How to Make a Stout Home Brew

Stout brew has been a favorite of beer drinkers throughout the world. Now you can make your own stout brew in the comfort of your own home. The following steps will produce a basic, 2 gallon batch of stout brew. You can choose to add or remove any of the ingredients.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• 2 cans Munton and Fison stout kit
• 3 pounds extra dark dry malt extract
• 2 cups chocolate malt
• 2 cups malt
• 2 to 2.5 cups of roasted barley.
• 3 ounces boiling hops
• 1 ounce finishing hops
• Ale yeast
• 1/4 teaspoon of moss
• 3/4 cup of corn sugar

1. Soak the barley in 6 cups of water. After 10 minutes, boil the water with the barley in it.

2. Take the grains out of the water when it begins to boil. Place them in an additional bowl so they can cool. The grain and pot used for boiling will be extremely hot. Use appropriate protection when handling these items.

3. Add extract and boiling hops into the boiling water. Boil for 1 hour.

4. Add moss after 45 minutes of boiling.

5. Add hops after boiling and soak for 15 minutes.

6. Cool the mixture and drain excess yeast and other ingredients. The remaining liquid after the draining process is your stout home brew.

Resources

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