Sweet Coffee Stout?

[wvbrewer]

Does anyone have a recipie for a Sweet Coffee Stout?  It can use a kit and add specialty grains, coffee, lactose and such.  I have not done a full boil brew yet, but it maybe something I would consider. My wife loves coffee, but no beer so much.  I was looking for something she can relate to.


Thanks
Dave

[PetenNewburg]

Dave,

  I found this online for you @ BEER RECIPES.ORG.  This is NOT my recipee but looks pretty easy.  The web site has several coffee stout recipes to choose from.
Beer Style:

stout, coffee stout

Recipe Type:

extract, w steeping grains & adjunts



Description:
 Used bottled water. Used nylon grain bags for grains, hops and coffee. Racked to secondary 1-16, uumm tastes very fine.



Ingredients:
•8 lb. Mountmellick stout kit
 •1/2 cup flaked barley
 •2 cups Quaker oats
 •1/2 cup black patent
 •1/4 cup chocolate malt
 •1/2 oz. Fuggles (60 min.)
 •1/2 oz. Fuggles (10 min.)
 •4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
 •1/4 lb. ground coffee of choice (Ghiradelli Chocolate Caramel this batch)
 •Yeast Lab A05 Irish Ale (starter)
 



Procedure:
 Steeped grains and oats 30 min. @ 140-145, then up to 155 for 10 min. Add extract & 0.5 oz Fuggles, boil 50 min. Add chocolate. With 5 min. to go add rest of Fuggles. At 60 min., kill heat, add coffee and let it steep 20 min. Pull coffee, cool, transfer to fermenter, top up with water. Pitched starter @ 74x. Shook like hell. Bubbles in airlock within 12 hours.


Submitted by: Anonymous

Hope it works for you, Pete

[PetenNewburg]

  I made a trip to HB4L today, I picked up a 33 lb / 2 gallon jug of Dark LME.    My plan is to use the Dark LME to add 3lb to the (2x 2lb hopped kit)Octoberfest kits, 1 lb each of chocolate & black Pat malt, 1/2 lb coffee (Eight O'Clock Columbian steeped liquid) & 1 oz Licorice.  I will also add .5 oz Northern Brewer Hops at 60 minute & 10 minutes of the boil.  My hops while frozen is now a year old.

  This should make a BIG dry stout.

  Dave, if you would like some hops to play with, let me know, I have far more than I can use.  Just pay for shipping.

Cheers!!
Pete

[wvbrewer]

Thanks, Pete

That sounds like a good recipie for us to try.  It will be the next brew I make.  That TC Cooper Wheat is way to easy drinking I don't think it will last to long.  We just tried a Sam Adams Black and Brew Stout and we both liked it very well.  This gives me the green light to brew something like this.  I can't wait to get started,  I may have to send a message later about getting some of those hops.

Thanks Dave

[PetenNewburg]

  I don't thimk I've tried that Sammy brew, I'll check for it next trip to Good-Ta-Go in Chambersburg.  Most of Sammy's brew are too hoppy for my taste.  We brought a wide variety of brews back from our last fishing trip and have not had a "tasting" night since our return.  There are 2 Sammy varieties in the collection, a couple Dogfishhead brews, several Rouge brews and a few others I can't remember.  We usually do it while watching football, but last Sunday felt like a Captain & Rootbeer day!
  I have 2 fermenters that have been sitting for a while that need finished.  Once they're done I'll start a few brews.  I think I have enough inventory to make 15 - 20 5 gallon batches!!  All that LME combined was less than $100!   That 33lb jug of dark LME & the MrBeer kits alone will make 11 batches of stout and I've got a 55lb bag of base 2-row grain plus a dozen or so bags of specialty grains. Thats less than $15.00 per batch of LME brews when the specialty grains are added! TIME TO BREW!!!

[wvbrewer]

Wow that is alot of ingrediants,  sounds like you will never run out of brews to make.  I hvae to ride up to the store some time soon.

Dave

[PetenNewburg]

Dave,

  How did you make out with the MountMellick kit?  Are you doing the kit straight, or making any additions like the recipe above?  I am going to try another recipe from Beer Recipe . org, modified a bit to fit my inventory of ingredients.
  I bought some Chicory Coffee I found on Ebay, a 6 x 12oz bag lot.  I made my third pot of it in the coffee maker this morning, good coffee flavor, zero bitterness, very smooth!  I'll add a 12oz bag to the last 5 minutes of the boil instead of adding coffee beans to the fermenter.  

