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Milk Stout by Jim Baumann | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain
Milk Stout by Jim Baumann | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain
Milk Stout by Jim Baumann | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain
Milk Stout by Jim Baumann | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain
Milk Stout by Jim Baumann | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain
Milk Stout by Jim Baumann | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain
 

Milk Stout by Jim Baumann | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

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Description
  • Our Signature Series kits offer a selection of crazy, unique beers developed by MoreBeer! customers, associates, and homebrewing legends!
  • Very drinkable when fresh, but gets even smoother and creamier with a couple months of aging
  • Includes Willamette and Kent Goldings hops
  • Estimated ABV: 5.3%
  • Estimated IBUs: 39-43
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

Jim was looking for a dark, smooth, creamy mouth feel stout just like an Australian stout he had tasted years ago. Over the years, Jim found a clone that was close but needed some small changes. After many trials and test batches, he came up with this recipe that is very drinkable when it is fresh. It will get smoother with a couple months of aging and creaminess added by the lactose makes this a very good winter warming stout. Jim hopes you enjoy this beer as much as he has. Jim recommends WLP004 Irish ale yeast.

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity: 1.052-56
  • SRM (Color Range): 41
  • IBUs: 39-43
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5.0-5.5%



Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”.  For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.

 
 
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like stouts
Scribner, G on Feb 14, 2023
Need a good stout for the winter
Matthew S on Dec 14, 2022
like stouts
Scribner, G on Feb 14, 2023
My fave stout. Made it several times.
Hallvar S on Dec 21, 2022
Need a good stout for the winter
Matthew S on Dec 14, 2022
Gift for brewer.
Bob on Nov 17, 2022
Popularity
Jeremiah David H on Jul 8, 2022
Have not done one of these in a while...
JOHN S on May 19, 2022
This is a great beer
Steve H on Feb 12, 2022
Been wanting to make a Milk Stout and the description + reviews sounded good
Philip N on Jan 10, 2022
Kit of the week
Brent B on Nov 27, 2021
awesome kit
david r on Nov 16, 2021
Gift - Nephew picked it.
John G on Aug 3, 2021
because its milk stout
Levi G L on Jun 10, 2021
Because I like milk stout with my recent brews being IPA, Wheat and Belgian ales it was time for a change.
Norman E on Jan 7, 2021
Love Stouts!
Vincenzo D on Dec 23, 2020
Wife loves it, so I make it.
Beau J I on Oct 31, 2020
awesome stout ****
david r on Oct 8, 2020
Interested in trying a stout. Will attempt a 2 gallon recipe by reducing all numbers by 50%
Daniel R S on Sep 29, 2020
Gonna try making that lucky charms beer!
Carter P on Sep 6, 2020
Good reviews
Christopher D H on Mar 26, 2020
In the mood for a stout,
Tony R on Jan 29, 2020
Love milk stouts
Wendy N on Jan 10, 2020
Looking for a creamy stout. HAd good reviews.
Ricardo D on Sep 24, 2019
Experimental milk stout brew
Quest M on Jun 22, 2019
tasty
justin m on Feb 2, 2019
Me Love Stout
Mario M on Jan 5, 2019
Love milk stout
Russ S on Oct 2, 2018
Have not tried it, why not?
David R on Oct 2, 2018
Love this beer!
Daniel W on Sep 12, 2018
Brewed it before. Great kit.
Xabriel J Collazo M on Sep 11, 2018
We like stouts
Steven W on Jul 13, 2018
Reviews
BRAD R A on Jan 30, 2018
My fave stout. Made it several times.
Hallvar S on Dec 21, 2022
Gift for brewer.
Bob on Nov 17, 2022
Final gravity on this? Im stuck at 1021
Matt M on Mar 20, 2019
BEST ANSWER: I was going to call and ask because my final gravity was 1.026 but my OG was a bit higher at 1.064. Makes sense that the lactose would keep it a tad higher.
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Rated 5 out of 5
One of my favs
I brewed this with a friend and we added a few oz's of cold brew coffee at bottling. It turned out great a nice lite coffee stout with a hint of creaminess perfect for a morning brew day beer.
January 5, 2023
Purchased
 1 year ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Who is Jim Baumann? Somebody thank him for me
This beer is just fantastic. You are going to love it. I love it. I probably love it too much. Your lactose intolerant friends won't love it as much. Tell them I'm sorry.

