Guinness Style Beer
Welcome to our homebrew recipe page! Today, we’re excited to share with you a recipe for a rich and creamy Guinness-style beer. Guinness is a popular Irish dry stout that is known for its dark color and complex flavor profile, and our recipe will produce a similar style of beer that you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Our recipe for this Guinness-style beer features a deep, dark color and a complex flavor profile, with notes of roasted coffee, chocolate, and caramel. The beer also has a creamy and smooth texture, thanks to the use of nitrogen gas during the dispensing process, which gives it its distinctive “Guinness-like” head.
Whether you’re an experienced homebrewer or just getting started, this Guinness-style recipe is easy to follow and will produce a delicious beer that’s sure to impress your taste buds. So grab your brewing equipment and let’s get started on this rich and flavorful beer that is perfect for enjoying with friends or as a relaxing drink after a long day!
Type of Beer
Guinness Type Beer
Fermentation Temp
19’C
Type
All Grain
Guinness Type Beer
Irish Stout
4.3% / 11.1 °P
Robobrew 35L
72% efficiency
Batch Volume: 23 L (Kettle)
Fermenter Volume: 21.58 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Mash Water: 13.29 L
Sparge Water: 14.75 L
Total Water: 28.04 L
Boil Volume: 24.5 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.042
Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity (Fixed): 1.012
IBU (Tinseth): 40
BU/GU: 0.90
Color: 72 EBC
Mash
Mash — 65 °C — 90 min
Mashout — 74 °C — 10 min
Malts (4.43 kg)
2.88 kg (65%) — Maris Otter Pale Malt, Maris Otter — Grain — 5.9 EBC
1.107 kg (25%) — Thomas Fawcett Barley, Flaked — Grain — 3.9 EBC
443 g (10%) — Thomas Fawcett Roasted Barley — Grain — 1200 EBC
Hops (69 g)
69 g (40 IBU) — East Kent Goldings (EKG) 4.7% — Boil — 60 min
Miscs
3 g — Baking Soda (NaHCO3) — Mash
1.7 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
0.4 g — Canning Salt (NaCl) — Mash
2.2 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash
1.5 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
3 ml — Lactic Acid 88% — Mash
1.89 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Sparge
0.44 g — Canning Salt (NaCl) — Sparge
2.44 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Sparge
1.66 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Sparge
1 items — Whirlfloc — Boil — 15 min
Yeast
1 pkg — Wyeast Labs 1084 Irish Ale 73%
Fermentation
Primary — 19 °C — 14 days
Carbonation: 2.2 CO2-vol
Water Profile
Ca2+
62Mg2+
16Na+
49Cl–
84SO42-
128HCO3–