using up grains - stout/porter

[redarmy990]

Good day all.
finally getting to brew again after numerous setbacks to health and life in general.

I have put together a stout/porter recipe with some grains I have left over.

heres what I have so far, any suggestions are welcomed.

I do also have around 11oz of brown malt and around 6oz of special B

Seasonal Stout

15 lbs​	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)​	Grain​	1​	87.5 %​	1.17 gal​
1 lbs​	Viking Chocolate Light Malt (203.0 SRM)​	Grain​	2​	5.8 %​	0.08 gal​
11.2 oz​	Viking Chocolate Dark Malt (456.9 SRM)​	Grain​	3​	4.1 %​	0.05 gal​
4.8 oz​	Midnight Wheat Malt (Briess) (550.0 SRM)​	Grain​	4​	1.8 %​	0.02 gal​
2.2 oz​	Carapils Malt (Briess) (1.5 SRM)​	Grain​	5​	0.8 %​	0.01 gal​
2.00 oz​	Phoenix [8.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	Hop​	6​	35.0 IBUs​	-​
1.00 oz​	Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	Hop​	7​	12.2 IBUs​	-​
2.00 oz​	Phoenix [8.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 60.0 min, 194.4 F​	Hop​	8​	17.1 IBUs​	-​
1.0 pkg​	Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml]​	Yeast​

 

[AlexKay]

You could definitely throw the brown malt in, all of it, but keep the Special B far, far away. Looks awesome, recipe-wise.

Do you really whirlpool an hour at 194.4 F?! Seems like an invitation to make a lot of DMS.

 

[redarmy990]

You could definitely throw the brown malt in, all of it, but keep the Special B far, far away. Looks awesome, recipe-wise.

Do you really whirlpool an hour at 194.4 F?! Seems like an invitation to make a lot of DMS.

I do not whirlpool an hour lol
thanks for noticing will change on the recipe sheet.
And will also put the brown malt in there

 

[Alan Reginato]

Don't worry too much about DMS. It's an issue in clean flavoured beer. It's a stout. It wouldn't be noticed there, sounds a good recipe.

In my experience, the whirlpool addition won't shine in the beer, because all the dark malt in there, probably will be subtle.

Anyway, please, don't forget about us and share the taste notes of it.

Good luck!

 

[kevin58]

The traditional "holy trinity" of malts for porter and stout is pale, brown and black.

 

[redarmy990]

Don't worry too much about DMS. It's an issue in clean flavoured beer. It's a stout. It wouldn't be noticed there, sounds a good recipe.

In my experience, the whirlpool addition won't shine in the beer, because all the dark malt in there, probably will be subtle.

Anyway, please, don't forget about us and share the taste notes of it.

Good luck!

Will do- brew day is tomorrow and will update the thread as i go

 

[IslandLizard]

Looks to be a wonderful Porter!
That Brown Malt works wonders in them.

The only thing I notice, the 1 package of US-05 is skimpy. Maybe it's just a placeholder?
My (BeerSmith) recipes always show that too: 1 package of the selected yeast, regardless of size or gravity. The actual amount pitched is always calculated with BrewUnited's.

 

[redarmy990]

Looks to be a wonderful Porter!
That Brown Malt works wonders in them.

The only thing I notice, the 1 package of US-05 is skimpy. Maybe it's just a placeholder?
My (BeerSmith) recipes always show that too: 1 package of the selected yeast, regardless of size or gravity. The actual amount pitched is always calculated with BrewUnited's.

yep, a place holder I have 05 and 04 on hand, not sure what to go with but using 2 packets of either

 

[Steveruch]

yep, a place holder I have 05 and 04 on hand, not sure what to go with but using 2 packets of either

S-04 is my porter go to yeast.

 

[redarmy990]

Brew day complete, Porter came out to 1.069 post mash - Beersmith estimate was 1.057Post mash, so got great conversion.{ if readings were acurate}

Into fermenter I was at 1.062

 

[kevin58]

So your post mash was 1.069 and you post boil was lower??

 

[redarmy990]

first picture is after the mash, not a good pic sorry

2nd picture is after the boil and chilled into fermenter