What will an additional 2lb of LME do?

[ScoobyDude]

I put together a recipe and realized I may have be too heavy of the extract.

It's for a mexican chocolate stout, but the recipe is for the chocolate stout base. the spices making it a mexican stout will arrive in the secondary.

Here is the recipe:
8.75lb. of Pale LME
1lb. - Chocolate Malt
8oz. - Crystal 60L
8oz. - Roasted Barley
8oz. - Flaked Oats
1.5oz. - Black Patent
1lb. - Lactose
1.25oz. - Nugget (60min)

Looking around at similar recipes online, I'm seeing they call for 7lb of LME. I've got a tub with 8.75lb of LME in it. Can anyone tell me what, if anything, the 1.75lb. of "extra" LME might do to the beer other than contribute to a higher ABV?

This will be my second homebrew, so I'm open to any additional input on the recipe as well.

 

[d3track]

Since I'm lazy, just pump it into brewtoad and it will show you how many points you're getting from the lme. I hope you have temp control for fermentation - that might get warm...

 

[Potamus]

It would make the beer a little more malty and throw off the balance a little, but it should still be fine. You could up the hops slightly to offset it if you wanted.

 

[Trox]

That much extract will put you at about 1.070 OG (that was just the extract alone) so you might want to verify the yeast you are using can handle the high ABV and make sure you pitch enough (dry yeast you might need to pitch more than 1 pack, liquid yeast will probably have to use a starter) check mrmalty.com for the pitch size you should use.

 

[ScoobyDude]

BrewSmith has this recipe at:
OG - 1.066
FG - 1.015
ABV - 6.7%
IBU - 33
I've got a packet of Ferminitis s-04 dry yeast

...So any specific recommendations on a recipe tweak, or should I just attach the blow-off hose from the get-go?

 

[ScoobyDude]

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[ScoobyDude]

BrewSmith has this recipe at:
OG - 1.066
FG - 1.015
ABV - 6.7%
IBU - 33
I've got a packet of Ferminitis s-04 dry yeast

No temp controls here, but a steady 60-65 degree storage spot.

...So any specific recommendations on a recipe tweak, or should I just attach the blow-off hose from the get-go?

 

[ScoobyDude]

It would make the beer a little more malty and throw off the balance a little, but it should still be fine. You could up the hops slightly to offset it if you wanted.

1.25oz of Nugget at 13%AA for 60min should get me 33IBU....according to beersmith. Maybe up it slightly to 1.5oz? Or dry hop it down the line if it's tasting too sweet?

 

[rlmiller10]

BrewSmith has this recipe at: OG - 1.066 FG - 1.015 ABV - 6.7% IBU - 33 I've got a packet of Ferminitis s-04 dry yeast No temp controls here, but a steady 60-65 degree storage spot. ...So any specific recommendations on a recipe tweak, or should I just attach the blow-off hose from the get-go?

For better temp control if you have any large container part full of water you can set your fermenter in that would help. 60 to 65 temp and a water bath to absorb generated heat should be perfect

 

[ScoobyDude]

thanks miller. was heading to the hardware store today to grab one of those large plastic tubs with the rope handles, as I need a better "ice bath" situation to cool my wort (my sink is too small). I'll use that.

Fill it with cold water? Ice? Should I just put it in a water bath for the duration of the active fermentation, or longer?

 

[Trox]

Fill it up with cold water and then have some water bottles that have been frozen to add to the water so as to help bring your temp into the range you want. If you do a search on "swamp coolers" here you can see what people recommend.