout with a strong roasted character? Is it too much, or should I go with more?

Should I even bother with the CaraPils?

As for hops ... there is only the bittering addition. Would it be ok to just use a high alpha hop like columbus, or just use more of a lower alpha hop?

Dry Stout

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 9.75
Anticipated OG: 1.048 Plato: 11.86
Anticipated SRM: 55.1
Anticipated IBU: 43.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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71.8 7.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
2.6 0.25 lbs. Black Patent Malt America 1.028 525
5.1 0.50 lbs. Crystal 80L 1.033 80
15.4 1.50 lbs. Roasted Barley Great Britain 1.029 575
5.1 0.50 lbs. CaraPilsner France 1.035 10


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.00 oz. Willamette Pellet 5.00 22.4 60 min.
0.50 oz. Centennial Whole 10.50 21.4 60 min.


Yeast
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Fermentis S-05 S-05



* I plan on mashing this at 151.

 

[JLem]

looks roasty. One question though - why bother with the .25 lbs of black with all that roasted barley? not sure you'll be able to tell the difference if it's in there or not.

For the hops - I would opt for more of a lower alpha hop with just the 60 minute addition - you'll get some flavor carryover from it, which I personally like

never used the Carapils, so can't help you there

 

[user 19629]

grind the roasted barley to a powder
in a coffee grinder for a more roasted charecter

 

[Jimmeh]

yeah dont worry about the carapils or patent. what you want falls in to the American Stout category methinks.

This is wahat Jamil Z. does and its awesome:

6gal/70% eff
o.g. 1.072

15.0lb 2-row
1.00lb roast barley
0.75lb chocolate malt
0.75lb crystal 40

whatever hops @ 60
Whatever hops @ 5

total about 73ibu (rager formula)

1056/001/us-05 yeast