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Dangerous Dan Irish Stout

145 calories 15 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Irish Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.074 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Source: Midwest Supplies
Calories: 145 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday July 31st 2016
1.044
1.011
4.4%
30.7
27.3
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Dark6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Dark 35 30 85.7%
6 lbs / $ 0.00
Steeping Grains
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
0.25 lb American - Chocolate0.25 lb Chocolate 29 350 3.6%
0.25 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 10L0.25 lb Caramel / Crystal 10L 35 10 3.6%
0.25 lb American - Roasted Barley0.25 lb Roasted Barley 33 300 3.6%
0.25 lb Flaked Barley0.25 lb Flaked Barley 32 2.2 3.6%
$ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Nugget0.5 oz Nugget Hops Pellet 14 Boil 60 min 28.89 33.3%
1 oz Willamette1 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Aroma 3 min 1.81 66.7%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Using well water as I live on the side of a hill about 3-4 miles out of town. I don't have any specifics outside of saying it comes up cold and tastes great with no aftertastes and certainly no chlorine.
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 6.17 g | 24.7 qt) 2.62 10.5  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 6.17 g | 24.7 qt) 2.7 10.8  
Grain absorption losses (steeping) -0.13 -0.5  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.51 2  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.56 g | 26.2 qt) 3 12  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ.    
Total: 2.62 10.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

• Steeped grains in 3 gallons water at 150° for 30-minutes. Then gently squeezed bag and put it in a strainer over the kettle. Poured 2 quarts of 150° water over it to rinse any extra sugars or flavors into the kettle - sort of a mini-sparge.

• Raised heat up and mixed in half of the LME as it was heating. Then brought it up to a boil and took it off the flame to stir in rest of LME. As soon as I got it back to a boil I started the timer and added the bittering hops.

• Only pitched 1/2-oz of aroma hops at 3-minutes to end of boil, which was a mistake - should have been a full ounce. As a result the aroma wasn't all it could of been, but the taste was excellent.

This stout had far less trub and residue than any other brew so far. Was significantly less trub in the bottom of the kettle than in my previous brews. Also less in bottom of primary fermentor when I racked it into secondary fermentor. And even less in the secondary when I bottled it. After 4 weeks bottle conditioning, there is so little if any residue in the bottom of bottle that I don't worry about pouring it all into a glass. Other brews I am very careful to leave that last 1/8" to 1/4" in the bottom of the bottle.

• Carbonation was a long time coming with this stout. At 2-weeks in the bottle, carbonation was low. 3-weeks was better and what I would call drinkable but not excellent. 3½-weeks seemed to make all the difference in world and at 4 weeks it was great. Bummed me out because I had to wait an extra 2 weeks longer than normal for this beer to be ready. So don't be surprised if it takes 4 weeks in the bottle.

• This stout was much darker than shown above. It's basically the same color as a Guinness.

• Original Gravity before pitching the yeast was 1.042
• Final Gravity was 1.014
• ABV was 4.3%
• IBU came out to 32 not the number shown above.

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