Coffee Milk Stout Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 12/13/2015

Notes (Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

-BIAB first attempt -Actual strike water temp ~ 163w - Added 5.2 stabilizer and campden tablet to all water -Mashing in Kettle retains MUCH less heat. had to add heat to kettle directly mid-mash to raise back up to target. it had dropped to about 147. -Pitched about 72 ~500mL starter (decanted about 1L) -mixed up hop amounts, put in 1oz Centenial and .5oz Fuggle)

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

11.05 lb kg

Grain Temp

67.6 °FC

Target Mash Temp

152 °FC

Mash Thickness

2.36 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

70 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

Grain Absorption

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg

Sparge Grain Absorption

0.01 gals/lb liters/kg

HLT-MT Heat Loss

°FC

Mash Tun Loss

0.25 gals liters

Brew Kettle Trub Loss

0.5 gals liters

Boil Loss

1 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

8.64 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

7.40 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

6.77 gals liters

HLT Temperature

158.89 °FC

Strike Temperature

158.89 °FC

1st Runnings

5.11 gals liters

Sparge Volume

1.87 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.87 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

5.6 PH

Mash Start Temp

152.5 °FC

Mash End Temp

152 °FC

Mash Time

70 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.048 1.053 (estimated)

Boil Volume

6.5 gallons liters 6.87 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

75 minutes minutes (70 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5.25 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.50 gallonsliters at 1.048 for 75 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.25 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.057.

You wanted an OG of 1.065. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.065 (1.065 predicted)

Final Gravity

(1.018 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Tasting Notes (0)

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Comments

fermentation seems to have stalled after 2 weeks at 1.025
9 years ago
12/28/2015 - Added ~20oz of coffee (sbux christmas blend)
9 years ago
This is slightly harsh, almost astringent. Not sure if it will mellow over time. Maybe use less dark malts next time.
9 years ago
It did mellow out after a few weeks in the keg. Turned out really nice.
9 years ago

Recipe Facts

Coffee Milk Stout

Sweet Stout

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
70 min Boil Time
1.065 OG
1.018 FG
43.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.66 BG:GU
28.5° SRM Color
73% Efficiency
6.1% ABV Alcohol
222 per 12oz Calories

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