Tropical Stout | Anvil 4 Gallon Fermenter

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Recipe for 5 gallons
9 lbs Maris Otter
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
12.0 oz Crystal 45
8.0 oz Carafa Special II (Weyermann) (415.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Special B
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (Thomas Fawcett)
1.00 oz Target [11.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min
0.50 oz Motueka [7.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min
0.50 oz Motueka [7.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min
1.0 pkg Bohemian Lager (Wyeast Labs #2124)
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[@willschmit436]

I love to see people making 2.5-gallon batches. They really fit my world perfectly...

[@Nikkenai]

A title called "Tropical Stout" is the homebrewers equivalent to clickbait. I'm excited

[@jamesj8965]

No one is running through recipes like you man! Thanks for all the info. Well done!

[@glenellis3223]

Great video as per usual! Your vids have been keeping me sane in a wet and windy Wales.

[@ethanhayes9989]

Just to say mate - you, or rather your videos, have inspired me to get into homebrew! I have zero background knowledge, but I just find watching brewing videos very interesting. But you have given me the inspiration to get started, stuff should arrive soon!

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

That’s great to hear! Is a fun hobby, good luck with the first brew.

[@distractiontherapy]

Puts my 10 litre plastic trial buckets to shame 🤣 I was expecting an orange slice on the pint glass 🍹🍍 Thanks Martin

[@jckelley10]

I made this recipe kit last year. I had tried Jamaican Guinness in Negril in 2021 and I loved it! I saw this recipe and it's listed as having an ABV of 5.9% but Jamaican Guinness has an ABV of around 7.5%. It also has a distinct caramel sweetness to it. I thought I would try adding enough demerara sugar to bring the ABV of this recipe to match. It came out as a very close match taste wise and was absolutely delicious! I brought some over to my Jamaican friends and they loved it! Great recipe!

[@mnkybndit]

I dry hopped a stout a few months back with el dorado and even though it wasn't right for the style it turned out great. I bet this beer will be awesome

[@piazzonim]

Great episode, the 4 gallon fermenter looks like a great addition to your collection. Working on my Cicerone British/Irish Beer Styles, so your Tropical Stout descriptions definitely came at the right time. Now I just need to make some!

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Awesome. A great opportunity for drinking more British beers.

[@matthewfay1735]

Hey, Martin! Brewed a five gallon batch of the tropical stout. Hada’ substitute Fuggle for Target hops and I added Wai-iti hops. Definitely get the chocolate, earthy notes, plus the lemon lime zest from the Motueka/Citra combo. Pretty clean on the Bohemian Lager yeast. It’s not imparting much flavor, but my family, friends, and I are so happy with it. We love you!

[@martinparadis1237]

I did a 2,5 gallons batche of this delicious beer. I just ferment with the all-rounder under pressure starting day 2. When fermentation was done, I cold crash, add the hop left from the brew at that moment for 1 1/2 day as a dry hop and carbonate with a beer stone. I bottled directly from the all-rounder with the Itap. Perfect in 8 days. Just wow! I will do it again for sure.

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

That’s great to hear!

[@ziggythecartoon]

I love how your presentation to camera has progressed. I'm very much an amateur, but I noticed that during your style/recipe presentation, you changed backgrounds and the direction you came into frame. Very lively and appealing. Great editing as well! Cheers!

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Thank you!

[@JoshuaAdkisson]

I've been waiting for you ALL day lol

[@newfyguy2000]

Just brewed a similar recipe. Same grain bill, saaz in place of matueka, and kveiking yeast in place of the bohemian yeast. I’m excited to see how this one finishes out. The wort was delicious.

[@harleyadam4813]

I love stouts year round. And fruity beers during the summer are always a hit. I currently have a batch of strawberry/rhubarb wheat beer fermenting.

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

That sounds delicious!

[@finnroohomebrewing1846]

Interesting isn't it. I have a book here somewhere talking about Dragon stout being a very popular beer in Jamaica. Great video. Cheers 😎👍

[@wilmercamero3590]

Que Onda home brewer, thanks for the video, greeting from Uruguay ,good beer and Buenas Birras

[@Oda__Nobunaga]

Definitely going to brew this come wintertime.

[@garethvenables9607]

Sounds like a really nice beer and a very tasty mix of hops. I've used citra loads and love it and can imagine it would mix with the motueka well. If it does taste like a black ipa I'd say that's no bad thing in my book 👍.

