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Negril Root Beer

Negril Root Beer

Foreign Extra Stout • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Al Boyce

by Al Boyce Sitting in a thatch hut bar in Jamaica, one of the locals told me that to drink Guiness warm was good for my "root"....

February 6, 2003 am 10:29am

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 12.5 lbs English 2-row Pale

    English 2-row Pale

    All English Ales. Workhorse of British Brewing. Infusion Mash.

  • 3 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

    Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.

  • 0.5 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • .5 lbs Midwest Wheat Malt

    Midwest Wheat Malt

    Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.

  • .25 lbs British Dark Crystal

    British Dark Crystal

    Sweet caramel flavor, mouthfeel. For porters, stouts, old ales and any dark ale.

  • .25 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 1 lbs Barley Flaked

    Barley Flaked

    Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.

  • 2.5 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1.5 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 tsp Gypsum to mash - (omitted from calculations)

    Gypsum to mash

  • 1 tsp Phosphoric Acid to sparge - (omitted from calculations)

    Phosphoric Acid to sparge

  • 1 gal Irish Moss to boil - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss to boil

  • White Labs WLP023 Burton Ale

    White Labs WLP023 Burton Ale

    From the famous brewing town of Burton upon Trent, England, this yeast is packed with character. It provides delicious subtle fruity flavors like apple, clover honey and pear. Great for all English styles, IPA's, bitters, and pales. Excellent in porters a

Style (BJCP)

Category: 13 - Stout

Subcategory: D - Foreign Extra Stout

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.072 1.056 - 1.075
Terminal Gravity: 1.017 1.010 - 1.018
Color: 37.1 SRM 30 - 40
Alcohol: 7.2% ABV 5.5% - 8%
Bitterness: 63.2 IBU 30 - 70

Discussion

Al Boyce

Feb 9, 2003 - BREW DAY!

2003-02-10 8:36am

It was cold as [insert colloquialism here], and I had a leaking valve on my hot liquor tun and a stuck sparge as well. Even so, the OG came out right on - 1074. After 2 30 sec. blasts of O2 I pitched the starter, and by this morning it was already gurgling away.

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