Storey Stout - Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014

                                                             

STOREY STOUT

A long, overdue stout. This is a 4% beer. Hopefully it has a lot of roast character and will be served on beer gas with my stout faucet.

12 gallons

16 lbs. Pearl
2 lbs. Weyermann Carafa Special III
1 lb. Muntons Chocolate
1 lb. Flaked Oats
2 oz. Northdown ( 9.40 AA ) 60 min.
US-05
100%  CITY WATER
mash - 1.24 qts.lb. grain/water ratio

O.G. - 1.042 * 87% *                   
F.G. -  1.015
% -     3.55
SRM - 34
BU - 31

Hooked up ny stout faucent for the first time in 5 years. Has it been that long? This is going to be a regular beer in my beer menu book for now on.The sparge water had a rusty and vegetable like smell to it. I should of dumped it and used well water. The resulting beer was undrinkable and I dumped it also. Two bad beers in a row. 30 hours of labour down the drain. That is not good. I changed how I mash and my water is now 70/30 RO/WELL or CITY for all of my beers in the near future. Hope they are at least drinkable.

FTBS