AG#31 – BP Stout
Posted on: July 10, 2010
Did a bit of a Brew Trial for work today, the brew went well…
It was a 4.1% Stout with Pale, Crystal, Torrefied, Roasted, Black. Bittered with Fuggle, Last 15mins with Golding, Flame-out steep with Fuggle. Water treatment added to mash to the GW Calc Stout profile minus the common salt.
I ended up with a FV that was too full and my Mash efficiency was through the roof, checked with both Refractometer & Hydrometer my Pre-Boil wort was (11Brix) 1.042 (Wort in the Copper 31 Litres) and I was only aiming for 1.045 Starting Gravity, BeerEngine says my efficiency was 94%…
End of Boil I had to liquor-back.
Yeast was Nottingham.
Bottled up two previous brews so quite a busy day.
*Bottled 18th July ’10
Recipe a bit after the event 😉
Black Pepper Stout
Date:
Gyle Number:
| Fermentable | Colour | lb: oz | Grams | Ratio |
| Pale Malt | 5 EBC | 8 lbs. 1.5 oz | 3670 grams | 78% |
| Crystal Malt | 120 EBC | 1 lbs. 0.6 oz | 470 grams | 10% |
| Roasted Barley | 1220 EBC | 0 lbs. 8.2 oz | 235 grams | 5% |
| Torrefied Wheat | 4 EBC | 0 lbs. 8.2 oz | 235 grams | 5% |
| Black Malt | 1100 EBC | 0 lbs. 3.3 oz | 94 grams | 2% |
| Hop Variety | Type | Alpha | Time | lb: oz | grams | Ratio |
| Fuggle | Whole | 4.9 % | 60 mins | 0 lbs. 1.2 oz | 34 grams | 30% |
| Golding | Whole | 5.7 % | 15 mins | 0 lbs. 1.2 oz | 34 grams | 30% |
| Fuggle | Whole | 4.9 % | 0 mins | 0 lbs. 1.6 oz | 46 grams | 40% |
| Final Volume: | 23 | Litres |
| Original Gravity: | 1.045 | |
| Final Gravity: | 1.013 | |
| Alcohol Content: | 4.1% | ABV |
| Total Liquor: | 33 | Litres |
| Mash Liquor: | 11.8 | Litres |
| Mash Efficiency: | 75 | % |
| Bitterness: | 28 | EBU |
| Colour: | 152 | EBC |
It didn’t really show up any of the Black Pepper traits that I was looking for and a certain points during fermentation its taste reminded me of Cheap Cola! Though it mellowed into a good easy drinking stout, I mostly use this for making Beef Stew 🙂
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