Flannagan's Bad Cow Stout

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Ó Flannagáin

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Location
Wichita Falls, Tx
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast
Yeast Starter
2 days, 1 cup DME
Batch Size (Gallons)
5.5
Original Gravity
1.061
Final Gravity
1.020
Boiling Time (Minutes)
60
IBU
36
Color
F'in Black
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
7 days @ 168F
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
10 days @ 170F
8lb Maris Otter
1.5lb Flaked Oats
1lb Chocolate Wheat
.25lb Roasted Barley
.25lb Special B

.75oz Target 30min
1oz Fuggles 60min

1 Cup Lactose Secondary
4 Tablespoons Belgian Dark Cocoa Powder Secondary

4 Tablespoons Belgian Dark Cocoa Powder Bottling Time

Mashed at 154 for 60 minutes


Name Interpretation:
C.O.W: Chocolate Oatmeal Wheat
BAD = BD = Belgian Dark (chocolate)
COW = lactose additions
 
This beer has been in bottles just over a week... I tasted one today... fecking AWESOME. So smooth its not even funny, the lactose is not too intense and the cocoa is there, but subtle. You can really taste the smoothness of the oats and special b interacting.

Great beer, highly recommended.
 
The cocoa powder is unsweetened, so you would definintely need priming sugar. Unless youa re kegging.

cocoa-powder.jpg


http://www.cafe-tasse.com/en/ProductDetail/2-31-354/app.rvb

You can buy it here:

http://www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/cafetasse.html
 
Quick conversion in beersmith I got

3lb dark liquid extract
4lb dry light extract

steep:
1.25lb oats flaked
1lb marris otter
.75lb chocolate wheat
.25 roasted barley
.25 special b

that might not be exact same beer but shoul be really good and pretty dang close. That is for a 5 gallon batch, not 5.5 like the all grain batch.
 
Where did you get this cocoa from? Any particular reason you used this brand? Looks rather expensive, $10 for one bag, but if it's worth it....I'm game.
 
This is a delicious recipe I just kegged mine about a week ago and tried it last night, very smooth.
 
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