AHS Rogue Chocolate stout clone

[jourelemode]

anyone here try making this before? how did you like it if you have and how is the body on it?

I'm planning on ordering it this weekend so I can brew up a new batch of beer this coming week, i've got nothing in primary now since I just bottled up my cascadian dark ale.

oh yeah, I got this leftover booster from a mr beer kit thats maybe 7 months old that i think ill add to get the abv up 1%. But since i'm going to do that, I was thinking it might get too dry and thin bodied so maybe i'll add 1lbs of lactose to it. Is that a good amount or is it too much. this will be a 5gallon batch.

never done a stout before or used lactose so i'm wondering when I should add it and how will it affect the OG and SG.

thanks guys!

 

[jourelemode]

nobody has anything to say? even just about the lactose

 

[509inc]

IMO boosters are not they way to go. I have only just them twice, but the results were enough to make me not use them again.

Granted that was before I was controlling my fermentation temps but I attributed the hot alcohol taste the the booster.

 

[jourelemode]

IMO boosters are not they way to go. I have only just them twice, but the results were enough to make me not use them again.

Granted that was before I was controlling my fermentation temps but I attributed the hot alcohol taste the the booster.

yeah me too but i got it here and wanted to get rid of it. My last brew was a cascadian dark ale which is in the bottles now priming. I used a alcohol booster from AHS and it tastes awesome to me. You think the effect from the mr. beer booster will be similar? thanks

 

[509inc]

The AHS booster is the only booster I've used. If you like the result after using the booster I say rock on.

Personally I support Rogue like some people do with football teams. I would not tweak a recipe of theirs.