Brewing the Pomander Stout, Orange/Clove Stout

Planning on brewing a small holiday inspired small batch (one gallon) this evening. Got inspired by seeing some holiday pomanders and though that maybe I’d take a second run at a stout with orange. This is just a “stove top” recipe, meaning that I’ve brewed this volume at friend’s houses who have no actual homebrew equipment aside from something to ferment this in (Brooklyn brew kit fermenter, for example). It’s no more complicated than a stew! Here is a little more on the method.

Image from wikipedia.

Here’s the plan:

Recipe: Pomander Stout
Brewer: groulxsome
Style: American Stout

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 3.50 l 
Bottling Volume: 2.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.071 SG
Estimated FG: 1.016 SG
Estimated ABV: 7%
Estimated SRM: 50 SRM
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU 
0.75 kg 2 Row Grain 1 55.6 % 
0.20 kg Chocolate Malt Grain 2 14.8 % 
0.10 kg Barley, Flaked Grain 3 7.4 % 
0.10 kg Black Malt Grain 4 7.4 % 
0.10 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L Grain 5 7.4 % 
0.10 kg Flaked Oats Grain 6 7.4 % 
5.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 26.8 IBUs 
5.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] – Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 20.6 IBUs 
1.00 g Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 9 – 
5.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] – Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 13.3 IBUs 
20.00 g Orange Peel (Boil 2.0 mins) Spice 11 – 
2 Cloves (Boil 2.0 mins) Spice 12 – 
0.5 pkg Safale American (US-05) Yeast 13 – 

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 1.35 kg
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time 
Mash In Add 3.50 l of water at 75.0 C 68.0 C 60 min 
Mash Out Heat to 75.0 C over 10 min 75.0 C 10 min 

Sparge: Fly sparge with 8.50 l water at 75.0 C

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Ferment at 20.0 C for 14 days.
Bottle with 15.0 g Corn Sugar.

I ended up with a little more volume than I expected, so instead of my normal 1 gallon jug I use for these batches, I used my 3 gallon better bottle. It’s promising to be pretty tasty from the way it tasted at racking! Update: December 12, 2013. Tried a not-quite-carbonated bottle and the orange-clove balance tastes pretty great to me. Very excited to try a fully carbonated bottle in the new year!