Chocolate Vanilla Stout

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DarkBrood

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Location
Pahoa
Recipe Type
Partial Mash
Yeast
Nottingham
Yeast Starter
none
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
none
Batch Size (Gallons)
5.5
Original Gravity
1.048
Final Gravity
1.009
Boiling Time (Minutes)
60
IBU
17.5
Color
28
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
5 @ 70*F
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
9 @ 70*F
Additional Fermentation
6+ weeks bottle conditioning
Tasting Notes
Yummy and smooth.
Recipe Type: Extract/Partial Mash
Yeast: Danstar Nottingham
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.009
IBU: 17.5
Color: 28
ABV: 5.1%

Water:
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Start Water: Poland Spring
Target Water: Dublin, Ireland
Added:
1.3 gm Gypsum
0.6 gm Epsom Salt
0.7 gm Baking Soda
1.3 gm Calcium Chloride
4.3 gm Chalk

Partial Mash Ingredients:
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24.3 oz Flaked Oats [2.0]
9.0 oz Roasted Barley [575.0]
Mashed 40 min. at 120*F-->165*F

Boil Ingredients:
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3.20 lb Northern Brewer Dark LME [24.0] (60 min.)
1.00 lb Briess Pilsen Light DME [2.3] (60 min.)
0.81 lb Nestle Toll House 100% Cocoa Powder [12.0] (60 min.)
1.00 lb Lactose [0.0] (60 min.)
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (10 min.)

Hops:
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1.00 oz Willamette [4.7%] (60 min.)

Notes:
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At last two days of secondary, added:
2 Madagascar Vanilla Beans, soaked 24hrs in 1/3c Bacardi White

Fermentation:
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Primary: 5 days at 70*F
Secondary: 9 days at 70*F
Bottled with 4 Munton's Carb Tabs per bottle.

Tasting Notes:
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At 4 weeks in the bottle, still a little green.
At 6 weeks, vanilla shows up - along with sediment and floaters.
Further aging increases vanilla strongly and chocolate with subtlety.

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Sounds good! May brew this Sunday. Have you tried brewing it without water modification? My water taste amazing, so I figure I'd not mess with it when I do this brew.
 
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