[@mrow7598]

I got my dad an Anvil 10 gallon Foundry - all in one brew kettle. Works very well for being on the lower end of the price spectrum of all in ones. I recommend it, they only complaint I have is the controls are on the bottom and when you're 6'4" getting down to the floor to make any adjustments is annoying.

[@mrow7598]

Motueka is a good hop if you want to add lime flavor to a beer. I used it to do a lemon/lime white ale. It was a great beer. I also just thought adding coconut to that stout would be good. If anyone does do that be aware the oils from the coconut will kill the head on the beer.

[@pdubb9754]

These tropical fruit hops are not typical for the style, unless the needle has moved in the past 5 years. Goldings, fuggles, and the usual English, as bittering additions only, is typical. Still, seems like fun.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

solid video and channel! Cheers from San Diego!

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Thank you!

[@barrycranston5122]

Using a blow off tube will give you even more vertical space. Which is what I use with my Ss Brewbuckets in my fridges.

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

I bet cold steeping your dark grains for this recipe would lighten it up a bit more and let those tropical fruit flavors shine through.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Not a style I've had interest in brewing honestly. It sounds interesting for sure. Love those Anvil fermenters! I have 2 of the 7.5 versions with the cooling kit. They are a great value IMO! (Oh and you can pressure transfer with them, I'll send you a link.. ) Cheers Martin!

[@joshuetortega3572]

oofff!! I’m going to have to make this beer!! thanks for the videos English man

[@hugovandenberg313]

Would be interesting to ferment this with a brettanomyces bruxelensis drie (WLP648, don’t know the Wyeast number). That gives tropical fruit such as mango and papaya to my funky saisons. Those flavors should fit this beer perfectly.

[@nicholaskarako5701]

Use to know quite a few Jamaica's and Guinness was there beer of choice.

[@chrissnell2007]

You should make a white stout they are perfect for summer/fall

[@reinmetshein2694]

Thanks, Martin! If you don't mind, please give a recipe in metric version too! It will a way easier to make a clone then.

[@paulwilliams8536]

Hi Martin, loving watching your brew days, I’m extending my shed in order to start all grain brewing. It’s still work in progress at the moment, but I’m looking for my first recipe to try. Did you revisit the revolution ipa? Guinness is my go to drink when I’m out in the pub, but during this lockdown I’ve bought some ipa’s from the supermarket. Goose island is one that’s caught my fancy. I’ve tried a stout kit brew (tin) which was ok and have a kit bitter on the go at the moment but think I’ll try the revolution recipe as my first all grain, 🍻

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

I really enjoyed that beer. Let me know how it goes.

[@dennisschickling5759]

Nice Video. #STAYSAFE #KEEPBREWING.

[@manueljulianrodriguez1705]

really interesting style, what about the off flavours from the yeast?

[@kevinfreund4076]

Looking to try a pressure fermentation to accentuate the hop character. Would that make this a weird lager???

[@kevinhollingsworthcomedy3183]

Hey Martin, love the videos. A little trick I use to cool wort to lager pitching temps is to hook up the immersion chiller to the sink submersed in an ice bucket and then through the plate chiller. Gets wort to ale temp with one pass and lager temp in about 5-7 minutes. Cheers mate!!

[@Hannes_Lind]

You can also just use a blowoff tube in to a bottle of Starsan if you have height issues.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

With a nylon elbow it will definitely lower the height.

[@thewrenchreviews9986]

What about Norwegian Kveik yeast? Can tolerate quite high temps as I have been told.

[@GenusBrewing]

I just found low-profile 2-piece airlock that are half the size of 3-piece cylinder airlocks!

[@denverrobinson4445]

You should maybe consider adding text pop ups with your measurements in metric for your non-US watchers. It would really help seeing liters, kilograms, and grams for those of us who brew by this scale

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Yes I get your point. Thing is I struggle enough getting the right numbers in the right captions for just one type of measurement :D

[@KalosPVP]

So now I know my 7 gallon version isnt working properly because no matter what I do the racking arm just dangles downward. I had no choice but remove it, still using the spigot of course.

[@drinkfresh]

Stouts in the summer time...

[@gusluna5192]

Excuse me, what is the black plate that you have in your fridge?

[@johnduggan9words]

Mot-chew-a-ka - how to pronounce the hop. Just trying to be helpful. Looks tasty keen to try this one.

