Blueball Stout
Foreign Extra Stout • Extract • 6.5 gal
The pound of blueberries in the wort provides a piquant tartness!
November 15, 2005 pm 09:06pm
Ingredients (Extract, 6.5 gal)
- 0.25 lbs
Weyermann Carafa® II; Weyermann
Weyermann Carafa® II; Weyermann
Carafa I, II and III also are available de-husked. Adds aroma, color and body.
- 0.25 lbs
Crystal Malt 120°L
Crystal Malt 120°L
Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.
- 0.25 lbs
English Chocolate Malt
English Chocolate Malt
Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.
- 0.25 lbs
Black Roasted Barley
Black Roasted Barley
Unmalted roasted grain, it is the backbone of many stouts. Imparts a sharp acrid flavor characteristic of dry stouts. Gives "dryness" to a stout or porter ,more so than regular Roasted Barley.
- 6 lbs
Dry Dark; Muntons
Dry Dark; Muntons
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- 0.25 lbs
Barley Flaked
Barley Flaked
Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.
- 1.0 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 2.0 lbs
Dark Brown Sugar
Dark Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 1.00 oz
Magnum - 15.0 AA% whole; boiled 45 min
Magnum
Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.
- 0.50 oz
Cascade - 6.7 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 0.50 oz
Cascade - 6.7 AA% whole; boiled 3 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 1 lb
blueberries - (omitted from calculations)
blueberries
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White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
From Northern California. This strain is more fruity than WLP001, and slightly more flocculant. Attenuation is lower, resulting in a fuller bodied beer than with WLP001.
Notes
DME was Munton's Dry EXTRA Dark…blueberries blended frozen with a little wort, & added to wort in muslin bag with last hops addition (left overnight in primary). OG. measured at 1.067, TG 1.012. Yeast was WLP051 as well as White Labs Burton Ale #WLP023; Wyeast Scottish Ale #1728
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: D - Foreign Extra Stout
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.064 | 1.056 - 1.075 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.018 | |
| Color: | 28.3 SRM | 30 - 40 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.9% ABV | 5.5% - 8% | |
| Bitterness: | 43.5 IBU | 30 - 70 |
