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MIster Sinister v Best Extra Stout


AB

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Morning All,

 

Looking to put a stout down now for winter next year and am tossing up between the Sinister and BES. Any thoughts on which will do better with a bit more time in the bottle?

 

AB

 

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No reason really, just looking for any feedback on the other 2 recipes but if the toucan is the go ill throw it in mix for a final decision... Really enjoyed the Coopers BES. Maybe ill stick all 3 on one after each other...

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I've done a couple of 'twocans' for stout - both times just using two cans of bog standard Cooper's Stout. (I say that in the nicest way [love] )

 

First one was August last year. Brew temp was 18C, FG 1015. Drinking very nicely still.

 

Second one was August this year. Brew temp was 23C, FG 1018. (Bit high, but... bottles still intact). Haven't tried one of these yet.

 

In both instances, my notes say "Very vigorous fermentation" (aka spewing out the airlock [annoyed] )

 

Both these were in the category of 'quick & dirty' - time short, things to do, just get one going.

 

Next brew will be Mister Sinister. Recipe calls for 300g roasted barley, but minimum amount of milled I could get today was 500g. So should I save the excess 200g in a vac bag for another brew, or just chuck it all in? Would that make it TOO unbalanced?

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If I may, I'd like to suggest one that's very close to Mr Sinister. at the time, I was limited to what I could get at the local Home Brew stores - but it has turned out to be an absolute winner!

 

1 TCS Irish Stout

1 Morgan Roasted Dark Malt Extract

1 kg Dextrose

30 g steeped Fuggles

Safale S-04 Yeast (11.5 g) + TCS IS kit yeast

Make to 23 litres and ferment close to 20C

 

OG 1.069 FG 1.013 ABV 7.7 + 0.4 = 8.1% approx

 

This was bottled about 4 weeks ago and was made for St Paddy's Day to give it plenty of time for bottle conditioning & aging. But it is already just beautiful and I'm having problems keeping plenty until next March.

 

Just thought you might like another option.

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Next brew will be Mister Sinister. Recipe calls for 300g roasted barley' date=' but minimum amount of milled I could get today was 500g. So should I save the excess 200g in a vac bag for another brew, or just chuck it all in? Would that make it TOO unbalanced?[/quote']

 

That roast barley is potent stuff, so I'd save the excess for something else like, say, two EB porters.

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