Description
Known around the world Guinness Draught is a beautiful smooth easy drinking stout more bitter than the Murphys stout, and more roasty. A beer that really truly is best enjoyed on draft served with nitro for that smoothness.
Well we can’t bring you the experience of drinking it at the brewery which is the best place to drink it but we wanted to do our best to try and give you the chance to experience if fresh at home with an all grain kit.
Ingredients Included
Crisp Best (Pale) Ale Malt
Torefied Barley Flakes
Crisp Roasted Barley
Malt Bill Total = 3850g
GOLDINGS Pellets (68 grams)
Yeast Optional – choose your preference
Method
Beer Style (main): Irish Ales
Beer Style (sub): Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
Batch Size: 19L
Original Gravity: 1038
Final Gravity: 1006
ABV %: 4.2
IBU: 45
THE MASH
Temperature °C: 66
Length (mins): 60
Out temp °C: 76
Out time (mins): 5
THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 90 mins
Additions and timing:
60 mins 68g Goldings
Secondary additions and timing:
No dry hop
Yeast: Our personal favourite is Wyeast 1084 (Irish Ale) or White Labs WLP004 (Irish Ale), we have made this optional so you can choose between these or a dry yeast alternative of WHC Bond
Fermentation temperature/steps: Follow yeast instructions which should be 18c-20c until FG, raise for D rest
Comments:
Feeling super adventurous? To get that “Guinness tang,” try this. After pitching the yeast to your stout, siphon 540ml. of pitched wort to a sanitised 22 oz. bottle. Pitch bottle with a small amount of Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus (not included). Cover bottle with aluminum foil and let ferment out. When beer in bottle is done fermenting, pour it in a saucepan and heat to 71 °C for 15 minutes to kill the bugs. Cool the beer and pour it into a clean sanitised bottle. Cap bottle and refrigerate. Add to stout when bottling or kegging the full batch..
Check out the review from Dog & Partridge who give this kit 10/10
Check out our series of videos on YouTube which will show you just what makes this Budvar special and how you can attempt to replicate it at home.
John Parker (verified owner) –
You cannot tell the difference between this recipe the real thing. I’m using beer gas 30/70 and a stout spout and this recipe is amazing.
Highly recommend, but don’t expect the same results as me if you don’t use beer gas.
Michael Beswick (verified owner) –
Soooo good. Taste is the closest to guiness. I also used beergas 70:30. Drinking after one day of fermentation finishing. Only issues I got no where near to og or fg. Probably do it as a 19 litre batch next time. But will buy again.
Andrew Payne (verified owner) –
To add to the other reviews, this is a cracking recipe, so near Guinness just a little less mouthfeel it seems to me but just ordered another one. Needs the 70/30
Andrew Goff (verified owner) –
This is the reason why i started home brew if i couldn’t make the Guinness Tribute i would not continue . I can safely say it did not fail. it was easy to brew and has that Guinness smooth taste I use 30/70 gas.
Neil Holder (verified owner) –
As a Guinness lover, this was worth investing in the 30/60 beer gas, regulator and stout spout. Absolutely spot on, will very likely brew it again in the future.
Paul Henderson (verified owner) –
OMG absolutely love this recipe I get a slightly bitter flavour compared to Guinness which I prefer made this 4 times now just about to order another 2. If you like Guinness you will love this. I think it’s nicer too.
James Denham (verified owner) –
A fantastic recipe. Definitely worth using nitrogen and a stout spout for a creamier head. I used the Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale – it took a couple of days to get underway but fermentation was still complete in less than a week. I love Guinness, but it tastes a bit bland in comparison to this ! And at around 85p a pint (with the liquid yeast), this is amazing value too. My filtered hard tap water works fine with this recipe, with no water additions.