Summer's Night
Cherry Chocolate Sweet Stout
Extract + Specialty Grains
5 gallons
OG: 1.060
FG: 1.015
IBU: 28.8
SRM: 26
ABV: 6.0%
Fermentables
3 lb Dark DME
3 lb Dark DME (Late addition)
8 oz Roasted Barley
8 oz American Black Patent
8 oz Belgian Chocolate Malt
Hops
1 oz Northern Brewer (bittering - boil 60)
1 oz Willamette (aroma - boil 1 min)
Yeast
Wyeast London Ale (1028)
Misc
5 lb Fresh Michigan Sweet Cherries * (Primary - 7 days)
8 oz Dark Baker's Chocolate (Primary - 7 days)
* first batch will likely use frozen cherries as a substitute - I won't be able to wait until next summer to brew this.
My typical boil is a 3 gallon stovetop boil, but I am going to move up to a full boil soon. Hopville calculated the IBUs based on a 3 gallon boil.
This is the first recipe I have written, and I would love some feedback. I don't know when to add the cherries and chocolate, whether to primary or secondary them, or what I should do. I would like something that has a definite sweetness to it, good cherry character with an underlying chocolate note. Should I put a vanilla bean in here?
I look forward to your suggestions!
Thanks.
Cherry Chocolate Sweet Stout
Extract + Specialty Grains
5 gallons
OG: 1.060
FG: 1.015
IBU: 28.8
SRM: 26
ABV: 6.0%
Fermentables
3 lb Dark DME
3 lb Dark DME (Late addition)
8 oz Roasted Barley
8 oz American Black Patent
8 oz Belgian Chocolate Malt
Hops
1 oz Northern Brewer (bittering - boil 60)
1 oz Willamette (aroma - boil 1 min)
Yeast
Wyeast London Ale (1028)
Misc
5 lb Fresh Michigan Sweet Cherries * (Primary - 7 days)
8 oz Dark Baker's Chocolate (Primary - 7 days)
* first batch will likely use frozen cherries as a substitute - I won't be able to wait until next summer to brew this.
My typical boil is a 3 gallon stovetop boil, but I am going to move up to a full boil soon. Hopville calculated the IBUs based on a 3 gallon boil.
This is the first recipe I have written, and I would love some feedback. I don't know when to add the cherries and chocolate, whether to primary or secondary them, or what I should do. I would like something that has a definite sweetness to it, good cherry character with an underlying chocolate note. Should I put a vanilla bean in here?
I look forward to your suggestions!
Thanks.
