Evolving Stout

[beergoggles]

Brew gurus , just want to run this recipe by you .
1 x Coopers Stout tin
100gm crystal malt steeped for 30 min .
100gm choc malt steeped for 30 min .
100gm oats steeped for 30 min .
25gm Goldings hops 30 minute boil .
10gm fuggles added last 5 minutes of the boil .
1kg DDME .
10ml liquorice extract .
1 cup strong percolated coffee . ? (not sure about this one but have been told by mates that they always use it in a stout ? ) .
Any comments would be appreciated .

[timmy]

Yum.....

Coffee works nice in a stout. I sampled on of KEG's stouts primed with coffee and it was rather nice. I don't know how the licorice will go with the coffee, though.

Cheers,

Tim

[BierMeister]

Brew gurus , just want to run this recipe by you .
1 x Coopers Stout tin
100gm crystal malt steeped for 30 min .
100gm choc malt steeped for 30 min .
100gm oats steeped for 30 min .
25gm Goldings hops 30 minute boil .
10gm fuggles added last 5 minutes of the boil .
1kg DDME .
10ml liquorice extract .
1 cup strong percolated coffee . ? (not sure about this one but have been told by mates that they always use it in a stout ? ) .
Any comments would be appreciated .

Seems a bit much with the stout tin, extra 100gms of choc malt, the liquorice and coffee to boot. Being a purist, I'd drop the coffee and liquorice as you will be getting enough flavour from the rest, but let us know how it tastes when you do it.

[jel]

i would also drop the oats, unless you want to attempt a partial mash with some base grains (say 1 kilo of ale malt), otherwise you will get very little from the oats beyond raw starch/haze.

there is also an interesting article here : http://www.byo.com/feature/1020.html that discusses brewing with coffee. i have only ever tried the overnight cold steep method, and although it added a little something to the stout i was making i doubt it was worth the effort - personally i believe you can get a similar (better?) effect using specialty grains.

cheers
j

[Bizier]

I can't comment on the licorice/coffee, but I did a stout recently that started to develop a weird tang. I had added oats to my boil, and also used coopers kit yeast. It started fantastic and ended up bringing a tear to my eye because I had to drink it quickly before it went too far over the hill.

I would suggest against the kit yeast and oats, maybe try a recultured coopers bottle yeast if you are up to the challenge.

Dan

[BierMeister]

I completely missed the oats. Don't add the oats unless you want to add ale malt as suggested above.