The Legendary Shiitake Stout

[Brian_S]

Based on Chriscraig's Dry Stout receipe

Batch Size: 5.5 gal
Boil Time: 60 min

6 lbs 2 row
1lbs Light Munich
2 lbs Flaked Barley
1 lb Roast Barley

2.5 oz EKG (4.2)
Mash at 152F for 60 min.

.5 lb of dried Shiitake mushrooms at 5 mins before flameout, leave until 10 after.

[Kyle]

thats A LOT of Shittake... wow

[Richard]

Genuinely very interested to try this. With all the medical benefits of shiitake it would be excellent if a beer could use them, or better still - build the flavour off them.

[brew]

I have no doubt this beer will be the healthy choice  :mrgreen: Brian you have to leave us a glass to try at a meeting...

[Jake]

My brother is right into the health benefits of mushrooms too, Richard. He's always raving about "Chuga" mushrooms. He picks them all the time and makes tea with them regularly, claiming it to be the newest superfood available. Extremely high in antioxidants I've been told, along with many other cancer fighting agents.

He has several pounds of this and wants me to do a beer with him ... problem is, I hate mushrooms  

[Brian_S]

Hey Jake, on the Chaga topic.  I've managed to pick about 3 lbs of the stuff and plan on using it in a "Black" mead as the fungus itself lends a very mild earthy almost vanilla quality and when its been simmered all day is blacker than coffee.  Should make for a nice mead.

For what its worth this stuff retails for ~$50/pound online (mainly out of Russia).

B

[jamie_savoie]

I know it's an old thread but I'm also interested in how this one turns out!

I'm an avid wild mushroom hunter and I pick alot of different gourmet / medicinal mushroom.  I do use them alot but I also resell some since I pick way too many!

Making shroom beers has been in my to-do list for awhile.  One is going to be a belgian golden made with chanterelle and another will be a stout made with chaga

[Brian_S]

Well it was a nice Stout and I think the mushrooms did leave a little something in the after taste but it was too mild to detect.  I'm expecting 2 flushes next summer so will try this again with more mushrooms and may even change the style to something where the mushroom flavours will be more evident.

B