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WoodlandBrew · 11-01-2012, 02:16 PM

Sounds like fermentation is going well. when you described the fermentation activity I was afraid it might be fairly hot.

Small world! I live on Woodland rd, hence the name.

sweed · 11-15-2012, 12:35 AM

I just moved this to the secondary. I did soak some (3oz.) Bakers unsweetened chocolate in vodka last night. It made a really good extract, and I dumped that into the secondary, then real my stout on top. The sample, for some reason my taste buds are gone, I was eating some hot salsa while getting some beers with a friend, so that probably hurt it. But, I was able to taste the roasty chocolaty goodness slightly. For all that grains and chocolate, I expected more, but I tasted a few other things, and my taste buds need some time. So I'll keep this for another week, then bottle it. OG went lower than I expected it to, at 1.018. The cocoa still seemed suspended in it, but I was moving it around a little but before racking it, so I'm not surprised. The color is a very deep brown, which is not what I expected. T he wheat may have contributed to that as well as the cocoa? Maybe the yeast was still floating around in it to lighten it up, but I expected this to be black. After a week well see. But so far so good. I just wish I didn't burn my tongue on that hot salsa, dumb move!

WoodlandBrew · 11-15-2012, 11:13 AM

That's 80% attenuation even with the lactose. us-05 is a beast! 1.018 is right in the middle of the BJCP final gravity for a sweet stout, so you should have no worries there.

sweed · 11-15-2012, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by WoodlandBrew

That's 80% attenuation even with the lactose. us-05 is a beast! 1.018 is right in the middle of the BJCP final gravity for a sweet stout, so you should have no worries there.

I know, I expected it to be around 1.022. I took a look at it this morning, and it seems clearer and darker, all that funk was just floating around. I wish I could taste this last night, I'll make sure to keep the hot stuff away next wednesday.

sweed · 11-16-2012, 03:10 PM

I just remembered that I forgot about my vanilla bean for the secondary!! Whoops! I think I'll just leave it out this time, and I'll bottle this up Saturday, instead of leaving it for a week. Then I'll have some for Thanksgiving!

WoodlandBrew · 11-16-2012, 03:19 PM

Sounds like it's going to be a good beer.