Hello everyone! I'm thinking a stout...

[Drumking]

Hi, so I'm currently enjoying a pale ale I brewed about a month ago. It was my first batch and it tastes pretty good now, better than when I tried a couple after two weeks in the bottle. I'm going to be starting another batch soon and I was thinking of either making a chocolate stout or a pumpkin beer; I'm leaning more towards the stout. Any suggestions on a chocolate stout recipe that wouldn't be too difficult to make? Oh, and I currently don't have a secondary and I'm not sure if it would be possible to make a chocolate stout properly without one. I've looked at recipes on here, but I wanted to get some seasoned opinions. Thanks!

 

[jborho]

I am assuming your doing extract... and yes you can. I have used chocolate nibs in that past to get that flavor. That is the beauty of homebrewing, you can make what ever you want. Welcome to our forum.

 

[hulkavitch]

Just brewed this samples taste great 1 wk in primary. It is a variation of the popular deception milk stout on this site:

(grains were steeped for 45 mins between 155-160.

Milk stout

Extract:

4.50 lb Amber Dry Extract
1.5 lb Wheat dry extract (60% wheat)
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt
60L
0.75 lb Chocolate Malt 350L
0.5 lb Roasted Barley 300L
1 lb Lactose (Boil 10 min)

0.5 oz German Magnum 27.0 IBU (60 mins)

1.00 Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10 min)

Yeast: wyeast 1450

Yeast nutrient (5 mins)

Secondary: 4 oz. cacao nibs

 

[Drumking]

Thanks, and yes, I'm doing extract brewing. Thanks for the recipe post hulkavitch. Hmm.. I wasn't sure about using much lactose because I didn't want it to taste very sweet. I'm interested in hearing how it turns out after it's ready. I had also thought of including oat flakes to possibly give it a creamier texture.