Mikes Irish Stout
This is a modification to my origional recipe which had none of the "flaked" products that are specified here. I had some left overs that I wanted to get rid of......what's the worst that could happen here???????
| Brewer: | Cheesehead Mike | Email: | mmayer13@aol.com | |||||
| Beer: | Mikes Irish Stout | Style: | Irish Dry Stout | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 11 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 15 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.070 | FG: | 1.018 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.7% v/v (5.2% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Tap water run through a 5 micron filter. | |||||||
| Grain: | 24 lb. British pale 2 lb. Roasted barley 12 oz. Flaked barley 12 oz. Flaked oats 12 oz. Flaked wheat |
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| Mash: | 70% efficiency | |||||||
| Single step mash at 154° for 90 minutes. RIMS system constantly recirculated wort throughout the entire mash cycle. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 75 minutes | SG 1.055 | 14 gallons | |||||
| 16 oz. Malto Dextrin | ||||||||
| Added Malto Dextrin at the beginning of the boil. IMPORTANT NOTE: TURN OFF BURNER PRIOR TO ADDING MALTO DEXTRIN OR A BOIL OVER CAN ALMOST BE GUARRENTEED!!! After addition of malto dextrin, carefully bring back to a boil. Irish moss added with 15 minutes left in the boil. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 30 min.) 1.5 oz. Mt. Hood (4.5% AA, 30 min.) |
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| Yeast: | 1056 Wyeast slurry used from my local brew house. | |||||||
| Log: | Brewing 12/15/02 | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 2.5 volumes of CO2 | |||||||
| Tasting: | Past brews were excellent!!! Just enough roasted barley for that great coffee flavor after taste typical of a dry stout. I think the addition of the "flaked" products in this batch had everything to do with the overall smoothness. | |||||||
Recipe posted 12/10/02.