...and a happy brew year!
It's brew day again. This time I brewed an American stout. "Ol' Curmudgeon" looks like this...
It's brew day again. This time I brewed an American stout. "Ol' Curmudgeon" looks like this...
Ingredients:This was pitched onto the yeast cake from "Pooh II". Pooh II, by the way, looks like an improvement over the last batch. I was able to maintain much better temperature control this time. (Despite a few 80° days!) It also looks closer to the color I had in mind. This stout, on the other hand, will be as black as the ace of spades.
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.25 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 81.82 %
0.75 lb Roasted Barley (700.0 SRM) Grain 5.46 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.64 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3.64 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3.64 %
0.25 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 1.82 %
1.00 oz Warrior [17.20 %] (60 min) Hops 53.2 IBU
0.50 oz Chinook [10.60 %] (30 min) Hops 12.6 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [7.40 %] (30 min) Hops 8.8 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [7.40 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.50 oz Chinook [10.60 %] (0 min) Hops -
8.00 gm Baking Soda (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
14.00 gm Chalk (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
8.50 gal Los Angeles, CA (West) Water
1 Pkgs American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [StartYeast-Ale]