Cadbury Stout
Broomfield nanoBrewery
Brewing Notebook
Brew size:
18 L in 375 ml bottles
Grains:
500 g Stout Grain pack (Chocolate Malt & Roasted Barley)
Hops:
25 g Tettnanger - 45 mins boil (some lost due to overboil)
20 g Tettnanger - 15 mins boil
15 g Tettnanger - 2 mins off the boil
20 g Tettnanger - 15 mins boil
15 g Tettnanger - 2 mins off the boil
Yeast:
White Labs Liquid English Ale Yeast (from the LAM)
Extracts:
1 kg DDME
1 kg Stout Combo (DDME, LDME, Corn Syrup)
1 kg Stout Combo (DDME, LDME, Corn Syrup)
Adjuncts:
10 mL Liquorice extract
300 g Lactose
300 g Lactose
Brewing Time:
2 weeks primary fermentation
Temperatures:
Yeast pitched at 28 C
Fermentation period was quite cool - low 20's
Fermentation period was quite cool - low 20's
Approximate ABV:
3.5%
Notes:
A "chocolate milk" stout (hence the name).
Attempted a mini-mash on the grain pack - held it as close to 67 C as possible for an hour before sparging with hot water and beginning the boil.
Took over 24 hours to begin fermenting - perhaps a yeast starter is advisable if the liquid yeast is stored for a period of time.
After two weeks fermentation, the beer was still quite sweet and had high gravity. Bottled it anyway with a little extra headspace. Hoping the extra gravity is just the lactose etc.
We certainly noticed an underlying similar flavour profile to the LAM - this liquid yeast appears to have a very particular flavour, which unfortunately is not 100% to our tastes. However, after some aging in the bottle this brew has become a nice drop. Would only be improved with a better yeast.
Attempted a mini-mash on the grain pack - held it as close to 67 C as possible for an hour before sparging with hot water and beginning the boil.
Took over 24 hours to begin fermenting - perhaps a yeast starter is advisable if the liquid yeast is stored for a period of time.
After two weeks fermentation, the beer was still quite sweet and had high gravity. Bottled it anyway with a little extra headspace. Hoping the extra gravity is just the lactose etc.
We certainly noticed an underlying similar flavour profile to the LAM - this liquid yeast appears to have a very particular flavour, which unfortunately is not 100% to our tastes. However, after some aging in the bottle this brew has become a nice drop. Would only be improved with a better yeast.
