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Special Issue: Stout Style Guide
101 homebrew recipes, key brewing techniques & tips for making your own American, Irish, Imperial, Oatmeal, Foreign Extra, Sweet, and Specialty Stouts.
In this issue
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recipeMauldon’s Black Adder clone
A dark bitter stout. Roast and nut aromas with a fruity balance of hops and dark malt provide an excellent lingering finish.
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recipeAmsinck No. II Dublin Stout
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recipeDirty Hands Brewing Co.’s Liberty Ship Stout clone
This beer has a nice bittersweet chocolate and coffee profile, with just enough hop presence to offset any cloying sweetness. Unfortunately Dirty Hands Brewing closed their doors in 2016, but their legacy can live on.
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recipeGuthrie’s Woody Imperial Stout (Oak-Aged)
Terry Foster utilizes bourbon barrel soaked oak cubes to create a complex and layered imperial stout.
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recipeGreen Leaf Brewing Co.’s Green Leaf Stout clone
With a dense tan head, Green Leaf Brewing’s Stout has a nose that exhibits notes of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. It’s heavy-bodied with a balance of sweetness and bitterness.
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recipeGolden Age Stout
Author Terry Foster offers up a classic stout recipe looking to focus on the Cluster hops profile while exhibiting a nice roast character.
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recipeC.H.A.O.S. County Brand Stout
Since our club are located one mile from ground zero of where all Bourbon County Brand Stout is produced (Goose Island’s Fulton & Wood Brewery, http://www.gooseisland.com/fulton-wood.html) it is only natural that we have a homebrew recipe of our own. This recipe has been tweaked over the last four years to produce phenomenal results . . . as long as O.G. is achieved!
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recipeVictory Brewing Company Storm King Imperial Stout clone
Victory Brewing Co. says, “Storm King is dense and full-bodied, with deep, dark chocolate flavors of roasted malts under a massive hop aroma.”
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recipeTerrapin Beer Company’s Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout clone
This imperial oatmeal stout is brewed using “Wake-N-Bake” beans from Athens, Georgia’s Jittery Joe’s coffee. If you want to brew it the way the Terrapin brewers do, source the beans directly from the source at Jittery Joe’s (which you can do online).
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recipeSouthern Tier Brewing Co.’s Crème Brûlée clone
This inventive brew brings all the flavor of the classic hard-coated custard dessert into a creamy, dreamy beer.
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recipeFreetail Brewing Company’s La Muerta Imperial Stout clone
Freetail describes La Muerta as, “A big, lush imperial stout . . . full of roast, smoke and chocolate flavors from an array of specialty malts.”
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recipeDefiance Brewing Company’s Fuzzy Knuckles clone
This impressive imperial stout from Hays, Kansas is brewed with coffee and cacao nibs and described by the brewer as an “approachable, full-bodied beast.
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recipeCarolina Brewing Company’s Groundhog Imperial Stout clone
This Russian imperial stout is part of Carolina’s rotating offerings. It pours a deep, dark color and features a roasted, malty profile.
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recipeWolaver’s Organic Oatmeal Stout clone
Wolaver’s describes its Oatmeal Stout as a “smooth-as-silk stout brimming with darkly roasted malts and rich notes of chocolate and coffee. A mocha-topped, black-as-night body gives way to a surprisingly smooth, full-bodied experience in this unfiltered offering.”
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recipeSummit Brewing Company’s Rebellion Foreign Extra Stout clone
This limited-time release foreign extra stout was brewed based loosely on a recipe for 1896 taken from the archives of an old Cork, Ireland brewery. For a base malt it uses Irish stout malt from the Malting Company of Ireland (also from Cork, Ireland).
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recipeSamuel Adams’ Cream Stout clone
This stout was designed as a traditional English sweet stout, with lots of rich, creamy, roasted character.
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recipeMcMenamins Breweries: Terminator Stout clone
McMenamins describes Terminator Stout as having “a wide array of toasted, chocolate, nutty, and coffee-like flavors.”
