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Bourbon County Brand Stout
This is a first attempt at cloning Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout. This ended up nearly identical ABV as Nightstalker, but MUCH smoother. I think I overdid the cocoa nibs a little, the oak adds a really nice touch .. and 3 cheers to Rex Earl for both challenging me to brew this AND coming up with the idea of using Evan Williams Kentucky Bourbon to soak the oak chips in - because that's where Goose Island gets the whiskey barrels that they age Bourbon County in.
| Brewer: | Darrin Auxier | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Bourbon County Brand Stout | Style: | Imperial Stout | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 73 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.102 | FG: | 1.020 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 10.6% v/v (8.3% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 18 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. American Munich 1 lb. American crystal 60L 0.75 lb. American chocolate 0.5 lb. American de-bittered black 0.75 lb. Roasted barley |
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| Mash: | 49% efficiency | |||||||
| Infuse 6.88 gallons at 166.75 F to get to 151 F Mash out with 3.9 Gallons boiling water No additional water will be needed for sparging Pay attention - be sure to only pull off 6.5 gallons to the brewpot Refill mash tun with 3.5 - 4 additional gallons additional water for 2nd runnings brew (which turned out surprsingly tasty!) |
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| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.078 | 6.5 gallons | |||||
| 0 lb. Light dry malt extract 3.3 lb. Light malt extract |
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| Hops: | 5.35 oz. Williamette (5.1% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Williameette (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | 1728 Scottish Ale Yeast | |||||||
| Log: | Brew Date - March 19th, 2016 Starting Gravity : 1.102 - came in very low, left too much in the grain. This worked out well - it left plenty of sugar for the 2nd running brew. Final Gravity : 1.020 Soak oak cubes in whiskey for 2 weeks. 3 weeks before moving from secondary fermenter to the keg, I put the oak cubes (and the whiskey they soaked in) into the secondary and added the cocoa nibs at the same time. FYI - putting oak cubes into a secondary fermenter from a mason jar is a helluva lot more difficult than it sounds. No, I was sober. Shut up. Anyway, next time, I will cut the cocoa nibs down to 2 weeks. Target should have been 13.7% because the whiskey adds add 0.5% |
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| Carbonation: | This monster is so thick that it barely wants to absorb CO2. | |||||||
Recipe posted 11/22/16.