THIS IS MY RECIPE I'LL TRY:  KITCHEN SINK COFFEE STOUT

Type: Partial Mash Date: 12/21/2011
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Brewer: Longhill Brewing
Boil Size: 6.48 gal Asst Brewer:  
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Pot ( 5 Gal/19 L) - Mini-BIAB
End of Boil Volume 5.73 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.78 gal Est Mash Efficiency 105.1 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:  
Ingredients
 

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 1 8.7 %
1 lbs Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.7 %
1 lbs Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.7 %
1.00 oz VANILLA BEAN (Boil 30.0 mins) Spice 8 -
0.60 oz Bullion [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 16.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Bullion [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 9 8.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Licorice (Boil 60.0 mins) Flavor 6 -
8 lbs Dark Liquid Extract (17.5 SRM) Extract 4 69.6 %
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 3.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) [124.21 ml] Yeast 12 -
8.0 oz Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 5 4.3 %
12.00 oz Chicory coffee (Boil 5.0 mins) Flavor 11 -
 
Beer Profile
 
Est Original Gravity: 1.073 SG Measured Original Gravity: NA
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG Measured Final Gravity: NA
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.4 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: NA
Bitterness: 28.4 IBUs Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 51.8 SRM  
Mash Profile
 
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs 8.0 oz
Sparge Water: 5.90 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 3.75 qt of water at 162.1 F 150.0 F 75 min
 
Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 5.90 gal water at 168.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage
 
Carbonation Type: Bottle Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Pressure/Weight: 5.78 oz Carbonation Used: Bottle w Kreamex
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 70.0 F Age for: 30.00 days
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Storage Temperature: 65.0 F
Notes
 
Steep grains in bag.
Created with BeerSmith
 

[wvbrewer]

I have not started it yet, I brewing her Dads beer right know.  So far I got the kit and 3lbs of dark DME.  I am going to use the oats and the chocolate.  I plan on cold brewing some coffee theat she like and adding it to the bottling bucket with the priming solution.  Do you think that the other grains are neccessary? 

[PetenNewburg]

  The different grains, chocolate, coffee or raisins all add flavors and complex levels of taste.  Stout's are known to have different flavors from smell, initial taste, tongue or palette, swallow and after taste.  Coffee, chocolate flavors can be created or enhanced by different types of grain alone.  Different yeasts can also contribute to these flavors.  I have sampled at least 30 different sweet stouts, I would be hard pressed to tell you my favorite.  A few stand out, Dogfish Head Chicory Stout, Dogfish Head World Wide Stout, Troegg's Java Stout, Rouges Double Chocolate Stout, Appalachian Brewing Co. has several great Stouts, Lancaster Brewing Co Milk Stout ..... you get the picture.  No two are alike!!
  One of my NEW favorite brews is Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA.  This is a VERY strong ale, like 2 - 3 times the normal amout of grain, cooked for 90 minutes, with hop additions every 10 minutes or so!  9.8% ABV!  But even with that much hops, it is smooth as milk.  I had a glass of their 120(even more grain & hops) at their Rehobeth Beach Brew Pub, very intense, but still smooth.  Both are also very complex, what you taste on the tip of your tongue is not wha you taste when you swallow or smell!  The 120 Minute IPA(13.2 % ABV) is also $100 a case, The World Wide Stout(18.6% ABV) is $160 a case!

  We picked up a couple new brews to try over the holidays, Fat Dog Stout and Fegly's IPA.

CHEERS &
  Merry Christmas !!

[wvbrewer]

Wow, You know your stouts.  I have not tried anything much past Guiness.  I need to get out and do some tasting.  I am not going to have anything to drink this weekend, because I have to work each night 530 -600 am. I am at work now and been looking at homebrew stuff online. 

I hope you have a Mery Christmas too!  I am going to make the best of here with the guys

Dave

[PetenNewburg]

  I used to work 12hr night shift at Lear in Carlisle, PA.  We made auto carpet for Ford and a few others.  I'm kinda semi-retired, I sell Mustang & F150 parts at swap meets & online.  Thats been pretty slow the last few years, but its still fun!

[wvbrewer]

I quess it is'nt that bad.  I don't have to work very hard.  I have always wanted a mustang, but I will just have to wait to hit that power ball.  I gave her dad and brother some of my homebrew for chritmas eve.  They always sit around and have snacks and stuff, so might as well have something to drink too.    That batch of his I have going has started to slow down now a bubble every 10 seconds.  Another week in the bucket and few extra days to clear and I can bottle it up.  I'm already thinking about what I am going to make after that Stout.  I think I will make a Hard Cider from the WIne Makers Handbook that I made before.  I will EC-1118 and ferment it dry-let in clear some and bottle with some dextrose.  The last time I made it was pretty powerfull.  I found out if you let it condtion a little the apple flavor returns, but one bottle at a time is enough.

DAve

[PetenNewburg]

  I still have that keg of "Grapple Cider"!  I started it last January.  The batch made 7 gallons, 2 of which we have consumed.  The un-kegged cider was around 20% ABV.  I added a pouch of instant "Spiced Cranberry" juice to a half gallon of cider today, fantastic!  I'll warm some of that mix up by the fireplace in a copper kettle tonight.  Sweet Dreams!!!

Pete