http://barclayperkins.blogspot.nl/2013/11/lets-brew-wednesday-1923-courage-stout.htmlHas anyone brewed this recipe?
I'm thinking about brewing this for Thanksgiving/Christmas, serving from a gravity dispense cask. I plan on a "test" brew in the near future, both to test out the recipe and my isinglass preparation.
I plan on following the recipe pretty closely.
36.4% Malting Co. of Ireland Stout Malt
14.4% Fawcett Optic Malt
14.4% Simpson's Golden Promise Malt
7.6% Briess Pale Ale Malt
8.4% Bairds Chocolate Malt (see note)
5.8% Crisp English Brown Malt
6.3% Lyle's Golden Syrup
6.6% Lyle's Golden Syrup/Blackstrap blended to make black invert
29 IBU of Fuggles @ 90 minutes
10 IBU of CLuster @ 30 minutes
0.25g/L of Fuggles in the cask
The biggest hangup I have in this recipe is the black malt. Kristen England specifically mentions not using black patent malt, and frankly black patent seems to be the only black malt available. Also, this needs to be an approachable beer, and while I don't think the tannins or anything from the roasted malt husks will be a problem I'm curious what others think. Should I just use chocolate malt like I've laid out? Or just go with black patent malt? Blend the two? Just can the both of them and use roast barley?