Gnaughty Gnome English Coffee Stout
Brewed: 11/9/2014 Kegged: 11/23/2014
I've been thinking about making a coffee stout for about a year when a house guest told me that she really loved them. I'm not sure I would say it is a style I "love", but you know I am all about diversity, and part of the fun of being a home-brewer is that I can craft a beer style into just about anything I want.My local home-brew shop has a wonderful selection of malts. I have several pictures on my phone of the malts they have so that when designing beers I can remind myself what I have access to. One of the pictures I have is of four English malts.
So, I talked to my Gnome friend, Gnaughty, and together we decided to go ahead and attempt to brew a beer centered around those four malts. This might be a beer we have to experiment a bit with to get to exactly where we want it, but if nothing else, we will have fun trying.
| Gnaughty Gnome English Coffee Stout --- Batch 1 |
| Style | Dry Stout | Batch Size | 5.50 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 7.76 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 75.00 | Boil Time | 90 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.044 SG | Estimated FG | 1.008 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 27.4 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 4.7 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.619 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 30.6 SRM |
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| Measured OG: | 1.046 | Measured FG: | 1.012 | ||||
| ADF: | 74 | Measured ABV: | 4.5 |
Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 lbs 12.0 oz | Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) | Grain | 1 | 64.8 % |
| 1 lbs 12.0 oz | Brown Malt (Crisp) (65.0 SRM) | Grain | 2 | 19.7 % |
| 10.0 oz | Coffee Malt (Simpsons) (150.0 SRM) | Grain | 3 | 7.0 % |
| 6.0 oz | Pale Chocolate Malt (200.0 SRM) | Grain | 4 | 4.2 % |
| 4.0 oz | Midnight Wheat Malt (550.0 SRM) | Grain | 5 | 2.8 % |
| 2.0 oz | Chocolate (Crisp) (630.0 SRM) | Grain | 6 | 1.4 % |
| 0.375 oz | Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.00 %] - First Wort 90.0 min | Hop | 7 | 27.4 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg | Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] | Yeast | 8 | - |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mash In | Add 11.09 qt of water at 159.1 F | 148.0 F | 75 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps (2.17gal, 3.88gal) of 168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
Add 6g of CaCO3 into the strike water to help smooth out the dark malt flavor.
From Denver Water, this puts the water profile at:
Ca=102,Mg=8,Na=21,SO4=51,Cl=23,HCO3=210
Brewing Record
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| Pre-boil OG | (1.036 SG) | Pre-boil Vol | (7.76 gal) | |||
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Brewing Notes
11/6/2014 Bought ingredients on #StoutDay. Will brew this weekend.
11/11/2014 Brewed Sunday. Ended up with quite a bit extra wort and put about a gallon in Rutt. Fermentation started real low, but I removed the ice and it warmed up quick. Over 70 now. Got some beer in the site lock, but not enough to clog.
11/13/2014 Took a sample. 1.014. Hoping it gets much drier. This is only 3.9 abv. Tastes pretty good, but I think it needs lots more conditioning time.
11/15/2014 Racked into a secondary with about 2oz of table sugar to kick up a bit more fermentation. Hoping this will help dry it out a bit. It is a little lower than it was a couple days ago, but not much. The flavor is wonderful. Not really what I would call a "coffee" stout, but that is ok.
11/23/2014 Bottled up the Mr. Beer fermentation. FG 1.015 for a 3.8%abv beer. Sample tasted good. Like the main fermentation, not a whole lot of coffee flavor. Tastes good.
11/23/2014 2 liter bottles. 4 bombers. 5 12oz.
11/23/2014 And now I am kegging up the rest of Gnaughty Gnome English Coffee Stout. A bit drier in the finish at 1.012. Clarity is amazing. Flavor is awesome. Expect to start drinking around Christmas.
12/5/2014 Gave a shot of CO2 to the keg bringing psi back up to 30. Then put it in the beer fridge. Not sure when a spot in the keggerator will open up for carbonation.
12/9/2014 Had the lb. Lots of trub in this bottle. Hoping this taste is not typical of this beer. Way too harsh. Will have to try another bottle soon.
12/19/2014 Had some from the keg. Not bad. Not great. It is nice and drinkable in the sense that it is not high in alcohol. It might be a bit bitter for a stout.
12/26/2014 Really tasting nice tonight. Think I might make some Stout Ice Cream with this.
1/9/2015 This doors seem to get better every time I drink it.
1/26/2015 Killed the keg this weekend. Took me by surprise that it was even this close to being done.
11/6/2014 Bought ingredients on #StoutDay. Will brew this weekend.
11/11/2014 Brewed Sunday. Ended up with quite a bit extra wort and put about a gallon in Rutt. Fermentation started real low, but I removed the ice and it warmed up quick. Over 70 now. Got some beer in the site lock, but not enough to clog.
11/13/2014 Took a sample. 1.014. Hoping it gets much drier. This is only 3.9 abv. Tastes pretty good, but I think it needs lots more conditioning time.
11/15/2014 Racked into a secondary with about 2oz of table sugar to kick up a bit more fermentation. Hoping this will help dry it out a bit. It is a little lower than it was a couple days ago, but not much. The flavor is wonderful. Not really what I would call a "coffee" stout, but that is ok.
11/23/2014 Bottled up the Mr. Beer fermentation. FG 1.015 for a 3.8%abv beer. Sample tasted good. Like the main fermentation, not a whole lot of coffee flavor. Tastes good.
11/23/2014 2 liter bottles. 4 bombers. 5 12oz.
11/23/2014 And now I am kegging up the rest of Gnaughty Gnome English Coffee Stout. A bit drier in the finish at 1.012. Clarity is amazing. Flavor is awesome. Expect to start drinking around Christmas.
12/5/2014 Gave a shot of CO2 to the keg bringing psi back up to 30. Then put it in the beer fridge. Not sure when a spot in the keggerator will open up for carbonation.
12/9/2014 Had the lb. Lots of trub in this bottle. Hoping this taste is not typical of this beer. Way too harsh. Will have to try another bottle soon.
12/19/2014 Had some from the keg. Not bad. Not great. It is nice and drinkable in the sense that it is not high in alcohol. It might be a bit bitter for a stout.
12/26/2014 Really tasting nice tonight. Think I might make some Stout Ice Cream with this.
1/9/2015 This doors seem to get better every time I drink it.
1/26/2015 Killed the keg this weekend. Took me by surprise that it was even this close to being done.