Att. MXROB : I'm not brewing any more ; gave that up 30 years ago but still have some of my old recipes . You appear to be searching for a Stout-recipe ; you may want to try this one : One 2 1/2 lb. can Stoutex , 1 oz. brewing hops , 1/2 oz. finishing hops (Kent) , 4 lbs. corn-sugar , 1 lb. crystal-malt , 5 can. or 6 US gallons water , 2 tsp. salt , 2 tsp. water-treatment , 1 tsp. citric acid , 1 tsp. Vita-Vin or 2 tsp. brewing-salts , 1/3 stick licorice , 1 tsp. heading-liquid , 1 tsp.ascorbic acid , pure stout-yeast-starter . --- Now crush the crystal-malt in a glass or stainless-steel container (of at least 2 gallon capacity) . Add 1 1/2 gallons of hot water and keep it at a temperature of 145 degrees F for 4 hrs. (at low heat on a stove) . Use an immersion-thermometer . Tie the "broken-up" brewing-hops (Brewers Gold) into a cheesecloth . Freeze and pulverize the licorice . --- Strain the liquid from the crystal-malt into your boiler . Add the Stoutex , hops ,citric acid , salt , water-treatment and licorice . Bring to a boil and simmer for about 2 hrs. Then discard the brewing-hops . --- From here on proceed just as you would with Ale . --- Starting-gravity is 1.040 to 1.045 . Terminal gravity is 1.005 . Primary fermentation should be at 60-65 degrees F . Secondary fermentation at 55-60 degrees F . Age in bottle for at least 1 month . --- It should keep in a bottle for better than a year . --- Alcoholic content should be about 7-8% . --- Personally , I'm a Lager-drinker ; I like a hoppy Pilsener-style-beer . However , have tried my hand at many different styles of beer . Nowadays I'm too damn lazy to brew any more . I've got too many hobbies to occupy me ; like biking , boating , flying , hunting , fishing , handloading and shooting (in a club) , tinkering etc., etc. --- Well , you know what I'm talking about . --- My wife tells me to act my age ; I'm not ready to take up knitting yet . --- Good luck with the brew .--- Enjoy !!! ---
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The IPA came out better than I had hoped and has improved just aging a bit in the kegerator. It's on the hoppy side (dry hopped with Citra hops) with a pretty good bitter front and good medium body...... think Bells Two Hearted, Founders Centennial IPA or maybe a Shorts Huma Lupa. A bit too hoppy for most lighter ale drinking folks... me likey! I'm trying to come up with a good stout recipe next. 
