Chad's Black Currant Black Ale
Dry Stout • Extract • 5 gal
Wanted to try a black ale with a little fruit flavoring... so far so good.
August 4, 2009 pm 05:05pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 0.5 lbs
Crystal Malt 120°L
Crystal Malt 120°L
Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.
- 0.5 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.
- 0.5 lbs
British Black Patent
British Black Patent
Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.
- 6.6 lbs
Liquid Dark Extract
Liquid Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- 0.5 lbs
Dry Dark Extract
Dry Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- 0.5 lbs
Lactose
Lactose
Adds sweetness and body. Use in sweet or milk stouts.
- 1 oz
Cluster - 7.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cluster
Used for bittering and flavor qualities in light and dark American lagers. Aroma is very floral.
- 1 oz
Cluster - 7.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Cluster
Used for bittering and flavor qualities in light and dark American lagers. Aroma is very floral.
- 4 oz
Black Currant Extract - (omitted from calculations)
Black Currant Extract
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White Labs WLP005 British Ale
White Labs WLP005 British Ale
This yeast is a little more attenuative than WLP002. Like most English strains, this yeast produces malty beers. Excellent for all English style ales including bitter, pale ale, porter, and brown ale.
Notes
Actually White Labs Irish Ale
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: A - Dry Stout
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.061 | 1.036 - 1.050 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.007 - 1.011 | |
| Color: | 33.2 SRM | 25 - 40 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.4% ABV | 4% - 5% | |
| Bitterness: | 29.9 IBU | 30 - 45 |
