a little short on chocolate malt for belgian stout

[drunkinThailand]

I am going to be making a Belgian stout, here is the recipe

8.5 lb Belgian pilsen
0.65 lb crystal 45L
1.1 lb chocolate malt
0.2 lb black malt
0.125 lb special B

I already have all the ingredients from previous brews, except that I am almost 0.2 lb short of chocolate malt. I have extra black malt though, could I substitute a little of this to make up the shortage? or is that a bad idea? the reason I don't want to buy more chocolate malt is that i can only by in whole pounds.

thanks for any advice

 

[wilserbrewer]

You could scale the recipe back to 4 gallons, or just brew it .2 lbs short on the CM. I would just brew it with what you have on hand.

 

[howamidriving]

I second just going a little short on chocolate malt. I don't know what you're going for with your Belgian Stout but I just did one not too long ago and I was careful not to get overly roasty with the grain bill.

 

[drunkinThailand]

thanks for the advice, much appreciated.