Big Brewer's Stout Lord

Head Brewer

AC

Ingredients

  • 12 lbs Dark LME
  • 7 lbs White Sugar
  • .5 lbs Briess Caramel 60L
  • .75 lb Briess Caramel 80L
  • .5 lbs Briess Caramel 120L
  • .5 lbs Black Malt
  • .5 lbs Roasted Barley
  • .5 lbs Chocolate Malt
  • .5 lbs Simpson Extra Dark
  • .25 Peated Malt
  • Whatever we have on hand (I'll update this later)
  • <1 lb Superstart Distiller's Yeast
  • Yeast Nutrient

Boil Schedule

  • 60 Minutes - Add Hops (no aroma hops)

Mash Schedule (Remove this if you did extract, keep it if you steeped grains.)

  • Steep grains at ~157 for 30 minutes
  • Remove from heat, remove grains
  • Add 6 lbs LME
  • Bring to boil, add hops
  • When about 15 minutes are left in the boil add last 6 lbs LME and sugar (may also add Maple Syrup)
  • (??? - need to add yeast nutrient, do I do it now??)

After the boil

  • Cool down to ~70-75 degrees
  • Add yeast nutrient (??? - do this now or during the boil!?)
  • Pitch Yeast (??? - do I need to rehydrate yeast first?)
  • Leave in primary with blow-off tube for a week or two
  • Move to secondary and leave there for ~1 year (possibly racking it a few times)

Dates

  1. Brewed on 10/24/08
  2. Racked on ….
  3. Bottled on ….
  4. Drinkable by …

Gravity

  • OG:
  • FG:1.044
  • ABV: 15.22%
  • Estimated OG: 1.160
  • Estimated FG: 1.000 - 1.020
  • Estimated ABV: 21.74% - 19.07%

Notes

  • Adapted from a Imperial Stout recipe on NB's site, but much changed
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