Category: Stout

I went back to the drawing board and really did some research to get an American Stout recipe. With all the adjuncts everyone adds to their stout recipes; I wanted to get something pure and simple. This recipe is a style I love with some great flavors without the oatmeal I usually add in. EKG and Magnum hops in at the right times.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Maris Otter	12 lbs
Crystal 120	3 lbs
Chocolate	1 lb
Kiln Coffee Malt	1 lb
Black Malt	.5 lb

I have a local friend I wanted to brew with and he wanted something special. A wide-awake version of my birthday cake stout that he could transfer to oak bourbon barrels. To this day he is still using the 5 gallon batch and stuffing coconut into it.

Update 4/27/2022 – Yep still adding coconut, now 3lbs of it is in a 1 gallon batch that is left.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	8 lbs.
Carapils	1 lb.
Crystal 40	1.5 lbs.
White Wheat	.75 lbs.
Rolled Oats	1 lb.
Acidulated Malt	.2 lbs.

I searched far and wide for a “Pastry Stout” to satisfy my curiosity of what sufficed as such. I wanted a birthday cake stout that resembled one of my favorite beers. Difficult to make, yet savory on the palate.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	15 lbs.
Golden Naked Oats	1 lb.
Opal 44	1 lb.
Carafa III	1 lb.
Honey Malt	.5 lbs.
Flaked Barley	.5 lbs.
Flaked Oats	.5 lbs.
Chocolate Rye	.5 lbs.

Lovingly utilizing a single origin roasted malt from Mecca Grade, a delightfully nonconformist beer. Perfect for those single speed cruisers in the new low ABV crowd. Like a pair of horn-rimmed sunglasses and just as dark. Smooth and enticing on the palate and goes well with kale chips, tofu and sustainable organic food trucks. Put on your flannel DIY raw denim and listen to some 8-bit vynil while drinkin from your shaman heirloom copper mug. Brewed and asthetically foraged with East Kent Goldings with a retro amount of 1.4 oz at 60 minutes and Hersbrucker gluten free hops .5oz at 40 minutes.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Opal 44	3.5 lbs
2 Row	3.5 lbs
Flaked Barley	2.5 lbs
Roasted Barley	1 lb
Flaked Oats	1 lb

A complicated recipe I thought I could handle. Very long prep time soaking nibs and vanilla beans in vodka. Smelled delicious in the brew and came out a bit dry because of the vodka.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Maris Otter	10 lbs.
Chocolate UK	.5 lbs.
Black Malt	.5 lbs
Victory Malt	.5 lbs.
Crystal 120	.5 lbs.
Flaked Oats	.5 lbs.
Lactose	.5 lbs.

I did some research on Brewers Friend while getting used to brewing All-Grain. Huge batch that nearly bubbled out of the kettle. Lasted a good long time and was delicious. Chinook and Willamette hops.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pale Malt	10 lbs
Roasted Barley	1 lb
Crystal 80	1 lb
Chocolate	.5 lb
Melanoidin	.25 lb
Rolled Oats	.75 lb