Voodu Magic Tropical Stout
If you've been following SheppyBrew at all recently, you probably have read that I want to concentrate more on my BJCP Goal in 2025
As I type this, if I'm counting correctly, I've brewed 85 of the 108 styles in the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines. Since the beginning of the year, I've already brewed 8 new BJCP styles (9 if you include Tasman Pilsner).
I have my Roll-a-Style list, which helps me keep track of styles that I still need to brew.
The idea is that I use a 20-sided online die to decide which style to brew next.
In early July, I was running sort of low on inventory, and needed to brew to get the pipeline going.
I rolled my 20-sided online die, and rolled a 15 ...
... which corresponds to 16C. Tropical Stout
"A very dark, sweet, fruity, moderately strong stout with smooth, roasty flavors, yet no burnt harshness."
Honestly, I feel like a bunch of the Stout styles overlap enough that just about any one of them could fit in most of the others. But ... the BJCP says this about Tropical Stout:
Tastes like a scaled-up Sweet Stout with higher fruitiness. Similar to some Imperial Stouts without the high bitterness, strong or burnt roastiness, and late hops, and with lower alcohol. Much sweeter and less hoppy than American Stouts. Much sweeter and less bitter than the similar-gravity Foreign Extra Stouts.
I developed a recipe, trying to follow those differences other stouts I've brewed (mostly during this Roll-a-Style series)
I came up with Voodu Magic Tropical Stout. Bigger and more fruity (with Voss Kveik yeast) than Pack o' Hooligans Stout; less hoppy and sweeter than Stouticus American Stout; bigger and less dry than Oisin Owl Irish Stout.
If you'd like to read more about this beer, see Sheppy's Blog: Voodu
| Voodu Magic Tropical Stout --- Batch 1 (379) |
| Style | Tropical Stout | Batch Size | 5.50 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 6.60 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 65.00 | Boil Time | 60 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.068 SG | Estimated FG | 1.019 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 43.4 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 6.6 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.636 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 38.0 SRM |
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Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.29 gal | Denver, Colorado | Water | 1 | - | - |
| 4.00 g | Calcium Chloride (Mash) | Water Agent | 2 | - | - |
| 2.00 g | Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash) | Water Agent | 3 | - | - |
| 1.00 g | Baking Soda (Mash) | Water Agent | 4 | - | - |
| 12 lbs | Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) | Grain | 5 | 73.8 % | 0.94 gal |
| 2 lbs | Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) | Grain | 6 | 12.3 % | 0.16 gal |
| 1 lbs | Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) | Grain | 7 | 6.2 % | 0.08 gal |
| 12.0 oz | Crystal Dark - 77L (Crisp) (75.0 SRM) | Grain | 8 | 4.6 % | 0.06 gal |
| 8.0 oz | Midnight Wheat Malt (550.0 SRM) | Grain | 9 | 3.1 % | 0.04 gal |
| 1.000 oz | Hallertau Magnum [12.50 %] - Boil 45.0 min | Hop | 10 | 43.4 IBUs | - |
| 1.00 Items | Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) | Fining | 11 | - | - |
| 1.0 pkg | Voss Kveik Ale Yeast (Lallemand #- ) [50.28 ml] | Yeast | 12 | - | - |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharification | Add 33.16 qt of water at 164.8 F | 156.0 F | 45 min |
| Heat | Heat to 158.0 F over 10 min | 158.0 F | 15 min |
| Mash Out | Heat to 170.0 F over 7 min | 170.0 F | 10 min |
If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Recipe Notes
From Denver water, salts puts water profile at
Ca=81Mg=8,Na=30,SO4=86,Cl=85,HCO3=126
Boil as directed.
Chill water to as close to 80F as possible.
Pitch yeast and ferment in 50's for 5 to 7 days. Don't worry about temperature with the kveik yeast.
After main fermentation is done let temperature rise to room temp. Let total fermentation go a total of 2 weeks.
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| Pre-boil OG | (1.062 SG) | Pre-boil Vol | (6.60 gal) | |||
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