Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Cappuccino Stout (Coffee, Milk Stout)

[michiganhomebrewer]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

WLP001

Yeast Starter

Yes

Batch Size (Gallons)

5.25

Original Gravity

1.067

Final Gravity

1.022

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

40

Color

47

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

14 @ 66

Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

7 @ 66

Tasting Notes

Dark Chocolate, Coffee

Just a few notes on this beer. Great coffee aroma and flavor, with a really full, creamy body. It really does taste like a cold cappuccino. This is my favorite beers to have on tap for the fall and winter.

I cold steeped the coffee by adding 4 oz of coarse ground coffee and adding them to two 12 oz mason jar (2 oz in each jar). Then I top them up with water and steeping them for 24 hours. Then I filter out the coffee grinds and add the coffee to the secondary for 7 days before kegging the final beer. Use a quality roasted coffee of your choosing. I have a local roaster that I like, but any quality coffee you like will work.

If you brew it let me know what you think.

OG:1.067
FG:1.022
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 40
SRM: 47

Grain:
9 lbs. US Pale Malt (2-Row)
1 lbs. Flaked Barley
1 lbs. Carmel/Crystal -60L
1 lbs. Chocoalate Malt
.5 lbs. Roasted Barley
.5 lbs Carafa III
1 lbs Lactose (added at the end of the boil)

Mash: Single Infusion
60 minutes @ 156 degrees F
10 minutes @ 168 degrees F

Boil:
.85 oz US Magnum @ 60 (14.0%AA)
.15 oz US Magnum @ 5 (14.0%AA)

Fermentation:
14 days @ 66 degrees F
7 days @ 66 degrees F (cold steeped coffee, directions in the description)

http://michiganhomebrewer.blogspot.com/2014/11/cappucino-stout-coffee-milk-stout.html

 

[michiganhomebrewer]

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[MagicMatt]

Looks really good. I'm starting to build a recipe for a Mocha Stout (a chocolate & coffee milk stout).

I think I'm going to pull inspiration from this, as well as Yooper's Oatmeal Stout.
Thanks for the recipe!

 

[michiganhomebrewer]

I thought about adding some cocoa nibs to the secondary, but I wanted a strong coffee flavor so I'm glad I didn't. Still I bet it would have been good with the chocolate too.

 

[Painty]

Its Stout Season... Good looking Stout.

 

[Fatlax73]

Just curious, is this for a 5 gallon batch? I new to the brewing game and this looks like something I want to try.

 

[Xaphoeous]

@Fatlax73
Welcome to brewing! The batch size in most recipes is in the information right at the top. This one is 5.25 gallons (4th line of text in the original post). The OP would have to chime in for the actual reason, but my guess is to account for loss to trub so that he still gets a full 5 gallons of drinkable beer into bottles or kegs. Cheers!

I always build my brews to put 5.25 to 5.5 gallons into the fermenter so that I have a full 5 gallons of clean beer into a keg without siphoning up yeast/trub from the bottom of the bucket.

 

[michiganhomebrewer]

Just curious, is this for a 5 gallon batch? I new to the brewing game and this looks like something I want to try.

I brew 5.25 gallon batches so I have 5 gallons after fermentation, going into the keg.

 

[michiganhomebrewer]

Just curious, is this for a 5 gallon batch? I new to the brewing game and this looks like something I want to try.

I see that was answered above already.

 

[Xaphoeous]

Just poured this into the fermenter. Looking forward to tasting it in a few weeks!

 

[Xaphoeous]

This is delicious! Nice recipe

 

[michiganhomebrewer]

This is delicious! Nice recipe

Thanks!

 

[Fatlax73]

Mine came out with a strong coffee flavor. But considering this was my second attempt at home brew it turned out pretty damn good!

 

[Xaphoeous]

Definitely a strong coffee flavor in mine too, but I think that's by design.

 

[michiganhomebrewer]

Yes, I was going for a strong coffee flavor. It seems like the average amount of cold steeped coffee in a stout is only 2 oz.

 

[Xaphoeous]

I think your recipe is great with the extra coffee.

 

[michiganhomebrewer]

Me too. It brings up a good point, regarding coffee in beer. The strength of coffee flavor and aroma is always dependent on the beans used. Also, how much flavor and aroma you want in the beer is individual.