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Dark British Beer - Foreign Extra Stout


A very dark, moderately strong, fairly dry, stout with prominent roast flavors.

Flavor Profile: Moderate to high roasted grain and malt flavor with a coffee, chocolate, or lightly burnt grain character, although without a sharp bite. Moderately dry. Low to medium esters. Medium to high bitterness. Moderate to no hop flavor, can be earthy, herbal, or

Ingredients: Pale and dark roasted malts and grains, historically also could have used brown and amber malts. Hops mostly for bitterness, typically English varieties. May use adjuncts and sugar to boost gravity.

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Top 10 Foreign Extra Stout Recipes

Title Size ABV IBU OG FG Color Method Views
Sour Baby Jesus
5 gal 7.42% 40.35 1.075 1.019
All Grain 7719
Old Engine Oil clone
25.5 L 6.87% 67.52 1.074 1.022
All Grain 5936
kernel export porter
18 L 7.31% 30.95 1.067 1.012
All Grain 3763
Duroc Oyster Extra Stout
22 L 6.25% 30.84 1.058 1.012
All Grain 2758
Ma nouère
15 L 6.47% 64.25 1.071 1.022
All Grain 2439
Eightball Imperial Black Ale
23 L 8.95% 123.51 1.082 1.014
BIAB 2415
BA fes
25 L 7.87% 61.56 1.073 1.013
All Grain 2211
Mr Ambassador
27 L 9.19% 21.08 1.086 1.016
All Grain 2154
Extra Stout (Aroma/Amber/Black)
21 L 7.28% 42.75 1.069 1.013
All Grain 2131
Kjeller 5 Juleale 2016 25 liter
25 L 7.57% 64.6 1.075 1.017
BIAB 1508

Newest Foreign Extra Stout Recipes

Title Size ABV IBU OG FG Color Method Views
Imperial stout
55 L 12.29% 59.3 1.099 1.005
All Grain 37
Foreign Extra Stout
3.5 gal 7.53% 88.46 1.074 1.016
BIAB 40
foreign stout
35 L 7.43% 58.77 1.076 1.019
All Grain 58
FrankenBlack
5.5 gal 7.44% 8.81 1.069 1.012
Partial Mash 74
x
40 L 6.35% 16.89 1.063 1.015
BIAB 131
LIB Malc’s Dark and Mysterious
18 L 6.09% 44.28 1.062 1.015
All Grain 177
stout 2024
40 L 6.42% 19.86 1.064 1.016
All Grain 223
Pumpernickel Stout
5.5 gal 6.62% 61.47 1.069 1.018
All Grain 290
Milk Chocolate Stout
20 L 7.38564% 58.4159 1.074 1.018
All Grain 419
Coffee Stout
11 gal 4% 26.81 1.041 1.010
All Grain 402

Fermentables Used In Foreign Extra Stout Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Country Category Type Color PPG Avg. Usage Usage Range
United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale 90 United Kingdom Grain base malt 3.75°L
38 65% 12% - 100%
Flaked Oats 72 Adjunct raw 2.2°L
33 7% 1% - 25%
United Kingdom - Chocolate 67 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 425°L
34 5% 1% - 18%
United Kingdom - Roasted Barley 65 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 550°L
29 4% 1% - 9%
United Kingdom - Black Patent 42 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 525°L
27 4% 0% - 25%
US - Pale 2-Row 37 US Grain base malt 1.8°L
37 63% 11% - 93%
American - Roasted Barley 34 American Grain roasted malt 300°L
33 5% 1% - 25%
Flaked Barley 32 Adjunct raw 2.2°L
32 8% 1% - 27%
United Kingdom - Brown 30 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 65°L
32 8% 1% - 22%
American - Chocolate 27 American Grain roasted malt 350°L
29 5% 2% - 9%

Hops Used In Foreign Extra Stout Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Average AA Avg. Usage Usage Range
East Kent Goldings 68 5 44% 8% - 100%
Magnum 42 15 60% 9% - 100%
Fuggles 42 4.5 36% 12% - 100%
Challenger 16 8.5 48% 11% - 100%
Cascade 15 7 37% 25% - 71%
Centennial 15 10 35% 14% - 100%
Chinook 13 13 36% 14% - 100%
Target 12 11.5 52% 20% - 100%
Nugget 12 14 46% 11% - 100%
Columbus 12 15 51% 23% - 100%

Steeping Grains Used In Foreign Extra Stout Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Country Category Type Color PPG Avg. Usage Usage Range
American - Chocolate 4 American Grain roasted malt 350°L
29 21% 15% - 29%
United Kingdom - Chocolate 4 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 425°L
34 31% 13% - 55%
United Kingdom - Roasted Barley 4 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 550°L
29 25% 4% - 33%
American - Roasted Barley 2 American Grain roasted malt 300°L
33 32% 27% - 36%
United Kingdom - Black Patent 2 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 525°L
27 27% 21% - 33%
United Kingdom - Crystal 60L 2 United Kingdom Grain crystal malt 60°L
34 28% 17% - 40%
United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale 2 United Kingdom Grain base malt 3.75°L
38 39% 33% - 45%

Yeasts Used In Foreign Extra Stout Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Laboratory Type Alcohol Tolerance Flocculation Attenuation Min. Temp Max. Temp
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04 36 Fermentis / Safale Ale .0975 High 75% 54°F 77°F
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05 33 Fermentis / Safale Ales Low Medium 81% 54°F 77°F
Danstar - Nottingham Ale Yeast 16 Danstar Ale Med-High High 77% 57°F 70°F
Lallemand - LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST 10 Lallemand Ales Medium High 80% 50°F 72°F
Wyeast - London Ale III 1318 10 Wyeast Ale 0.1 High 73% 64°F 74°F
White Labs - London Ale Yeast WLP013 9 White Labs Ale Medium Medium 71% 66°F 71°F
Wyeast - Irish Ale 1084 8 Wyeast Ale 0.1 Medium 73% 62°F 72°F
Wyeast - London Ale 1028 8 Wyeast Ale 0.1 Med-Low 75% 60°F 72°F
White Labs - Irish Ale Yeast WLP004 7 White Labs Ale Med-High Med-High 71.5% 65°F 68°F
Danstar - Windsor Ale Yeast 6 Danstar Ale Medium Medium 72% 64°F 70°F

Other Ingredients Used In Foreign Extra Stout Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Type Use Avg. Usage Usage Range
Gypsum 31 Water Agt Mash 18% 0% - 67%
Baking Soda 24 Water Agt Mash 14% 0% - 58%
Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) 21 Water Agt Mash 22% 0% - 50%
Epsom Salt 13 Water Agt Mash 7% 0% - 30%
Whirlfloc 12 Fining Boil 65% 5% - 100%
Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) 12 Water Agt Mash 17% 0% - 71%
Chalk 12 Water Agt Boil 19% 0% - 73%
Irish Moss 12 Fining Sparge 76% 33% - 100%
Lactic acid 9 Water Agt Mash 83% 31% - 100%
Phosphoric acid 7 Water Agt Sparge 59% 1% - 99%

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