Stout Recipe

beergoggles · Post by **beergoggles** » Monday Feb 12, 2007 4:56 pm

Hey fella's thinkin about put this stout down in the near future (tonight) , what do ya think ?
1 tin Coopers stout
1 tin Coopers dark ale
150g choc malt steeped for 30 mins
250g dry wheat malt
25g golding hops ( not sure about boil time on these ? 20 minutes ? any ideas?)
250g dextrose
safale yeast
Let me know what you brewmasters think .
Cheers

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday Feb 12, 2007 5:10 pm

I wouldnt boil the hops for to long as the kits will make it bitter enough but 20 should be fine and i would also leave out the dex but everything else looks fine, there are a few blokes on here that have done this one and from memory i think they were all pleased with it

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Monday Feb 12, 2007 6:22 pm

Sounds good.

I recently did a 2 can-er of stout/dark ale + choc malt + oats. It's bloody fantastic (after leaving it for a while so the bitterness tames). This should be good with the extra hops, but I don't know if the fancier yeast will make that much difference over using the kit yeasts.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday Feb 12, 2007 6:45 pm

It does

30-40% of the way your beer turns out is up to the yeast, use a kit one and it will be good but use a good quality yeast and it will be bloody fantastic, you could even try this one with a liquid irish ale yeast and see the difference if you wanted to be adventurous

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Monday Feb 12, 2007 7:36 pm

Looks good BG, brew and bottle now, hold to mature for the cool winter nights ahead.

Cheers,
Greg

beergoggles · Post by **beergoggles** » Monday Feb 12, 2007 10:40 pm

Thanks guys , just finished putting that brew down , smelt superb while everything was boiling and steeping , the missus didnt think so although she is pregnant . Does anyone else find there significant other complaining about the smell , especially hops ? . Just thought i'de ask . Thanx lethal

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Tuesday Feb 13, 2007 6:55 am

No complaints about the smell in my house.....

Not even when I lost 15L of my brew through leakage onto the timber floor in the rumpus room (don't panic - it was only a Spicy Ghost....). Just glad that we don't have carpet in there......

Interesting point about the yeast too - what Safale yeast would you guys recommend for this brew?

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Tuesday Feb 13, 2007 7:15 am

S-04. But brewing with S-23 in the low 20's gives a good result with noticibly less krausen.

Cheers,
Greg

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Tuesday Feb 13, 2007 7:57 am

That's handy. My one spewed krausen for a while. Although next time I'll use my new taller fermenter....

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Tuesday Feb 13, 2007 2:40 pm

beergoggles wrote:Thanks guys , just finished putting that brew down , smelt superb while everything was boiling and steeping , the missus didnt think so although she is pregnant . Does anyone else find there significant other complaining about the smell , especially hops ? . Just thought i'de ask . Thanx lethal

My missus surprisingly loves the smell of AG but hates kit smell, the only kit i have done that she hasnt thought were horrible are the tcb wetpacks, they smell and taste delicious

petesbrew · Post by **petesbrew** » Tuesday Feb 13, 2007 3:26 pm

timmy wrote:Sounds good.

I recently did a 2 can-er of stout/dark ale + choc malt + oats. It's bloody fantastic (after leaving it for a while so the bitterness tames). This should be good with the extra hops, but I don't know if the fancier yeast will make that much difference over using the kit yeasts.

Timmy, what did you do with the oats? I'm very keen to get a variation of this one underway for St Paddy's day (yeah I'm cutting it a bit fine)

beergoggles · Post by **beergoggles** » Tuesday Feb 13, 2007 3:28 pm

Checked the brew this morning , bubbling but not real vigorous , no noticable krausen as i would of expected

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Wednesday Feb 14, 2007 6:49 am

petesbrew wrote:
timmy wrote:Sounds good.

I recently did a 2 can-er of stout/dark ale + choc malt + oats. It's bloody fantastic (after leaving it for a while so the bitterness tames). This should be good with the extra hops, but I don't know if the fancier yeast will make that much difference over using the kit yeasts.
Timmy, what did you do with the oats? I'm very keen to get a variation of this one underway for St Paddy's day (yeah I'm cutting it a bit fine)

I followed this recipe:

http://hyperfox.info/beer01.htm#13

petesbrew · Post by **petesbrew** » Wednesday Feb 14, 2007 7:22 am

Ah cheers mate.
This was the recipe I was going to base mine upon.
I was thinking of adding a little bit extra...
150g black patent, or roast barley
20g Goldings
But will see how I go.
EDIT THURS 15/2/07
final recipe below, ready for sunday arvo
Coopers Stout
Coopers Dark Ale
150g Choc grain (or whatever's left in the tub at home)
200g Oats (ditto)
300g brown sugar (optional)
10g Goldings (steeped for 10 min)
12g Williamette dry hopped
Safale S-04 yeast

petesbrew · Post by **petesbrew** » Friday Feb 16, 2007 7:00 am

All ready for sunday!
Scored the last tin of Stout at Woolies last night for $8.99.
Just enough change in my homebrew piggy bank too.

beergoggles · Post by **beergoggles** » Monday Feb 26, 2007 4:04 pm

Wow !!!!!!!!! put 2 brews down 14 days ago now and both still bubbling ?? never had nay go this long .

scblack · Post by **scblack** » Monday Feb 26, 2007 4:22 pm

beergoggles wrote:Thanks guys , just finished putting that brew down , smelt superb while everything was boiling and steeping , the missus didnt think so although she is pregnant . Does anyone else find there significant other complaining about the smell , especially hops ? . Just thought i'de ask . Thanx lethal

I find I get the complaints too. And my wife is also pregnant! They get heightened senses while pregnant apparently.

I know exactly what you are saying.

petesbrew · Post by **petesbrew** » Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 6:54 am

scblack wrote:
beergoggles wrote:Thanks guys , just finished putting that brew down , smelt superb while everything was boiling and steeping , the missus didnt think so although she is pregnant . Does anyone else find there significant other complaining about the smell , especially hops ? . Just thought i'de ask . Thanx lethal
I find I get the complaints too. And my wife is also pregnant! They get heightened senses while pregnant apparently.

I know exactly what you are saying.

I made my wife sniff a freshly opened pack of Nelson Sauvin last year while preggers - she almost yocked. 7 or so months later, I used it again in another brew. She had a taste of my beer and almost threw up again!
Ahh the power of NS!

BTW, Due to the aroma's that go with brewing, I've been banned from brewing at night, boiling wort inside, boiling at all while she's home, washing the fermenter trub down the laundry drain, and sterilising bottles in the laundry tub. Talk about workplace restrictions!!!

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 9:48 am

My Australia Day Stout was based on a can of Coopers Stout and a Can of Dark Ale. I pitched some S-04 dregs from a bastardisation of a can of Real Ale (I've waffled about it somewhere here) into it and it got quite excited. I only bottled it last Friday.

Stout - not good for the impatient.

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petesbrew · Post by **petesbrew** » Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 9:55 am

Well, hopefully my Impatient Oatmeal Stout will be okay. It's sitting in a secondary at the moment awaiting bottling.