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I want to make another really big beer, but this time without the spices.
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Time for a nice winter stout.  I'm going to call it the Dizzy Lizard Big Black Stout.  We'll see how it goes.
  
* 6.6 lbs (2 cans) extra light lme
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* 2 cans (6.6 lbs) Light LME
* 6.6 lbs (2 cans) light lme
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* 1 can (3.3 lbs) Dark LME
* 3.3 lbs (1 can) Amber lme
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* 1 lbs Chocolate malt
* 1/2 lbs crystal 40
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* 8 oz Roasted barley
* 1/2 lbs crystal 60
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* 8 oz Coffee Malt
* 1/2 lbs cara red
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* 8 oz Crystal 90 malt
* 2 oz black patent
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* 12 oz Dextrine malt
* 2 oz chocolate malt
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* 1 oz spalt hops
* 2.5 oz Fuggle hops
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* 1 oz golding hops
* 2.5 oz Soverign hops
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* 1 tube white labs WLP 037 Yorkshire Square Ale Yeast
* 2 oz Spalt hops
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* 5 oz priming sugar
* 2 tubes White Labs yeast (007 or 099)
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* 1 packet champagne yeast
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* 1 tsp irish moss
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* 5 oz priming sugar or 1 cup light DME
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I'm hoping to make a really big beer, coming up around 10% alcohol, but without the spices and associated flavors from that.  I'll probably go with more different kinds of malt and hops, but still want to stick with around 8oz hops and the 4 basic ingredients in beerOk, I'll probably add a clarifier too.
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Brought ~2 gallons of water to 160F.  Added grains and soaked for 45 minutes.  Added about a half gallon of water to adjust volume.  Returned to heat and brought to 180F.  Added LME and brought to 190F.  Added golding hops and started 1 hour timer.  At 10 minutes, added spalt hops.  Cooled in a sink of cold water to 98F.  Added cold water to 5 gallons, pitched at 75F.
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IG: 1.082 @ 75F = 1.084 @ 68F
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Racked to secondary.  Thick and rich and already noticeably alcoholic.  I think this one is going to get to 8% easily.  There is a subtle off flavor that's probably from the old primary bucket, but this is the last "normal" batch I'm running in that primary anywayHopefully the time in secondary will get that flavor out.  It's a little lighter brown than I was hoping for, but we'll see how it is once it's done in the secondary. -Morrigu 21 December, 2010
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Bottled.  Very rich and somewhat sweet.  Nice mouthfeel.  Wish it was ready now, rather than needing another 4-6 weeks in the bottle. -Morrigu 10 February, 2010
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FSG: 1.018 @ 68F = 8.6% ABV
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Started and bottled with Anne

Latest revision as of 17:38, 15 February 2011

Time for a nice winter stout. I'm going to call it the Dizzy Lizard Big Black Stout. We'll see how it goes.

  • 2 cans (6.6 lbs) Light LME
  • 1 can (3.3 lbs) Dark LME
  • 1 lbs Chocolate malt
  • 8 oz Roasted barley
  • 8 oz Coffee Malt
  • 8 oz Crystal 90 malt
  • 12 oz Dextrine malt
  • 1 oz spalt hops
  • 1 oz golding hops
  • 1 tube white labs WLP 037 Yorkshire Square Ale Yeast
  • 5 oz priming sugar

Brought ~2 gallons of water to 160F. Added grains and soaked for 45 minutes. Added about a half gallon of water to adjust volume. Returned to heat and brought to 180F. Added LME and brought to 190F. Added golding hops and started 1 hour timer. At 10 minutes, added spalt hops. Cooled in a sink of cold water to 98F. Added cold water to 5 gallons, pitched at 75F.

IG: 1.082 @ 75F = 1.084 @ 68F

Racked to secondary. Thick and rich and already noticeably alcoholic. I think this one is going to get to 8% easily. There is a subtle off flavor that's probably from the old primary bucket, but this is the last "normal" batch I'm running in that primary anyway. Hopefully the time in secondary will get that flavor out. It's a little lighter brown than I was hoping for, but we'll see how it is once it's done in the secondary. -Morrigu 21 December, 2010

Bottled. Very rich and somewhat sweet. Nice mouthfeel. Wish it was ready now, rather than needing another 4-6 weeks in the bottle. -Morrigu 10 February, 2010

FSG: 1.018 @ 68F = 8.6% ABV

Started and bottled with Anne