^{(Lead Photo by Todd Westphal)}

Many of you probably are unaware that our fantastic label manager here at Def Jux/ Founder of Embedded Records/ DJ Ese etc etc etc, is a bit of a foodie. Not only does DJ Ese leave us with great recipies and important (life saving even) cooking tips but recently he has started brewing his own beer.....

I have been busy learning to brew beer since June and this Friday, Halloween, we’re going to serve our first kegged beer, The Terrorist Fist Jab Milk Stout. This beer was the fifth batch we brewed and I really wanted to make a milk stout, in honor of my favorite Keegan Ales brew, Mother’s Milk. 

Observe

The bag of specialty grains used prior to steeping...

The OG reading - 1.060

Vigorous fermentation brought to us by Six Point Craft Ales!

Gravity reading on 8/21 - 1.022

Transferring to secondary on 8/23

Here’s the recipe:

-8.5 lb Pale Liquid Extract

Specialty grains:
-1.00 lb Chocolate Malt
-0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt
-0.50 lb Roasted Barley
-0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine

-2.5 oz Goldings, NZ [4.1% aau] (60 min)
-0.5 oz Goldings, NZ [4.1% aau] (40 min)
-1.0 oz Fuggle, UK [4.3% aau] (40 min)
-1.0 oz Fuggle, UK [4.3% aau] (20 min)

-1.00 lb Milk Sugar (Lactose)  was added at end of boil

started with 2 gallons of water, and we steeped the specialty grains at 150F for 30 minutes before we started the boil.