Beer Style: Stout Family
Gordon Strong’s Irish Stout
My recipe produces a beer more like Beamish than Guinness — it has a more complex grain bill and less bitterness than a Guinness Draught Stout.
Irish Stout
For those of us beer lovers who came of age prior to the modern craft beer boom, finding an Irish stout at a bar or store was like receiving a present. Gordon Strong takes us on a journey through the history, the style, and brewing a pristine Irish dry stout.
Behemoth Brewing Co.’s Chocolate Fish Milk Stout clone
A flavorful beer led by chocolate with notes of raspberry supporting. The beer drinks like a chocolate raspberry dessert while retaining all the character and drinkability of a traditional milk stout.
Evil Genius Beer Co.’s Purple Monkey Dishwasher clone
Evil Genius Beer Co.’s Purple Monkey Dishwasher clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.066 FG = 1.014IBU = 35 SRM = 33 ABV = 6.7% If a cold creamy glass of chocolate
Terrapin Beer Co.’s Moo-Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout clone
Terrapin’s Moo-Hoo employs a generous addition of lactose sugar along with cocoa nibs from Olive and Sinclair Chocolate Company to recreate the perfect equilibrium of that American favorite, demonstrating that the pairing of dark beers and chocolaty richness can be both endlessly adaptable and enduringly simple.
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.’s Tiny clone
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.’s Tiny clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.090 (brew day) FG = 1.024 IBU = 50 SRM = 50 ABV = 11.8% Tiny, a Belgian-style imperial stout, embodies Weyerbacher’s
Irish Dry Stout – Enhanced!
Irish Dry Stout – Enhanced! (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.042 FG = 1.010IBU = 41 SRM = 40 ABV = 4.2% No reason to reinvent the wheel, but maybe just give
Gordon Strong’s Imperial Stout
I’m presenting an English-inspired version of an imperial stout with some American hopping.
Victory Brewing Co.’s Storm King Imperial Stout clone
A Victory classic that came out of the brewmasters’ love for rich malts and intense hops, the robust malt flavors are complemented and balanced with a huge charge of classic hop types. Storm King is a well-attenuated beer possessing a mouthfeel more reflective of a double IPA rather than a prototypical imperial stout.
Smoked “Imp” Imperial Stout
I like to make my imperial stouts on the dry/thin side so I mash low, but feel free to raise your mash temperature, or add some rolled oats for more of a “wet” stout with added mouthfeel.
Maple Imperial Stout
A high-gravity stout with a blast of maple.
Allagash Brewing Co.’s North Sky Stout clone
Allagash Brewing Co.’s North Sky Stout clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.073 FG = 1.016IBU = 45 SRM = 32 ABV = 7.5% A silky Belgian-inspired stout, North Sky balances light
