How to brew with Chocolate

[Incoerenza86]

Hi there,

While I am about to bottle my third batch (first 2 turnout pretty good) I have an idea for another project for the next brew: using chocolate and vanilla.

I will be using a very good stout malt extract kit, but my concern is on the usage of chocolate from scratch:

Which one? (Cocoa Powder? Cocoa Syrup?)

What stage? (Powder in a muslin bag and then to the wort for primary or in secondary?)

Quantity?

Thanks for your reply!

 

[TequilaMockingbird]

I have recently done just that. I bought some organic cacao nibs from Amazon (crushed raw cocoa beans). I added these in the last five minutes of the boil.

Came out great!

 

[Sheldon]

Sunday I brewed a choc oatmeal stout. Added 8 oz of nestles dark choc powder for last 15 minutes. From appearances, not getting a lot of visible bubbles (can't depend on that) and used 2 packets of dry yeast. Hope this ferments, but I've read that the oils in the cocoa may inhibit activity. Time will tell.