Stout Recipe

[Brad74]

Hiyas,

I have only 1 prepared brew to go before I try my first stout/porter recipe, and looking at some tips.

Currently I have the following ingredients

1.7 kg Thomas Coopers Irish Stout
1 kg Morgans Master Blend Chocolat Malt

Will these go together and what else if anything should I add?

[rwh]

Good start!

Maybe some extra hops, say Goldings or Fuggles, about 20g at 15 minutes. Some carapils or crystal or choc malt would probably be good too to aid head retention and freshness, say 250g crystal steeped for 20 minutes in 2L water.

[Cortez The Killer]

Definitely add some hops

Depending on the style you are going for you may wanna look at some bittering hops as well as the fuggles/goldings. Boil the bittering hops for about 1/2 an hour

Add some crystal or even carapils - do a search for both and have a read about the flavour they will add. Also search for steeping to see how to do it.

I wouldn't add any further chocolate malt if you are going to use the malt you've listed. Chocolate malt in great quantities becomes over powering.

You could add say another 500g of LDME to bump up the body / alcohol content

Also have a look into reducing the batch to between 18 and 20 litres to make a heavier stout.

Cheers

[rwh]

ooh ooh and do a search for oats!

[lethaldog]

also try willamette hops for a stout

[gregb]

... I have the following ingredients

1.7 kg Thomas Coopers Irish Stout
1 kg Morgans Master Blend Chocolat Malt

Will these go together ... ?

Like a rat up a drain pipe!!

Do your volume to 19 or 20 Litres rather than the normal 23 too.

Cheers,
Greg