Black Christmas
The roasted barley was generic pearled barley purchased from my local grocery store and roasted in my oven @425 for 90 minutes, or on my grill on med/low for about 60 minutes. Some of the barley was burnt which made a chalky, black ash which should be fine.
Brewer: | KOBB | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Black Christmas | Style: | Irish Dry Stout | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 5.1 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 33 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.052 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
Alcohol: | 5.1% v/v (4.0% w/w) | |||||||
Grain: | 7.5 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. Roasted barley .7 lb. Raw barley |
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Mash: | 77% efficiency | |||||||
147-148F for 60 minutes. Lower than intended which should make this stout extra dry. | ||||||||
Boil: | 75 minutes | SG 1.038 | 7 gallons | |||||
4 oz. Cane sugar | ||||||||
Irish moss for last 15 minutes. | ||||||||
Hops: | 1 oz. Tettnanger (3.2% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (4.8% AA, 60 min.) |
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Yeast: | Fermentis 04 pitched at 70F. | |||||||
Log: | 12 oz.of soured Guinness Extra Stout will be added to the wort upon kegging. This was done to a batch of Irish cream ale with great results. At racking, hydrometer samples tasted great. I'm excited. | |||||||
Carbonation: | 1/2 cup of cane sugar added durring kegging and left at room temp for 2 weeks. | |||||||
Tasting: | 11/28/10-Tasted sample durring kegging. Sample tasted great. Added 12 oz of soured Guinness Extra Stout with priming sugar. Can't wait to taste this in a few weeks. |
Recipe posted 11/22/10.