Mackeson's Stout

Classification: stout, sweet stout, English stout, Mackeson's, extract, brown sugar

Source: Marty Albini (hplabs!hpsd139!martya) Issue #244, 9/1/89

I haven't tried either of these, and I'm not about to go adding saccharin to my beer, so you're on your own from here.

Ingredients:

4 pounds, dark malt extract
2 pounds, soft brown sugar
8 ounces, gravy browning (caramel)
1-3/4 ounces, Fuggles hops
ale yeast

Procedure:

Boil hops in 20 pints of water for 1 hour. Strain and dissolve extract, caramel and sugar. Boil for 15 minutes. Bring to 5 gallons, pitch yeast at correct temperature.

As in the previous recipe, this can be brought to a gravity of 1.045 by increasing the extract by 1/4 pound, and lactose may also be added. A few drops of caramel may be added at this stage if sufficient color has not been achieved. Saccharine can be added at bottling to increase apparent sweetness.

Specifics:

O.G.: 1.040
F.G.: 1.008-1.010