So a month ago I finally tried the Stout that I made in December, and I thought it was great. I was a little worried that the flavor of the beer would be over powered by the espresso, so I let it sit in secondary longer than usual to mellow the taste. I bottle conditioned it and after about 4 weeks in the bottle I thought it tasted great. I got the recipe from BYO and made a few modifications but kept it pretty close to that recipe. Here it is:
- 8 # Dark malt extract
- 0.5 # Crystal malt 20L
- 0.5 # Chocolate malt
- 0.5 # Roasted Barley
- 1 # Ghirardelli Premium Sweet Ground Chocolate
- 2 oz Northern Brewer 7.4% AA
- 1.5 oz @ 60 min
- 0.5 oz @ 15 min
- 0.5 # espresso ground espresso beans
- 1 pkg. White Labs Irish Ale Yeast WLP004
- 1 tsp heading powder (for head retention when bottle conditioning)
Procedure:
- Steap grains @ 150F for 30 min.
- Heat to 17F and add extract
- Add hops at designated times and add chocolate at begining of boil
- Add yeast and ferment and water to make 4 gallons in primary.
- At secondary add espresso that has been brewed to a gallon of coffee
OG-1.072, FG-1.020, ABV-5%, IBU-56
Its a good stout. Needed some time to mellow, but a very big and filling drink. Cheers!