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recipeFirestone Walker Brewing Co.’s Velvet Merlin clone
This seasonal oatmeal stout is named in honor of Firestone Walker’s Brewmaster Matt “Merlin” Brynildson, who earned the nickname because of his magical ability to rack up top honors at prestigious beer competitions. This is a rich beer, with dark chocolate and roasted coffee flavors. It boasts a truly creamy mouthfeel and dry finish.
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recipeBluejacket’s Mexican Radio clone
A spiced stout brewed with oats and lactose, then finished with vanilla beans, ancho chili peppers, cinnamon sticks, and roasted caco nibs. A truly innovative stout.
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recipeAnderson Valley Brewing Co.’s Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout clone
Anderson Valley describes Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout with “aromas of freshly baked bread, espresso, and dried cherries meld seamlessly with rich toffee flavors and a creamy mouthfeel.”
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recipeMikkeller’s Beer Geek Breakfast Stout clone
Beer Geek Breakfast, which adds French press coffee to an oatmeal stout, is the beer that put Mikkeller on the map and was voted number one stout on Ratebeer.com.
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recipeHook Norton Brewery’s Double Stout clone
The “double stout” in this beer’s name is not indicative of a strong beer. Actually, it’s quite low in gravity and makes a particularly good session pint. What the double means to me is that this beer literally has double the flavor of other low gravity stouts. East Kent Goldings hops lend a spicy character to the nose which blends in perfectly well with its rich, thick toasty body. The deep roast edges finish into a crisp dryness that ensures this beer’s utter drinkability. You better get this beer fast because it’s only seasonally available.
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recipeDesnoes & Geddes’ Dragon Stout clone
Jet black, yet showing little evidence of roast character . . . more like brown sugar like sweetness.
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recipeGreat Divide Brewery’s Yeti Imperial Stout clone
According to Great Divide’s website, “Yeti Imperial Stout is an onslaught of the senses. It starts with big, roasty malt flavor that gives way to rich caramel and toffee notes. Yeti gets its bold hop character from an enormous quantity of American hops. It weighs in at a hefty 75 IBUs.” There are many variants to the Yeti base beer including the famed barrel-aged version.
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articleIrish Dry Stout
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recipeJamil’s McQuaker’s Oatmeal Stout
Oatmeal stout is traditionally an English style, although there are more and more “Americanized” versions available. Oatmeal stout uses oats to build body and add a touch of silkiness to the mouthfeel.
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Jamil’s Guinness-Style Dry Stout
A straightforward interpretation of the classic Guinness dry stout.
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recipeRogue Shakespeare Stout clone
Rogue’s Shakespeare Stout is a classic example of the style. Rogue describes it as, “Ebony in color with a rich creamy head, earthy flavor and a mellow, chocolate finish.”
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Jamil’s American Stout
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recipeJamil’s Sweet Stout
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recipeRPB’s Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Recipe provided by Anheuser-Busch’s Research Pilot Brewery (RPB).
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recipeRPB’s Molé
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recipeSweet Stout II
This is a web bonus recipe from Terry Foster’s “Techniques” article on brewng milk stout.
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PA Alers 10th Anniversary Russian Imperial Stout
The homebrew club PA Alers provide the recipe the club brewed to commemorate their 10th Anniversary.
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recipeStone Brewing Co.’s 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout clone
This beer is bursting with decadant chocolate bitterness and balanced with a big oatmeal mouthfeel.
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Stone Brewing Co.’s Imperial Russian Stout clone
According to Stone’s website, “This massive and intensely aromatic beer abounds with notes of chocolate, coffee, black currants, anise and roastiness, and its heavy palate is nothing to be trifled with.”
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recipeGuinness Draught clone
Guinness Draught, the kind found in widget cans or bottles, is an Irish dry stout. Guinness has a sharper roast character and more hop bitterness than Murphy’s. The key to making a great clone is using roasted unmalted barley (or black barley) with a color rating around 500 °L.
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recipeBrouwerij De Dolle Brouwer: De Dolle Extra Export Stout clone
A Belgian stout; this deep, dark colored beer features lots of coffee and chocolate flavors.
