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Drinking In The Dark
Sweet Stout • All Grain • 6.75 gal
A nice sweet stout when you're in the mood for doing it in the dark.
February 18, 2008 pm 01:17pm
4.0/5.0 1 rating
Ingredients (All Grain, 6.75 gal)
- 10 lbs
Maris Otter Pale
Maris Otter Pale
An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.
- 1 lbs
British Black Patent
British Black Patent
Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.
- .75 lbs
Crystal Malt 80°L
Crystal Malt 80°L
Body and Richness. Distictive Nutty flavor and or sweet, smooth caramel flavor and a red to deep red color. For porters, old ales.
- .5 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.
- 1 lbs
Lactose
Lactose
Adds sweetness and body. Use in sweet or milk stouts.
- 1.5 oz
East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- 1 tsp
Whirlfloc boiled 10 minutes. - (omitted from calculations)
Whirlfloc boiled 10 minutes.
-
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale™
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale™
A mildly malty and slightly fruity fermentation profile; not as tart and dry as 1098 and much more flocculant. Clears well without filtration.
Notes
Mash at 151F for 60 minutes. Boil 60 minutes. Ferment at 68F.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: B - Sweet Stout
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.060 | 1.044 - 1.060 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.023 | 1.012 - 1.024 | |
| Color: | 30.5 SRM | 30 - 40 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.9% ABV | 4% - 6% | |
| Bitterness: | 25.0 IBU | 20 - 40 | |
Discussion
Brewed 2/16/08
2008-02-18 4:00pm
Brewed it up. Everything went well, no issues to report. Hit my projected gravity perfectly. #48
Yep
2008-03-10 2:38am
This thing turned out really great with nice rich chocolate and roasty aromas. The only problem is some sort of "stale" flavor that seems to be in the sweetness. I'm wondering if the lactose that I used was old... It seems almost like an oxidized flavor, but I know the beer was not oxidized. Makes me wish I had tasted the lactose sugar before hand. The beer turned out really good except for this one nagging issue which I know is going to be a problem for it in competitions. I'm wondering if over time the issue will clear up...
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