Snowbound
Chocolate, as it chocolate malt, not as in chocolate flavor. Bittered to hell with two full ounces of whole, dried Chinook hops, one for each gallon. 10% black roasted barley and 10% chocolate malt. The remainder of the grain bill is maris otter.
| Style: American Stout (13E) | Brew Date: 12/29/2012 |
| Batch volume: Two Gallon | ABV: 5.27% IBU: 250 |
Grain Bill
| Maris Otter Malt | 4 lbs. |
| Black Roasted Barley | 8 oz. |
| Chocolate Malt | 8 oz. |
| Total | 5 lbs. |
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Mash
Ten quarts of strike water raised to 163°, then mashed for 60 minutes.
| Time (Minutes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | |
| Temperature | 156° | 156° | 153° | 154° | 150° |
Sparge
Sparged with 4½ quarts of water at 165° for 15 minutes.
Boil
Boiled for 60 minutes with the following hop schedule:
| 60 minutes remaining | Chinook | 2 oz. |
Chill
Ice bathed wart to 70°. Filtered trub from wart on the way into the primary fermenter with fine mesh filter.
Original Gravity: 1.055
Ferment
| Yeast | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| London Ale | White Labs | WLP013 | 1 vial |
| Date | Temperature | Gravity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/29/2012 | 70° | 1.055 | Tastes like sweetened espresso. |
| 12/31/2102 | 73° | 1.023 | Still tasting sweetness. Bitterness beginning to balance. |
| 1/1/2013 | 73° | 1.022 | |
| 1/3/2013 | 73° | 1.021 | |
| 1/5/2013 | 73° | 1.020 | Racked to secondary fermenter. |
| 1/15/2013 | 73° | 1.016 | Bottled into 12 oz longnecks. |
Final Gravity: 1.016
Bottling
| Bottle Date: 1/15/2013 | Priming sugar: 1.5 oz in 2 cups water |
| Yield: 212 oz / 1.66 gallons | Bottle type: 12 oz. longnecks |
Notes
Original volume was 5 gallons, but after boil, only about 1.75 gallons remained. Next batch I would go for a 3.5 gallon boil, and adjust grain bill accordingly.