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Lock, Stock, and Barrel Stout
Lock, Stock, and Barrel Stout

Lock, Stock, and Barrel Stout

Lock, Stock, and Barrel Stout

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Lock, Stock, and Barrel Stout is a bold imperial stout built to bring whiskey barrel-aged character into your home brewery. Two cans of St. Patrick’s Irish Stout extract, Smooth LME, Munich Malt, Chocolate Malt, Flaked Oats, Fuggle hops, Nottingham yeast, and bourbon-soaked oak chips come together for a rich, roasty, malty stout with deep oak character and a warming 9.5% finish.

High-Fermentation Activity: This recipe contains a lot of fermentables and may ferment aggressively. Place your fermenter somewhere safe in case foam or liquid escapes during fermentation.
  • Imperial stout intensity with rich roasted malt flavor and full-bodied depth
  • Bourbon barrel-style character from oak chips soaked in your favorite bourbon or whiskey
  • Smooth malt complexity from Munich Malt, Chocolate Malt, Flaked Oats, and Smooth LME
  • Big 9.5% ABV finish built for slow sipping and extended conditioning

Dark, rich, and indulgent, this is a serious stout for brewers who want barrel-aged flavor without needing an actual barrel.

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STORY

Overview: Lock, Stock, and Barrel Stout is a bold imperial stout inspired by whiskey barrel-aged craft stouts. Brewed with two cans of St. Patrick’s Irish Stout Brewing Extract, BrewMax LME Smooth, Munich Malt, Chocolate Malt, Flaked Oats, Fuggle hops, Nottingham yeast, and bourbon-soaked oak chips, it delivers rich roasted malt flavor, smooth oak character, and a warming 9.5% finish.

PROFILE

Tasting Notes: Expect a deep black stout with roasted malt intensity, chocolate character, smooth oat body, subtle hop bitterness, warming bourbon notes, and oak-aged complexity. This is a rich, full-bodied beer built for slow sipping and extended conditioning.

IMPORTANT BREWING NOTE

High-Fermentation Activity: This recipe contains a lot of fermentables and may ferment aggressively. Place your fermenter somewhere safe in case foam or liquid escapes during fermentation.

Oak and Bourbon Note: The oak chips are soaked in about 1 cup of bourbon or whiskey for 2 weeks, then added to the fermenter on day 14. This gives the beer barrel-aged flavor without using an actual barrel.

Conditioning Note: This is a strong imperial stout. It may taste sharp, hot, or rough when young, but extended conditioning helps the roast, oak, bourbon, and alcohol character smooth out.

WHAT YOU GET

  • 2 Cans St. Patrick’s Irish Stout Brewing Extract (HME)
  • 2 Packets Dry Brewing Yeast under the lids of the Brewing Extract
  • 3 Packets BrewMax LME Smooth
  • 1 Packet Munich Malt
  • 1 Packet Chocolate Malt
  • 1 Packet Flaked Oats
  • 1 Packet Fuggle Pellet Hops
  • 2 Packets Oak Chips
  • 3 Muslin Hop Sacks
  • 1 Packet Nottingham Yeast
  • 1 Packet No-Rinse Cleanser

YOU PROVIDE

  • About 1 cup of your favorite bourbon or whiskey, enough to cover the oak chips

FOR FANS OF

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout

Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stouts

Big, dark, slow-sipping beers

BREW SPECS

Style: Stouts & Porters
Flavor: Malty, roasty, oaky, smooth, bold, warming, and full-bodied
ABV: 9.5%
SRM (Color): 82
IBU (Bitterness): 61
Original Gravity: 1.098
Final Gravity: 1.025
Batch Size: 8 liters / about 2 gallons

BREW TIME

Brew Day: About 60–90 minutes
Fermentation: 3 weeks
Oak and Bourbon Addition: Day 14
Carbonation and Conditioning: 4–6 weeks
Best Enjoyed: After 8–12 weeks total, or longer
Strong Beer Note: Big imperial stouts continue to improve with time. Longer conditioning can help the bourbon, oak, roast, and alcohol character blend into a smoother finished beer.

WHY THIS RECIPE

Why Brew It: This recipe is built for brewers who want the flavor of a barrel-aged imperial stout without tracking down an actual whiskey barrel. Bourbon-soaked oak chips add barrel-style complexity, while the rich stout base delivers the roasted malt depth, body, and strength needed to support it.

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    Anonymous
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    7 years ago
    Getting better all the time

    I managed to wait nearly 6 months before I gave in and had a bottle. I really like this brew. I am currently on my 4th edition makeing slight changes each time can’t wait for the results. No a cheap recipe but worth it.

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    Anonymous
    I recommend this product
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    8 years ago
    Interim review

    First and foremost don't ferment this inside the LBK unless you put it in the shower for the first 36 hours or you're going to have a mess! If I brewed this batch again I would ferment inside a carboy with a blow off tube. I purchased this kit as a farewell to the Mr beer system with intentions of stepping up and running 5 gal batches. I followed the directions to a t and still missed my OG. Should have been 1.098 but I went into the fermenter at 1.080. the problem was my fault as I don't think I had enough water in the steep. Today is day 21 and bottle day. My gravity is now 1.020 making my ABV about 7.7%. All in all it was a fun batch to brew. After about 20 hours in the fermenter I went to check for activity and found it gushing all over the place. Day 3 seemed to really subside. I read that Nottingham yeast is known to blow it's load fast and hard. It's mid April now and I can't wait to bust this out for next st. pattys day.

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    Anonymous
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    8 years ago
    My first try with a partial mash recipe

    I LOVE my stouts & porters esp the bourbon barrel style

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    Anonymous
    I do not recommend this product
    Rated 1 out of 5 stars
    4 years ago
    Worst beer Mr. Beer sells

    This beer is terrible. The biggest mistake is adding the bourbon to it. The flavor of the bourbon winds up far far too strong and doesn't match well with the stout. The two taste terrible together. The bourbon also kills off any remaining yeast when you pour it in so bottle conditioning it doesn't do anything. Aging it for an extra 3 weeks hasn't improved the flavor at all. This is the only beer I've ever made in a year of brewing that I actually dumped. It is that bad.

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    mr.beer1
    4 years ago

    Oh no! We never want you to end up with bad beer! Feel free to contact us at customer service! We are happy to help you! Cheers!

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    Anonymous
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    5 years ago
    Just amazing!

    This is a heavy tasty brew. This brew got my brother a stout fanatic admit he would pay top dollar for a brew like this in stores.

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