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Murphy's Law Stout

Murphy's Law Stout

Dry Stout • Extract • 5.5 gal

mikez

Will brew this one this weekend. Have enough lighter coloured ales and want something a little darker.

May 4, 2010 pm 09:27pm

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Ingredients (Extract5.5 gal)

  • 1 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • .5 lbs American Caramel 120°L

    American Caramel 120°L

    Provides color, a unique flavor, body, and contribures to foam retention and beer stability. Gives a pronounced to sharp caramel flavor and a deep red color.

  • .5 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

    Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.

  • 6 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • .5 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.

  • .5 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • .5 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 2 oz Willamette - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • .5 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

    A dried red-brown marine algae. Fining agent to remove large proteins. Negatively charged polymer attracts positively charged protein-tannin complexes (extracted from grain husks and hops) during the boil. This action is aided by the clumping of proteins in the boiling process. Irish moss settles to the bottom of the brew kettle with spent hops and hot break material at the end of the boil.

  • Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™

    Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™

    Slight residual diacetyl and fruitiness; great for stouts. Clean, smooth, soft and full-bodied.

Notes

Grains 1 lbs. American Chocolate Malt .5 lbs. American Caramel 120°L .5 lbs. Roasted Barley Extract 6 lbs. Liquid Light Extract Adjuncts .5 lbs. White Table Sugar .5 lbs. Wheat Flaked .5 lbs. Buckwheat Honey .5 lbs. Malto-Dextrin 1 tsp Irish Moss 5 oz Dextrose (for priming) Hops 2 oz. Willamette .5 oz. East Kent Goldings Yeast WYeast 1084 Irish Ale Process Steep grains (including wheat) in 150 F water for 45 min. Sparge w/ 1/2 or 1 gal water. Bring to boil, turn down head and add: extract, honey, sugar and Willamette hops and malto-d. With 15 min left to go add EKG hops and Irish Moss. After full 60 min boil, cool, rack to primary, top off to 5.5 gal. Pitch yeast, primary 4-5 days, secondary for ~7 days. Add corn sugar (dissolve in about 1 cup water) and bottle.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 13 - Stout

Subcategory: A - Dry Stout

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.055 1.036 - 1.050
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.007 - 1.011
Color: 28.5 SRM 25 - 40
Alcohol: 5.7% ABV 4% - 5%
Bitterness: 32.9 IBU 30 - 45

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