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- From: thomas@cs.utah.edu (Spencer W. Thomas)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Double stout beer
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- Date: 12 Dec 87 16:51:43 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE STOUT-DOUBLE L "13 Nov 86" 1987
- .RZ "DOUBLE STOUT" "Double stout beer"
- I would not recommend making this as your first beer, but if you are
- into brewing, and like a \fIstrong\fR
- stout, then give this one a try. Don't be in a hurry to drink it, though,
- it really benefits from a long aging. I got the original recipe from Peter
- Lester in rec.food.drink, and formatted it for my local brewfriends. Then I
- thought that the net at large might enjoy it, too, so here it is with some
- additional notes from my experience at making it.
- .IH "Makes about 2 cases"
- .IG "3 U.S. gallons" "water" "12 liters"
- .IG "2\(12 oz" "Bullion hops" "800 g"
- .IG "10 lbs" "dark malt extract" "5 kg"
- .IG "1 lb" "black patent malt" "500 g"
- .IG "2 lbs" "crystal malt" "1 kg"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "flaked barley" "250 g"
- .IG "\(14 lb" "roasted barley" "100 g"
- .IG "\(12" "licorice stick"
- (see note below)
- .IG "1 tsp" "ascorbic acid" "5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "citric acid" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "Irish moss" "5 ml"
- .IG "1\(12 oz" "Golding hops" "50 g"
- .IG "2 tsp" "yeast nutrient" "10 ml"
- .IG "\(34 oz" "ale yeast" "21 g"
- (three standard packages)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Combine water and Bullion hops. Boil for 20 minutes.
- .SK 2
- Add dark malt extract. Boil for 20 minutes.
- .SK 3
- Add black patent malt through Irish moss. Boil for 5 minutes.
- .SK 4
- Remove from heat and add Golding hops. Steep for 5 minutes.
- .SK 5
- Cool and add yeast nutrient and ale yeast.
- .SK 6
- When fermentation has "stopped", add priming sugar and bottle.
- .NX
- Lester's initial specific gravity was 1.086 and his
- final specific gravity was 1.020 (alcohol about 8%).
- His fermentation time was 11 days (a slow batch).
- .PP
- My batch fermented in about a week (house
- temperature ranging between 60 and 68). It was barely drinkable after
- 6 weeks, but delicious after 3 months. As far as I can tell, it's
- still getting better (a year later), so try not to drink it all up
- right away.
- .PP
- Ingredient note: I didn't know what a "licorice stick" was, until I
- asked the clerk at my brewstore. The one he gave me was about
- .AB "1/3 inch" "1 cm"
- in diameter and
- .AB "3 inches" "8 cm"
- long. It was dark black, and not sweet to the taste at all. It seems
- to be a standard brewing ingredient. Sorry I can't be more specific
- about it.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- For experienced beer brewers only.
- .I Time:
- 1 hour preparation, 2 weeks fermenting, 6 months aging.
- .I Precision:
- measure the ingredients.
- .WR
- Spencer W. Thomas
- University of Utah, Computer Science Department, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- thomas@cs.utah.edu
-