August 31st, 2017 - Milk Stout

Slightly Confused Brewing Company

Milk Stout (Steve "bearded" Smith recipe)
Batch 72

Ingredients:
0.3# rice hulls
9# 2-row Pale Malt
0.89# Caramel/Crystal Malt 60L
0.51# Black Malt
0.45# Roasted Barley
0.4# Chocolate Malt
0.31# Barley, flaked
0.31# Oats, flaked
1.13# Lactose (added during boil, 60')
--total grain bill 12.17#

East Kent Goldings hops (0.25 oz, 5%) - 60'
Magnum hops (0.25 oz, 15.2%) - 60'
Irish Moss - 10'


White Labs California Ale Yeast WLP001 via 1.5 L starter

Stats:
OG: 1.064 (estimated); N/A (forgot to measure)
FG: 1.022 (estimated); 1.024 (measured)
ABV: 5.3% (estimated); 5% (measured)


Brewing Steps:

• Heated 3.8 gallons of water to a strike temperature of approximately 165 degrees
• Target mash temperature 152; volume at 1.25 quarts/pound
• Used Sparge Pal app for volume calculations
• Added water to mash tun first
• After 60 minutes lautered
• Heated 4.8 gallons of sparge water to approximately 175 degrees and added to mash tun 
• Let sit for 5 minutes, then lautered until we had about 6+ gallons
• Boiled and added hops according to schedule
• Chilled by putting pot into tub with ice and water and wort chiller/pre-chiller to 75 degrees in about 8 minutes
• Pitched yeast and then aerated wort by transferring between brew pot and bucket 3 times
• Poured into fermenting bucket 
• Put bucket into fridge at 62 degrees (took 11 minutes post-boil)
• Ferment about 10 days in primary
• Plan for secondary fermentation for 2 weeks
• Put into secondary on ***