Yummy Sound Sour Stout

[DisturbdChemist]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

Bottle Harvest

Yeast Starter

2L

Batch Size (Gallons)

5

Original Gravity

1.069

Final Gravity

1.008

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

24.6

Color

37.5

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

8 months at RT

Tasting Notes

God\\'s beer. Dark Cherry, Puckering Sourness, Chocolate and Roasty finish

From a few requests lately and people who had my Sour Stout really enjoyed it. Some even said it was better the Jester King's Funk Metal which is a great comment. Now on the recipe:

Mash Temp: 154
Ferment Temp: 75-80
ABV: 8%

Malt:
12lbs 2-Row
1.5lbs Flaked Oats
1lb Special B
1lb Honey Malt
8oz Chocolate
8oz Roasted Barely

Hops:

1oz of Horizon (9.1%) @ 60mins (you can use any to get the the IBU's)


Yeast:
A Yeast cake of previous sour which was a stepped up dredges from Jester Kings Buddah's Brew


For the yeast, I harvested bottle dredges from a Jester Buddahs brew. I stepped up from 500ml to a 2L starter. Once that sour was done I racked this beer on top. I left the beer to sit and sour for about 8 months. I go on my taste buds and decide when it is ready. At the 8 month time it was ready because it had a huge cake to take advantage of.

Tasting Notes:

This puckering sour stout has notes of dark cherries and chocolate. After the initial sour the beer turns malty and chocolaty. Not too much, Just enough to let you know it's there.

I love this brew. One of the best ones I have brewed and God its a good sour.


I entered it in to a competition and hope it does well.

If you have any questions, please ask

 

[TipsySaint]

I can't get jester king in Maine... any idea what's in their SCOBY mix?

 

[DisturbdChemist]

I dont know for certian what in there. I think they got wild bugs from the air. The rumor they used 3711 a lot. This particular bottle was fermented with english ale then bugs. It probably has brett, lacto/pedio in it.

 

[finsfan]

Thanks for posting this DC! :rockin:

 

[DisturbdChemist]

No problem. Everyones will be different because of the yeast but i think this is a solid base for a sour stout. People who tried loved it

 

[hawgwild81]

This is definitely going to get brewed. I've got a bottle of Funk Metal I was saving. Looks like I have some drinking and bug collecting to do. Thanks for sharing!


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[wobrien]

Thanks for posting DC! And I've got some funk metal bugs coming to me as soon as Hawgwild gets to drinking

 

[hawgwild81]

Thanks for posting DC! And I've got some funk metal bugs coming to me as soon as Hawgwild gets to drinking

You bet!


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[BGBC]

I dont know for certian what in there. I think they got wild bugs from the air. The rumor they used 3711 a lot. This particular bottle was fermented with english ale then bugs. It probably has brett, lacto/pedio in it.

Buddha's Brew was the beer/kombucha combo, right? Who knows what it picked up from the kombucha SCOBY.

Was this just a standard stout recipe, or did you tailor it for souring?

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Buddha's Brew was the beer/kombucha combo, right? Who knows what it picked up from the kombucha SCOBY.

Was this just a standard stout recipe, or did you tailor it for souring?

Yep. I sent an email to JK about that. They just added the kombucha at bottling so more than likely there is no SCOBY in this just the tea.

I made the recipe. The only thing i really tailored was the IBUs and dialing back the roast a little. I made this recipe for this brew. I havent made it without souring yet. It was also my first attempt that was successful. Damn ill be sad once i drink it all

 

[finsfan]

Im getting the recipe together for this and had questions. Did you use flaked oats or oat malt? Is the honey, honey malt or actually honey? I figured malt for both but wanted to clarify.

 

[BGBC]

I'm assuming the opposite. Let's take bets!

 

[finsfan]

Haha can I change my bet to flaked oats?

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Im getting the recipe together for this and had questions. Did you use flaked oats or oat malt? Is the honey, honey malt or actually honey? I figured malt for both but wanted to clarify.

So the looser owes me money? aka beer lol Edited the recipe to clearify


I used flaked oats and honey malt. I need to rebrew it because my friend keep asking me to make it again lol. Got a sour yeast cake i need to use and take advantage of. :rockin:

 

[finsfan]

So the looser owes me money? aka beer lol Edited the recipe to clearify


I used flaked oats and honey malt. I need to rebrew it because my friend keep asking me to make it again lol. Got a sour yeast cake i need to use and take advantage of. :rockin:

Awesome! Thanks for the help man, im very excited to try this one. Ive never had a sour stout but why not make one.

