Wednesday, August 14, 2013

#4 - Chocolate Stout (WTFiN)


And not just any chocolate stout. For this one I used chocolate and honey malt in high amounts (10% of the grain bill each). Limited the roast malts because I never like a very roasty stout and used the carapils / crystal for a thicker body. 

Overall, was aiming for a very sweet, savory stout that is pitch black in color. I also added some cocoa nibs at flame out for more of a chocolate kick. Cocoa nibs are very intense with a fair amount of bitterness when eaten alone so only used 1 oz. Recipe below:

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/65565/wtfin-chocolate-stout

OG: 1.04 - Off from the estimated 1.059 but it works out with 1.5 gallon yield (closer to what I had). Have ended up with more than 1 gallon going into secondary with the last two - Oops.

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