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recipeKiuchi Brewery’s Hitachino Nest Sweet Stout clone
The Kiuchi brewery’s Hitachino Nest Sweet Stout is like a delicately sweetened cappuccino. Dark roasted coffee with dark fruit notes and the unmistakable aroma and flavor of lactose. For breakfast? Sure, and also lunch, dinner . . . and karaoke!
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Sweet Stout
The aptly named sweet stout shows a balance between sugary sweetness, hop bitterness and roasted malt flavors.
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articleAmerican Stout
Dark and roasty, with a healthy amount of hop bitterness, American stouts are as delicious as they are easy to brew.
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recipePeanut Butter Cup Sweet Stout
I used peanut butter extract and cordial oil, but you could also use 6 oz. of natural peanut butter that you pour off the oil and add it at intervals during the boil just like the cocoa powder is added.
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recipeBlack Pearl Oyster Stout
Despite names like Fat Spider Ale, Turkey Stout and Black Kitty Brown, this was the first BYO recipe has ever featured animals as an ingredient — Black Pearl Oyster Stout. We’ve been lucky enough to taste this beer, brewed by Joe Walton and Jim Michalk, and it’s delicious. The beer has a complex dark grain character and a slightly silky mouthfeel. There’s no strong oyster flavor, but you may detect a slight salty/briney character. For best results, use hard water with a moderate to high level of carbonates.
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recipeBetter Not Pout Stout
This recipe by Ben VanderMeer placed Best of Show, Great Arizona Homebrew Competition 2010 (151 entries)
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Star Anise Stout
This recipe, by Reed Vander Schaaf, won Best of Show, Santa Cruz County Fair 2008 out of 85 entries.
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recipeSelin’s Grove Brewing Shade Mountain Stout clone
Shade Mountain Stout, which is 100% organic, definitely meets the style guidelines for a true oatmeal stout. The aroma exhibits roasted grain characters followed by coffee and chocolate notes. A rich, light brown head tops the nearly opaque liquid and holds all the way to the bottom of the glass. The flavor exhibits a smooth roast grainy profile combined with chocolate and a slight nuttiness. The high percentage of oats contributes to a full bodied mouthfeel and silky smoothness. A higher temperature and somewhat thick mash produces a slightly sweet finish. The one hop addition serves to be just enough to balance the residual sugars.
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recipeExtra Shot of Espresso Stout
Imperial Stout, also known as "Russian Imperial Stout" or "Imperial Russian Stout," is a strong dark beer or stout in the style that was brewed in the 18th century. This Imperial Stout, with coffee is by Doug McNair, Redhook Breweries
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recipeGuinness Foreign Extra Stout clone
Description of Guinness’ website describe their classic FES as “Fruit and caramel flavors begin, smoky notes and a vibrant bitterness follow. Where extra hops and a stronger alcohol percentage were once used to preserve the beer, allowing it to survive and thrive during long sea voyages, now they yield its bold taste and unique flavor profile.”
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Microbrew-Style Stout
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Dry Irish Stout
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recipeSweet Water Tavern’s Giddyup Stout clone
Coffee provides a kick to this well-balanced and tasty stout. Giddyup!
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recipeSierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Stout clone
Creamy and malty with notes of dark caramel, chocolate, light molasses and ripe plums. An American stout that truly typifies citrusy hops and black malt.
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recipeFounders Brewing Co.’s Breakfast Stout clone
Founder’s describes this as “the coffee lover’s consummate beer.” Brewed with flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolate, and two types of coffee, this is indeed like the strong, dark cup of joe you’ll want for breakfast—or anytime!
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Foreign Extra Stout
Beer selection in the tropics is limited, but it isn’t limited to just cookie-cutter yellow lagers. If you don’t want fizz-water with a lime in it, grab a foreign extra stout. We’ll show you how to brew one.
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recipeFish Brewing’s Fish Tale Trout Stout clone
This beer is now retired from Fish Brewing’s line-up, but that doesn’t mean you can still brew the beer. Chocolate and coffee aromas abound with this beer.
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BYO’s 10th Anniversary Imperial American Stout
How are we celebrating our 10th anniversary? By brewing a 10% ABV Imperial American Stout with 10 grains and 10 hop additions, that’s how.