Guinness Recipe

[Jasn]

Been looking but to no avail. Was also keen to try liquid yeast for the first time in this brew, with a concetrate if possible. Not bothered if the recipe doesn't use a concentrate, still pretty new to the home brewing game. If done at home in bottles or keg, does it taste and feel close to the real Gunniess? Thick, creamy goodness. This would be my ultimate Home Brewing goal.

[Dogger Dan]

Jasn

I have one somewhere, will dig it out

Dogger

[Dogger Dan]

Jasn

The secret to Guiness is the 3 percent factor, which means they add 3 percent pasturized soured beer to their brews.

This recipe will get you there but not the tangy notes. I can direct you thay way later if you want

3.3 lbs John Bull hopped dark malt extract syrup
4 lbs plain dried malt extract
0.75 lbs Crystal Malt
0.33 lbs roasted barley
0.33 lbs black patent
1.5 oz Northern Brewer (boil)
0.5 oz Fuggles (finishing)
8 tsp gypsum (add if using distilled or bottled water, may need to check if your water chemistry otherwise)

add grains to 1.5 gallons cold water, bring to a boil and remove after 5 mins of boiling

add extracts and boiling hops and boil for 60 min

add finishing hops in final 10 min

sparge and top to 5 gallons with cold water

pitch yeast

bottle when fermentation complete. This is a US recipie so it will make to 19 L not 23 L. Do the conversions, 2.2 lbs in a kilo, 26 g in a US ounce (I think?)

If you want to play with Lacto Bacillus and get the final 3 percent let me know.

Dogger