Yin

This can be changed into a blackened porter by omitting the honey and reducing the hops to about 3 oz. (pellets).

Brewer:	A.C.Bigham		Email:	bighamad@pilot.msu.edu
Beer:	Yin		Style:	Foreign-Style Stout
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	222 HCU		Bitterness:	36 IBU
OG:	1.076		FG:	1.017
Alcohol:	7.6% v/v (6.0% w/w)
Grain:	1.25 lb. British Carastan 30-40L 0.875 lb. British chocolate 0.625 lb. British black patent
Steep:	Crush grains and steep for 30 minutes in 150-degree water. Add malt extract and honey prior to boiling point.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.152	2.5 gallons
	6.6 lb. Plain English Dark malt extract syrup 2.375 lb. Buckwheat Honey (two 19-oz. bottles)
	Add 1/4 tsp. Irish moss at 15 minutes remaining in boil.
Hops:	6 oz. Fuggles (4% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast:	British Ale Yeast II #1335 Pitch @ 70 degrees.
Log:	Atmospheric temperature 66-69 degrees. In 2 weeks, or when fermentation is complete, bottle with 2/3 cup corn sugar. Age at 65 degrees.
Carbonation:	2/3 cup corn sugar boiled in about 1-cup of water.
Tasting:	Needs to age a few months.

Recipe posted 03/05/98.