[@mrow7598]

Well, I've been killing that name for over a year...

[@pottsworth1]

Is it 4 syllables or 3? I always thought it was mow-tway-kaa

[@SquashXL]

@@pottsworth1 www.rnz.co.nz/radionz/programmes/news-extras/audio/20169420/how-we-say-it-motueka

[@jacknohe]

Hey Martin, practice the pronunciation of Motueka and have another go in your next video. 😂

[@benmac7315]

Thought it was a new hop I hadn't heard of from nz until i saw the name on the screen and realized his pronunciation was miles off. The original post is probably the best way to spell out the pronunciation.

[@MRFushigi95]

Hi amateur BIAB brewer here, love the videos especially for learning purposes How would you compare this style to something like a black IPA or imperial stout? They both seem similar but the tropical stout seems to take on a few less IBUs for a sweeter taste but I wanted to know if that was it or something more

[@MRFushigi95]

Thinking on it now, this may be getting a little bit ahead of myself for one of your following videos

[@mrow7598]

An Imperial stout would have a lot more grain to pump up the alcohol also more hops to maintain bitterness. Think of a double IPA normally has a higher alcohol and IBU content than a regular IPA. While a Black IPA will normally have a lighter body than a Stout and would normally have a higher bitterness ratio IBUs to Gravity than a stout.

[@oliverguerra6392]

Just a question, I got the Clawhammer system but have had lots of issues with cleaning the grain basket. What do you reckon is the easiest way to get all the grains out of the basket? I brew in a flat with no access to a garden.

[@timheffernan3577]

I don't have the Clawhammer but use a similar basket. I found that a wet vac works great for getting out the leftover grain after dumping the basket. Then I just clean it in the sink to remove the sticky sugar remains

[@oliverguerra6392]

@@timheffernan3577 Cheers Tim, thanks for the advice. I'll have to pick up at wet vac then.

[@iliffavenuebrewhouse6496]

Not sure why you took "tropical" literally as far as flavor is concerned. Style says that hops are mostly used for bitterness and there is usually adjuncts and sugar. Great video as usual.

[@iliffavenuebrewhouse6496]

@GustavusAdolphus1 Couldn't agree more. The video are great and I do think the recipes have become more spot on as he continues forward (with the exception of this one). I don't brew to style that much so I'm not meaning to be critical either.

[@johnnyperez2260]

Where you able to resolve your condensation issues with your vent hood?

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Still an issue...

[@Teh509]

How do you find 2.5gal on that clawhammer system... Reason I ask is I am building my own Basket recirc system based on a 50l kettle and need to go as low as 2.5gal for test brews. how's your efficiency? does your wort cover grains well enough?

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Yeah grains stay covered. Seeing about 68% brewhouse efficiency.

[@Teh509]

@@TheHomebrewChallenge thanks for letting me know.

[@drinkfresh]

SS Brewtech has a 3.5 Gallon Brew Bucket Mini, I wonder how that compares to the Anvil 4 Gallon Fermentor? - I have the same 7 Gal SS Brew Bucket but have been brewing more smaller batches recently, so been thinking to get a smaller fermenter for those batches…

[@GorgonOfZola]

My understanding is it can be a bit tipsy and annoying since it rests on a narrow removable base. I looked into it as well before settling on the 4 gallon Anvil. I don't regret my decision.

[@drinkfresh]

@@GorgonOfZola I see - I heard about that too, a shame they didnt design the base the same way for the SS Mini... Because I brew smaller batches, I also can't take advantage of the FTSs for temp control (doesn't submerge in the beer). I think there are more of us doing small batches (more than 1 gal and less than 5 gal) - I hope SS Brewtech and Anvil can focus on us small batch brewer's and continue to innovate here!

[@Joelification1]

Seems unlikely that 30g of fruity hops could be noticeable above all the roast and malt but ok

[@damiankowalski4731]

I'm a bit disapointed because you make quite straightforward mistake with understanding tropicalish of this beer. I brewed this 2 weeks ago and I was hoping you made good repreaentant of style while you make some sort of american stout.

[@manueljulianrodriguez1705]

You really wanted him to make the same recipe as you? Thats his recipe and the guidelines said frutty, no necesarly ester frutty.

[@roygoddard9331]

You are mispronouncing Motueka, it should be mow-two-ecka