Saturday, November 6, 2010

Christmas Stout

Description:
Based off a Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout kit with "Christmas" flavors added.

Kit Ingredients:
Priming Sugar
Aroma Hops
Bittering Hops
Specialty Grains
Specialty Extracts
Spray Dry Malts

Added Ingredients:
2 oz Fresh Ginger
1 teaspoon Cloves
6 inches Stick Cinnamon
2 teaspoons Sweet Orange Peel
Whole Leaf Cascade Hops
Pacific Ale Yeast WLP041

Hop Schedule:
55min - Cascade Hops
15min - Christmas Spices
5min - Cascade Hops
0min - 2oz Ginger
0min - 1tsp Cloves
0min - 6in Stick Cinnamon
0min - 2tsp Sweet Orange Peel

Fermenting Schedule:
Dry - Cascade Whole Leaf Hops

ABV:
Starting - 11/6/2010 - 1.070 SG - 0.0%
Racking - 11/20/2010 - 1.032 SG - 5.1%
Bottling - 11/28/2010 - 1.028 SG - 5.6%

Notes:
Mistakes - Something seemed to have contaminated the batch as it was highly carbonated.
Changes - Use hop pellets when dry hopping and reduce the amount of priming sugar for bottling.