Here are some tips which may help you:

1. I thought this would be too many hops, because most milk stout recipes online only use 2 oz of hops, and this one uses 3 oz of hops. However, I stuck to the recipe after reading the other reviews here. The final result is very well-balanced. So use all of the hops. Trust Jim Baumann. I don't know who he is, but I'd like to thank him.

2. Expect a high final gravity due to the lactose addition. I mashed high for lower ABV (I'm a lightweight) and higher dextrin content (might make for more body/mouthfeel, but the jury's still out on that one). I mashed at 156 F. It fermented from 1.064 down to 1.024, giving me probably around 5.25% ABV.

3. You're going to think this is strange: I use, and recommend, Verdant IPA yeast for this recipe. I had some Verdant IPA slurry lying around from my last brew which was a NEIPA, and Verdant IPA is an English ale yeast (supposedly derived from serial repitches of London Ale III), so I figured it might be "true to style" to use it. I was a bit worried about the large amount of apricot-like esters this yeast throws off when I use it in my NEIPAs. However, in this stout, I can't sense the apricot at all...it just blends with everything else to create a complex and delicious flavor and aroma.

4. Fermentation schedule for those of you with temp control: pitch yeast at 67, hold at 66F for 48 hours, then let "free ride" up as far as it will go until it stabilizes (which was 70F for me after 16 hours). Then bump up to 73F for 4 days for a diacetyl rest. (People will say you don't need to d-rest an ale, but with this yeast, if you don't do it, you're going to be tasting some butter...try a forced VDK test if you don't believe me.)

5. After the 7 day fermentation, I cold-crashed to 32F, then fined with gelatin, and then waited 24 hours and kegged. To all of the LODO-geeks out there, yes, I did a closed transfer to a co2 purged keg. Burst carbonated at 30 psi for 18 hours and then served at 6 psi. Yes, that's grain to glass in 10 days...

Enjoy!
Closed transfer to keg!
oh it's so good
January 12, 2022
Purchased
 over 2 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Good Beer...
Originally after trying my first bottle I thought I detected an off flavor but after a few weeks it mellowed and turned into a very good Milk Stout.
September 27, 2021
Purchased
 over 4 years ago
Rated 4 out of 5
Brew day was great hit my OG. Fermentation put me at 5.8% will taste in a couple of weeks.
February 3, 2020
Purchased
 over 4 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Mmmmmmm....Milk
This beer absolutely rocks. This go around, I nitro'd it. I loved it and the nitro seemed to bring out more of the "roasty" flavor.
October 4, 2018
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Great Kit
Great kit, easy drinking. Try making it a chocolate milk stout by throwing some cocoa nibs in also. Makes a very unique tasty beer.
December 21, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5
Pretty good.
Real easy brew, very drinkable, smooth taste.
March 23, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5
Smooth and Easy to Drink
This is a great, easy to drink stout.
A little light on the dark malt flavors but very nice overall.
I'd recommend this to anyone who wants a session-able stout.
May 1, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5
Spectacular
I brewed the all grain kit of this, and it was a winner. Great mouth feel. Very easy to drink. Starts out sweet and chocolaty, but finishes nice and dry. Nothing to harsh, and everything well balanced. Drinks like a nice Mocha. It even converted a few of my friends to drinking darker beers. You can't go wrong with this. I can't believe that there is only one review for it.
May 8, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5
MY FAVORITE!!!
forget about how great the beer is... and realize that there isnt anything out there that gives you more satisfaction than making a beer created by a genius and then lettings your friends try it... and they leave telling everyone "you are a genius"

this beer is a must.
May 6, 2013
 
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