Sophie's Coffee Stout

The beer everyone has been waiting for has been made. Last friday during the snowstorm which dumped a good 6 inches in my neighborhood, Erin, Sophie and myself brewed the Coffee Oatmeal Stout, officially called "Sophie's Coffee Stout".

The brew itself started off good. My assistant brewer was stuck in traffic as her 11 mile commute took her 2 and a half hours to get home. Mash in was at 154 degrees, which my target temp was 156. Not bad for how cold it was outside. Yes, I still brew in the garage even in the dead of winter.

After the mash and sparge, we started the boil. My assistant cooked dinner while the dog and I watched the local news to laugh at all the people stuck in traffic.

After the boil I normally cool down my beer by hooking up my homemade wort chiller to the outside faucet. Being winter, that isn't going to happen. I had to move the 5.5 gal of wort into the basement while trying not to get any snowflakes in it. When I brewed this time, I use hop bags for my hops and coffee, which I've never used before. When moving the wort some of the coffee grounds got out of the bag and mixed in with the wort. Oh well.. more coffee flavor I guess.

Here's some pictures from the event:

Watching the local news.

Trying to prevent boilover while keeping my hoodie out of the boil

Boiling away

Yes, that's correct. The gun show is to the left.

The yard gnomes are well covered.

The dog the beer is named after!

Filtering the beer before it goes into the fermentor

Yes there's some extra grounds in that wort

Adding the yeast. First time using dry yeast. It was recommended to me from Paul and Ted

Our friends... Yeast.

Temp looks perfect!

Here's the printout from Beersmith:

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Coffee Oatmeal Stout
Brewer: Ryan
Asst Brewer: Erin
Style: American Stout
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal    
Boil Size: 6.41 gal
Estimated OG: 1.064 SG
Estimated Color: 29.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 19.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount        Item                                      Type         % or IBU    
9 lbs 8.0 oz  Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)            Grain        73.08 %     
2 lbs         Oats, Golden Naked (Simpsons) (10.0 SRM)  Grain        15.38 %     
1 lbs         Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM)     Grain        7.69 %      
8.0 oz        Roasted Barley (Simpsons) (550.0 SRM)     Grain        3.85 %      
1.00 oz       Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %]  (60 min)    Hops         16.4 IBU    
1.00 oz       Tettnang [4.50 %]  (5 min)                Hops         2.9 IBU     
4.00 oz       Coffee (Ground) (Boil 5.0 min)            Misc                     
5.00 gal      Local Water                               Water                    
1 Pkgs        Safale US-05 (Safale  #US-05)             Yeast-Ale                


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 13.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time     Name               Description                         Step Temp   
60 min        Mash In            Add 16.25 qt of water at 170.5 F    156.0 F     


Notes:
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coffee spilled into boilpot when moving to basement. Should have removed coffee sooner.

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Overall it went well. I forgot to add that I included 2 handfuls (I'm guessing around 1 oz) of homegrown cascade hops from my friend Paul. The beer should be done in about a week or so, but I don't have a keg to put it in yet, so it might have to sit for a little while. I'm contemplating dry-hopping it, but we'll see. I'll keep you up to date on this one. Pretty excited because it's the first recipe made by me.

Prost!

-Ryan