Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Holy Mole Stout

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BierFour

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Location
Yellowknife
Recipe Type
Partial Mash
Yeast
German Ale Kolsch #29
Yeast Starter
None
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
None
Batch Size (Gallons)
5
Original Gravity
1.074
Final Gravity
1.024
Boiling Time (Minutes)
60
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
14 @ 70
Tasting Notes
Back of the throat heat, but no hotter than a Mexican restaurant salsa
GRAINS (30 min @ 152)
Chocolate: 0.44 lbs
Munich: 2.0 lbs
Aromatic: 0.75 lbs
Carafe: 0.56 lbs (Consider reducing this by half)

LME:
Light - 7.5 lbs

HOPS:
60 min. - 0.95 Tettnang
30 min. - 0.95 Tettnang (yes, twice)
5 min - 0.25 Liberty

SPICES:
15 Min.: 6 oz Hersheys Special Dark UNSWEETENED cocoa
1 tspn. Irish Moss
1/8 tspn yeast nutrients

5 Min: Pull about 2 cups of wort, put in blender, and blend with below
3/4 tspn ground Chipotle pepper
1 each dried Guajillo, Ancho, & Pasillo Peppers
Seeds from above peppers removed and toasted with
1/2 tspn Coriander (toasted)
1/2 tspn ground cloves (STRONGLY suggest doubling this)
1 tspn Almond extract
1 star anise
1/2 cup raisins (consider doubling)
2 - whole cinnamon sticks (about 2 Tbsp)

Day 2 of fermentation, my brew room smelled like heaven (from the cloves). Most of the forward flavor came from the carafe. So I recommend reducing the amount.
6.6 ABV
 
Bottling this today after two weeks in secondary and it already tastes fantastic!
 
Finished product is better than expected. Could be a bit spicier... I only added a teaspoon of roasted seeds to the secondary so next time will double and see what happens. Lots of people have complimented me on this beer. Great recipe!
 
Is this more towards Abraxas, Bomb, or Hunahpu?

I've only had Abraxas and love it so a attempt at that would be fantastic!
 
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