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Specifics

Style:

Category:	Stout
Number:	13A

A very dark, roasty, bitter, creamy ale.

Commercial Examples: Guinness Draught Stout (also canned), Murphy's Stout, Beamish Stout, O’Hara’s Celtic Stout, Russian River O.V.L. Stout, Three Floyd’s Black Sun Stout, Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout, Orkney Dragonhead Stout, Old Dominion Stout, Goose Island Dublin Stout, Brooklyn Dry Stout.

Brewer:

Lon Chubiz

Brew Date:

October 13, 2013

Yield:

3.5 gallons

Conditioning:

Bottles

Batch No:	14
Status:	Primary

General Information

Method:	All Grain

Method:

All Grain

The other half of the parti-gyle of the Double IPA.

Scale Recipe

Enter desired final yield (volume):

gallons

Malts and Grains

0.50 pounds

British Black Patent Malt

Color (L):	500-600 °L
Info/Use:	Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.

100% of grist

0.50 pounds

Total Grain Weight (Water Amounts

Water Amounts

Target Final Boil Volume:	3.5 gallons
Evaporation Rate:	1.5 gallons per hour
Boil Time:	60 minutes
Runoff Volume Needed:	5.1 gallons	3.5 gallons (final boil volume) ÷ 0.96 (cooling) + 1.5 gallons (boil evaporation)
Grain Amount:	0.5 pounds
Grain Absorbtion:	0.1 gallons
Total Water Needed:	6.3 gallons	5.1 gallons (runoff) + 0.1 gallons (grain absorbtion) + 1 gallons (equip. loss)
Mash Water Needed:	0.2 gallons	based on 1.33 quarts per pound of grain
Sparge Water Needed:	6.1 gallons	6.3 gallons (total water) – 0.2 gallons (mash water)

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100% of grist

Hops

0.50 ounces

Magnum

Region:	Germany
AAU Range:	12 - 14%
Notes:	Clean bittering hop. Bred at the Hop Research Institute in Hull, Germany.
Typical Use:	Bittering.
Substitution:	Columbus, Nugget
Example:	Lager, Pilsner; Stout

13.5% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil

6.8 AAUs

0.50 ounces

Total Hop Weight

6.8 AAUs

Boil

Total Boil Time:	60 minutes

Total Boil Time:

60 minutes

Yeast

Name:	Nottingham Yeast
Manufacturer:	Lallemand
Type:	Ale
Flocculation:	Very High
Attenuation:	75%
Temperature Range:	62–72°F
Amount:	12 gr

Water Profile

Brookline, MA

Calicum:	3.7 ppm
Bicarbonate:	10 ppm
Sulfate:	5.4 ppm
Chloride:	17.5 ppm
Sodium:	28.5 ppm
Magnesium:	0.8 ppm
PH:	7.9%
Notes:	From Massachusetts Water Resource Authority - Nov. 2012

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Mouthfeel:	/ 5
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