I like stouts, but not too sweet! I recently used this BYO recipe for an 1879 XXX Dublin stout
.. the bitterness and thickness was just fine, (at a local brewpub, the stout is kinda like beer-flavored water
. ) the flavor was fine, except that it was too sweet for me. I substituted the 3.5 lb of corn sugar for 3.5 lb of raw sugar (jaggery). I'd like to make the same recipe, without messing up the flavor and bitterness, but making it a dry stout instead of a sweet stout. I figure I'm going to have to use less sugar, but what to use in place of it is where I'm stumped, because Jaggery is very Molassesey (is that even a word?) Can anyone tell me a way to change this recipe that without sacrificing the things that I like about this stout?
Here's a link to the recipe - http://byo.com/stories/item/533-dark-roasted-barley
1879 Dublin XXX Stout
(5 gallon/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.086 FG = 1.015
IBU = 87 SRM = 55 ABV = 9.1%
A large stout, what today would be called a foreign extra stout, was made in Dublin in 1879. Most assuredly, there would also be a little sourness brought on by Brettanomyces, giving this beer a finishing acidic twang.
Ingredients
10.25 lbs. (4.7 kg) British 2-row pale malt (2-row)
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) crystal malt (75 °L)
1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) roasted barley
3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) corn sugar
10 AAU Fuggle hops (120 mins)(2.0 oz./57 g of 5% alpha acids)
10 AAU Fuggle hops (60 mins) (2.0 oz./57 g of 5% alpha acids)
2.0 oz. (57 g) Fuggle hops (10 mins)
Fermentis Safale S-04 yeast
TIA
Here's a link to the recipe - http://byo.com/stories/item/533-dark-roasted-barley
1879 Dublin XXX Stout
(5 gallon/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.086 FG = 1.015
IBU = 87 SRM = 55 ABV = 9.1%
A large stout, what today would be called a foreign extra stout, was made in Dublin in 1879. Most assuredly, there would also be a little sourness brought on by Brettanomyces, giving this beer a finishing acidic twang.
Ingredients
10.25 lbs. (4.7 kg) British 2-row pale malt (2-row)
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) crystal malt (75 °L)
1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) roasted barley
3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) corn sugar
10 AAU Fuggle hops (120 mins)(2.0 oz./57 g of 5% alpha acids)
10 AAU Fuggle hops (60 mins) (2.0 oz./57 g of 5% alpha acids)
2.0 oz. (57 g) Fuggle hops (10 mins)
Fermentis Safale S-04 yeast
TIA