[gonefishin]

@Mary...
A few things odd about that recipe.
First, thats a rather low finished gravity for a
stout. Ive brewed IPAs with higher FGs.
15 minute boil for liquid extract, hour for D.E.?
Sparging to fermenter then adding water to volume
is never a good idea, in terms of sanitation. And if you have to,
it needs to be freshly boiled, cooled while sealed then added.
Also seems an 86% attenuation would yield more than 4.2%
alcohol as well, but not sure about that.
Just sayin....

Hi Meez,

4.1, 4.2 is right in line with where Guinness dry stout is. Stouts don't fit the category because of any high amount of base malt, it's the specialty grains, and water profile. You can certainly get a stout that has a higher ABV than a Guinness dry stout, Russian Imperial Stout's can get pretty high ABV. Here's a link to Stout profiles and descriptions by sub-category. But there are a few things odd in that recipe

Mary, nice brew system!

 

[gonefishin]

Many may, but I don't. I boil. I rarely top off 5gal batches, but when I do I boil a small pot and sparge carefully.

Proper sanitation is all about keeping those stray dust particles OUT of your wort. Once you have 5 gallons of beloved

beer you spent $$ and slaved on for a week spoil, you find yourself redoubling your sanitation efforts. The weak spot in my

experience is when sparging.

The recipe almost reads like a modified brew in a bag instruction. When talking about adding additional brewing water to make volume, only way I would consider it, is dealing with a thin sparge. If you drop below the 2.5 into 2.0P range (or below 1.010 - 1.008) range...you're better off stopping your sparge and filling the boil kettle to the desired volume with additional brewing water. Pulling below these ranges, during sparge, risks pulling some bad tannins leading to off flavors. Add the water...then continue with your boil (as you're saying too)

cheers

 

[gonefishin]

What do you want to do with this extract? That affects what methods will be most suitable.

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It would really help if the OP let us know what they wanted to use this "extract" for.

That really is a question that needs to be answered. Wonder if the poster is still out there?

Hey, original poster...come back

 

[gonefishin]

Yeah it did have a brew bag or "kit" brew feel. At least it didnt call for 2 cups of table sugar, as a lot of em do. ! /img/vbsmilies/smilies/eek.gif

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