American Stout Recipe - Xmas Gingerbread Willage Stout

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Xmas Gingerbread Willage Stout

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All Grain
6 Gallon(s)
7 Gallon(s)
90 min
80%
I have a backlog of beer and not enough bottles, so I want to brew something that I can age in secondary for a while. Xmas ale time. I'm looking for a gingerbread type flavor on this one, so I'm modifying a milk stout to start. I will set 90 minutes on the boil for melanoidin production. Grain choices are: NW Pale Ale for base malt, Victory for sweetness and bread flavor, chocolate malt for it's flavor, roasted barley for a touch of coffee flavor, oats for viscosity, lactose for sweetness and body, brown sugar for a little flavor but mostly for points Hop choices: Columbus for bittering as it's left over, Willamette for neutral aroma and flavor Water profile is Black Full. I dropped attenuation by 10% due to higher mash temp.

This recipe was cloned from Your Left My Right Milk Stout.

Fermentables

52% - Pale Ale - US
8
37
4
Mash
19% - Victory Malt - US
3
34
28
Mash
6% - Flaked Oats - US
1
37
1
Mash
3% - Roasted Barley - US
0.5
25
300
Mash
3% - Chocolate - UK
0.5
34
425
Mash
6% - Lactose - Milk Sugar - US
1
41
1
Late
10% - Brown Sugar - US
1.5
46
10
Late

Hops

Columbus
1
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
15
36.2
Willamette
1
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
5
12.1
Willamette
1
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
5
9.3

Yeast

Wyeast American Ale II 1272
70%

Other Stuff

Whirlfloc Tablet
1
each
Boil
Ginger
2
tsp
Boil
Pumpkin Pie Spice
1
tbsp
Boil

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Infusion
158
60 min

Special Instructions

1.
I will add an extra gallon to the calculated sparge volume to compensate for increased boil time
2.
Spices go in last 10 minutes of boil, secondary spice additions to taste
3.
Lactose and Brown Sugar will be put in last 10 minutes of boil

Tasting Notes (1)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 11/17/2017 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours very dark brown to the point of almost being black with very little foam that dissipates quickly. Aroma is ginger and coffee with some bready notes. Flavor is molasses, ginger, raisins, and coffee bitterness; there's also an undertone of sweetness, but quite muted. There is a lingering bitterness that is pleasant. Mouth feel is silky. The roast flavor I tasted has mellowed to where it fits in with everything else now. I'm quite happy with this one and can't think of anything that I would really change except for, perhaps, more gingerbread spice, but that's arguable. I'll have to try some Xmas beers now before I give this 5 stars.

Recipe Facts

Xmas Gingerbread Willage Stout
American Stout
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.080 OG
  • 1.024 FG
  • 57.5 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.72 BG:GU
  • 31.3° SRM Color
  • 80% Efficiency
  • 7.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 279 per 12oz Calories
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