I wanted to brew a stout with chaga mushroom for awhile, I drink the stuff every day so it was only a question of time before I brewed something with it. I brewed the tea in 8gal of water the day before and used it for mashing and sparging. For those who don't know, chaga is a highly medicinal mushroom and has huge lists of benefits. It's the single most antioxidant thing on earth, almost 10x more than blueberries. Chaga tea taste a little bland but it has a slight woody / maple / vanilla flavour. I based my recipe on Mike's Get Out of Bed Stout
http://www.themadfermentationist.com/20 ... stout.htmlThe wort was one of the best I ever tasted! Tasted like coffee cookies and yet there’s no coffee in it (will add 2 days prior racking)
Recipe: 17 - Breakfast of Champions
Brewer: Jamie
Style: Oatmeal Stout
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7,56 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7,02 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6,00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5,60 gal
Estimated OG: 1,056 SG
Estimated Color: 36,8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 30,8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70,00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 78,8 %
Measured Efficiency: 73,4%
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type %/IBU
1,00 lb Dried Chaga Powder (steeped in 8gal of hot water for 12hr)
9 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3,0 SRM) Grain 69,2 %
2 lbs Toasted Oatmeal (toasted @ 350F for 25 min) 15,4 %
12,0 oz Carafa I (Weyermann) (320,0 SRM) Grain 5,8 %
8,0 oz Carafa II (Weyermann) (415,0 SRM) Grain 3,8 %
8,0 oz Caramunich II (Weyermann) (63,0 SRM) Grain 3,8 %
4,0 oz Caramunich III (Weyermann) (71,0 SRM) Grain 1,9 %
2,00 oz Willamette [5,50 %] - Boil 60,0 min Hop 30,8 IBUs
2,00 oz Coffee (Secondary 2,0 days) Flavor
1,0 pkg S-04 English Ale (SafAle #S-04) Yeast
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 13 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 16,90 qt of water at 168,3 F 154,0 F 60 min
Sparge: Fly sparge with 5,14 gal water at 168,0 F