Description
Shabby Road Stout
English Stout
Shabby Road Stout is a rich, dark, almost black ale with a luxurious thick mouthfeel. It leans more towards the smooth chocolate side of stouts, with just a hint of roast character that rounds out the balance.
This beer is all about the malt. It can be made using whatever your personal choice of base grain is, but the richness of the Mecca Grade Lamonta Pale sets a wonderful foundation for darker malts that come later. 2 Pounds of Flaked Barley adds a silky, smooth mouthfeel with lots of body. The dark grains are a blend consisting of equal parts Pale Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and Black Barley. We use a blend of crystal/caramel malts as well. Mecca Grade Opal 22 lends sweet graham cracker flavors, and Patagonia C170 brings the flavors of dark fruit to the mix. The beer is lightly hopped, with a relatively low bitterness and aroma that allows the malt character to take center stage. English Ale yeast is the final touch that rounds out Shabby Road Stout. The ABV is 5.3% making it a fairly standard strength for an English Stout.
