Has anyone made this recipe? I was thinking of making this and adding some vanilla beans to the Secondary. Any opinions? Is this beer really bitter?
Stone Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout (12th Anniversary Beer) clone
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.094 FG = 1.022
IBU = 45 SRM = 64 ABV = 9.3%
Ingredients
16 lbs. (7.3 kg) 2-row malt
0.5 lbs. (0.23 kg) CaraPils malt
0.5 lbs. (0.23 kg) crystal malt (15 °L)
2.0 lbs. (0.91 kg) flaked oats
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) chocolate malt
0.25 lbs. (0.11 kg) roasted barley (500 °L)
0.25 lbs. (0.11 kg) black malt
3.25 oz. (92 g) cocoa (15 mins)
3 AAU Galena hops (90 mins) (0.25 oz./7.1 g of 12 % alpha acids)
2 AAU Willamette hops (60 mins) (0.4 oz./11 g of 5% alpha acids)
2 AAU Ahtanum hops (60 mins) (0.4 oz./11 g of 5% alpha acids)
6.5 AAU Summit hops (60 mins) (0.38 oz./11 g of 17% alpha acids)
White Labs WLP002 (English Ale) yeast (3 qt./3 L yeast (tarter)
7⁄8 cup corn sugar (for priming)
Step by Step
Mash at 150 °F (66 °C). Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops and cocoa at times indicated in the ingredient list. Ferment at 66 °F (19 °C).
Stone Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout (12th Anniversary Beer) clone
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.094 FG = 1.022
IBU = 45 SRM = 64 ABV = 9.3%
Ingredients
16 lbs. (7.3 kg) 2-row malt
0.5 lbs. (0.23 kg) CaraPils malt
0.5 lbs. (0.23 kg) crystal malt (15 °L)
2.0 lbs. (0.91 kg) flaked oats
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) chocolate malt
0.25 lbs. (0.11 kg) roasted barley (500 °L)
0.25 lbs. (0.11 kg) black malt
3.25 oz. (92 g) cocoa (15 mins)
3 AAU Galena hops (90 mins) (0.25 oz./7.1 g of 12 % alpha acids)
2 AAU Willamette hops (60 mins) (0.4 oz./11 g of 5% alpha acids)
2 AAU Ahtanum hops (60 mins) (0.4 oz./11 g of 5% alpha acids)
6.5 AAU Summit hops (60 mins) (0.38 oz./11 g of 17% alpha acids)
White Labs WLP002 (English Ale) yeast (3 qt./3 L yeast (tarter)
7⁄8 cup corn sugar (for priming)
Step by Step
Mash at 150 °F (66 °C). Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops and cocoa at times indicated in the ingredient list. Ferment at 66 °F (19 °C).
