Imperial Chocolate Stout

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beesy

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Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
1056
Batch Size (Gallons)
5.75
Original Gravity
1.086
Final Gravity
1.017
Boiling Time (Minutes)
75
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
35
Tasting Notes
Fantastic!!
Brew date 01/09/2011
Yeast: 1056 - 2.5L starter on stir plate
73% eff
sv 6.75g
fv 5.75g
~5.33 gallons to primary, 5 to keg
sg 1.086
fg 1.017
single infusion @ 152 @ 1.33 qts/lb - fly sparged
75 minute boil due to high relative humidity on brew day
13.25 two row - american
1.5 flaked oats
1.0 roasted barley
.75 chocolate
.75 pale chocolate
6oz 120 crystal
60 ibu worth of columbus (ctz) @ 60 mins
1.25oz willamettes @ 10 mins
5oz godiva cocoa @ 15 mins
1 lb light brown sugar @ 20 mins

this was kegged 02/17/2011 for 2.0 volumes and tapped a few days later.

This beer would be fantastic aged in a barrel or on some oak. I was originally going to add coffee, but it was so good without it, I left it out.
 
Here's a PICTURE. It's not a chocolate milk type choc-stout, it's roasty and bitter and I love it.
 
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