No Doze Stout

Brewer:	Fab & Mike		Email:	-
Beer:	No Doze Stout		Style:	Irish Dry Stout
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	2 gallons
Color:	180 HCU		Bitterness:	24 IBU
OG:	1.068		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	7.4% v/v (5.8% w/w)
Grain:	198g American black patent
Steep:	8 cups Brazilian (Melita) or equivalent Coffee used as part of boil water. Make as coffee and pour liquid in. Also used 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Steep grains for 10-20 minutes at 155° F
Boil:	30 minutes	SG 1.181	.75 gallons
	1.6kg Dark malt extract
	Add extract when boil reaches 195° F, after extract is added get rolling boil for 2-3 minutes before adding hops.
Hops:	31g Kent Goldings (5% AA, 45 min.) 29g Kent Goldings (5% AA, 30 min.)
Yeast:	packet
Log:	Brewed 7/14/08 Total Brew time: 2 hours 15 minutes Bottled 7/21/08
Carbonation:	Granular sugar
Tasting:	8/2/08: The appearance is a deep dark brown that admits no light through the glass. In other words the color is superb. Sweet coffee w/ cream nose with hints of molasses, rum-raisin and hazel nut. Upon first tasting this brew, one is confronted with a strong coffee front that intensifies to a liqueur strength, then melts to the side of the mouth displaying the strong malt backbone of this brew. No-doze is a thick and chewy brew as stouts should be, but the carbonation is also strong (perhaps a little too strong). However, although we have not perfected carbonation, the blend ends up making this stout highly drinkable, which might be problematic given its ABV.

Recipe posted 07/15/08.