Chris and I have been busy learning to brew beer since June, that definitely explains the lack of posts for Summer 08 from me. This Friday, Halloween, we’re going to serve our first kegged beer, The Terrorist Fist Jab Milk Stout. This beer was the fifth batch we brewed. I really wanted to make a milk stout, in honor of my favorite Keegan Ales brew, Mother’s Milk. We brewed this on 8/16/08. On 8/23/08 we moved it to secondary. The Milk Stout was kegged it on 8/30/08.
The bag of specialty grains used prior to steeping.
The OG reading – 1.060
Vigorous fermentation brought to us by Six Point Craft Ales!
Gravity reading on 8/21 – 1.022
Transferring to secondary on 8/23
Here’s the recipe:
8.5 lb Pale Liquid Extract
Specialty grains:
1.00 lb Chocolate Malt
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt
0.50 lb Roasted Barley
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine
2.5 oz Goldings, NZ [4.1% aau] (60 min)
0.5 oz Goldings, NZ [4.1% aau] (40 min)
1.0 oz Fuggle, UK [4.3% aau] (40 min)
1.0 oz Fuggle, UK [4.3% aau] (20 min)
1.00 lb Milk Sugar (Lactose) was added at end of boil
started with 2 gallons of water, and we steeped the specialty grains at 150F for 30 minutes before we started the boil.
South Hollow Cooking 