Pop's Cherry Vanilla Stout v2.0
Sweet Stout • Extract • 5 gal
Perfect fall beer. Recommend using Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla (Neilsen-Massey is easiest to find) - stands up well to the tartness of cherry juice and roasted malt flavors during fermentation.
August 17, 2009 pm 10:28pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 0.85 lbs
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Adds a nutty flavor, Brown Ales
- 1 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- 0.5 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 4.5 lbs
Dry Light Extract
Dry Light Extract
White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.
- 0.75 lbs
Lactose
Lactose
Adds sweetness and body. Use in sweet or milk stouts.
- 1 oz
Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- 1.0 oz
East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 40 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- 1.00 oz
Hallertauer Mittelfrüher - 3.0 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min
Hallertauer Mittelfrüher
Fine, 'Noble'.
- 0.5 gal
Cherry Juice (unsweetened and unpasteurized) - (omitted from calculations)
Cherry Juice (unsweetened and unpasteurized)
- 6 tbsp
Pure Vanilla Extract (not Tahitian) - (omitted from calculations)
Pure Vanilla Extract (not Tahitian)
-
White Labs WLP002 English Ale
White Labs WLP002 English Ale
A classic ESB strain from one of England's largest independent breweries. This yeast is best suited for English style ales including milds, bitters, porters, and English style stouts. This yeast will leave a beer very clear, and will leave some residual s
Notes
Brewed on 8/8 Transferred to secondary on 8/16 and added Cherry juice and vanilla; looks and smells promising!
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: B - Sweet Stout
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.055 | 1.044 - 1.060 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.018 | 1.012 - 1.024 | |
| Color: | 34.0 SRM | 30 - 40 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.9% ABV | 4% - 6% | |
| Bitterness: | 37.7 IBU | 20 - 40 |
Discussion
Still not perfect, but a good brew...
2010-08-21 9:16pm
Still struggling to really balance the cherry flavor. I'm getting more cough syrup than balanced cherry undertones. A very drinkable beer nonetheless.
