Sow's Ear Stout

Brewed: December 31, 1994

The only thing wrong with this one was that it was just too heavy: over 9 lbs of malt for the 5-gallon batch gave it just too much body. This was not a beer for drinking with anything, it definitely demanded one's full concentration. 6.6 lbs of Edme Dark malt extract went into this one, as well as about 3 lbs of various grains (including Chocolate Malt and black barley). Yeast was WYeast Scottish Ale. This was also the first batch I tried adding gypsum to.
Rating: ****


Rating Scale
Stars Rating
******* God's own beverage
****** Better than sex (but not better than Guinness)
***** Why go out?
**** Damn those 45 bottles went fast!!
*** So lala
** What died in the secondary?
* Not beer as we know it
0 I'd rather eat the bottle

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