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Chad's Black Currant Black Ale

Chad's Black Currant Black Ale

Dry Stout • Extract • 5 gal

c1trumbl

Wanted to try a black ale with a little fruit flavoring... so far so good.

August 4, 2009 pm 05:05pm

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Ingredients (Extract5 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

  • 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

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