O'Brien's Stout

St. Pat's is around the corner.

Brewer:	KOBB		Email:	-
Beer:	O'Brien's Stout		Style:	Irish Dry Stout
Type:	All grain		Size:	4.1 gallons
Color:	112 HCU (~38 SRM)		Bitterness:	25 IBU
OG:	1.055		FG:	1.016
Alcohol:	5.0% v/v (4.0% w/w)
Water:	Naperville tap. 1 tsp gypsum added to sparge water.
Grain:	5 lb. American 2-row 12 oz. Roasted barley 1 lb. Flaked barley
Mash:	90% efficiency
	150F-60 min Mashout-10 min
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.043	5.25 gallons
	4 oz. Cane sugar
Hops:	1 oz. Willamette (4.8% AA, 90 min.)
Yeast:	S-04 added directly to wort.
Log:	1/29/12-brewed. 2/3/12-bottled.
Carbonation:	.55 cup sugar disolved in 1 cup boiling water.
Tasting:	Tasted great at bottling time. 2/21/12-This is great beer! Carbonation seems right and I didn't mess with the recipe by adding soured wort or vinegar to mimic a Guinness like twang. I first sampled after 10 days and it was good then but cold conditioning has helped. 3/2/12-Even better than before. There was some DMS but its gone now. Amazing! I'm proud of this one. However, I wouldn't count on 90% attenuation every time.

Recipe posted 01/30/12.