 

[BGBC]

Dang, both wrong, haha.

 

[bigmike99]

This is a delicious brew!!!!

 

[finsfan]

How did this do in the comp?

 

[DisturbdChemist]

How did this do in the comp?

Not too well because morons judged it. "Its too light of a stout.. more of a porter". Those are the exact words these morons judged my beer. Its sour. So there will be little to no body/roast to it. Everyone who had it loved it but this comp had a bunch of idiots judging it and that is not the most retarded things said.

I go by the reviews for my friends and who tried it not some moron that they think they know beer

 

[finsfan]

Not too well because morons judged it. "Its too light of a stout.. more of a porter". Those are the exact words these morons judged my beer. Its sour. So there will be little to no body/roast to it. Everyone who had it loved it but this comp had a bunch of idiots judging it and that is not the most retarded things said.

I had a similar experience recently. I sent my RIS into a comp and they said it should have been placed in the smoke beer category and also got the too thin comment. FG was 1.022! Certainly no smoke to it at all. Luck of the draw I guess.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

I had a similar experience recently. I sent my RIS into a comp and they said it should have been placed in the smoke beer category and also got the too thin comment. FG was 1.022! Certainly no smoke to it at all. Luck of the draw I guess.

They are. If you get BOS you just got the right judges. I do not brew to style so that always hurts me but i dont care. I brew what i want.

Some people get smokiness because of the roast. It is all opinions

 

[finsfan]

They are. If you get BOS you just got the right judges. I do not brew to style so that always hurts me but i dont care. I brew what i want.

Some people get smokiness because of the roast. It is all opinions

Exactly, I dont brew to style either. I only entered it because I really enjoyed it and thought it could win something haha. Apparently Im drinking thin smoke over here!

EDIT: BTW, I think im going to add a lb of lactose to this recipe and make a sour milk stout. Can bugs or brett eat through lactose?

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Exactly, I dont brew to style either. I only entered it because I really enjoyed it and thought it could win something haha. Apparently Im drinking thin smoke over here!

EDIT: BTW, I think im going to add a lb of lactose to this recipe and make a sour milk stout. Can bugs or brett eat through lactose?

They might but not really sure. Lactose might be too big but maybe some of it will be eaten

 

[finsfan]

They might but not really sure. Lactose might be too big but maybe some of it will be eaten

I figured either way I would enjoy it. If the bugs can eat it, more diverse food for them. If they cant, more mouth-feel for me. Win win, potentially.

 

[BGBC]

Exactly, I dont brew to style either. I only entered it because I really enjoyed it and thought it could win something haha. Apparently Im drinking thin smoke over here!

EDIT: BTW, I think im going to add a lb of lactose to this recipe and make a sour milk stout. Can bugs or brett eat through lactose?

Lacto can convert lactose (think sour milk or yogurt). I have also read that some strains of Brett are able to convert it as well, but have seen conflicting reports and don't have anything to cite.

 

[sfgoat]

Not too well because morons judged it. "Its too light of a stout.. more of a porter". Those are the exact words these morons judged my beer. Its sour. So there will be little to no body/roast to it. Everyone who had it loved it but this comp had a bunch of idiots judging it and that is not the most retarded things said.

I go by the reviews for my friends and who tried it not some moron that they think they know beer

I am a judge DC and have had the opportunity to taste this beer. Didn't do an official score sheet or anything but you can certainly link the review I did for you on this one.

 

[finsfan]

Finally going to brew this up tomorrow night or thursday!

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Gosh.. Finally. What took you so long? Already made a batch 2 and soon a batch 3 lol. I need to do a massive brewing weekend. Got 2 barrels to fill!!

 

[finsfan]

Other beers got in the way haha. Gonna try and get four beers brewed by the end of this week to catch up.

 

[burninator]

Other beers got in the way haha. Gonna try and get four beers brewed by the end of this week to catch up.

Were you able to brew this one yet?

I have a red ale I brewed a couple of weeks ago that got a pitch of Nottingham and a big cake of Wyeast lambic and various dregs.

I'm kind of thinking it would be nice to have a sour stout finish around the same time and blend some of it to make a sour brown.