Schwarzwasser

For all of the years that I have brewed it surprised me that I have never brewed a stout. Actually, with full disclosure...I have never brewed anything darker than an irish red. That is why I decided to brave the 90+F heat, and brew an imperial stout. Below is the recipe that I created for this beer, and if all goes well it should be ready to go by the time cooler weather rolls around.


Grist
18 lbs of Maris Otter
0.5 lbs of Black Patent Malt
0.5 lbs of Chocolate Malt

0.5 lbs of Special B Malt

1 lbs of Flaked Oats


Extract
none


Hops in the Boil
3oz Cascade for 60 Minutes
1oz Cascade for 30 Minutes

1oz Cascade for 15 Minutes

1oz Cascade for 5 Minutes


Yeast
White Labs - California Ale (WLP001)


Dry Hopping
1oz Cascade


Additional Ingredients
Whirlfloc
4oz Cold Steeped Coffee

B.Y.O.B TV

Recently B.Y.O.B TV, the first "American Idol" style homebrewing TV show, had its season finale. Being that the show is on a local TV network in the San Francisco area the production value of the show isn't the best, and 3 commercials replaying over and over gets kind of annoying, but there are some interesting and informative competitions. I have been learning a lot of my brewing knowledge from the Brewing Network guys that put this show together, so I thought I would give them the smallest promotion possible...to the 2 people on average that read each of my blog posts.

Check out all of the past episodes HERE....