Chaos_Being
Well-Known Member
A little over a month ago, I started a chocolate stout using this recipe:
0.5 lb roasted barley, and 0.5lb chocolate malt- steeped for 20 min @ 160f
4 lbs light DME
6 lbs dark DME
0.5 oz Nugget @ 60 min
1 oz Williamette @ 15 min
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 min
6 oz cocoa powder (emulsified and added to primary)
I got a SG of 1.1 @ 77F, which I am almost certain is higher than it should be due to me measuring while all that cocoa was in suspension. After two weeks in primary, I read the gravity as being 1.030 @ 68F. I let it sit in primary for two more weeks, and when I went to rack it to secondary, it was still at 1.030.
It's been in the secondary for a little over a week now, and while I haven't had the chance to measure the gravity yet, I'd be willing to be it's still at 1.030. I think this seems to be fairly high, and am wondering if I should try pitching some champagne yeast to knock it down a bit further. Good idea, bad idea? For what it's worth, the beer itself tastes pretty good, but is a little viscous in texture from the high gravity.
0.5 lb roasted barley, and 0.5lb chocolate malt- steeped for 20 min @ 160f
4 lbs light DME
6 lbs dark DME
0.5 oz Nugget @ 60 min
1 oz Williamette @ 15 min
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 min
6 oz cocoa powder (emulsified and added to primary)
I got a SG of 1.1 @ 77F, which I am almost certain is higher than it should be due to me measuring while all that cocoa was in suspension. After two weeks in primary, I read the gravity as being 1.030 @ 68F. I let it sit in primary for two more weeks, and when I went to rack it to secondary, it was still at 1.030.
It's been in the secondary for a little over a week now, and while I haven't had the chance to measure the gravity yet, I'd be willing to be it's still at 1.030. I think this seems to be fairly high, and am wondering if I should try pitching some champagne yeast to knock it down a bit further. Good idea, bad idea? For what it's worth, the beer itself tastes pretty good, but is a little viscous in texture from the high gravity.