Chocolate for breakfast stout

[MHBT]

What do you all think for adding chocolate to a stout? Im torn between adding real chocolate ,melting it and adding 5 mins left in boil, i also have some hershey cocoa powder too so thinking i should add that instead cause it has less fat and wont kill the head retention as much idk

 

[day_trippr]

I've kept my imperial chocolate stout continuously on tap for years. It's always been a hit, even with folks that aren't beer drinkers.
Here are the basics for five gallons:

16 lb 2 row pale malt (I prefer Golden Promise)
1 lb flaked barley
1 lb chocolate malt
1/4 lb black barley malt
1/4 lb black patent malt (could combine both black malts into either one really)
1/4 lb roasted barley
1/2 lb crystal/caramel malt 40-60L
1/2 lb caramalt
1/4 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt

2 oz Chinook pellets, 60 minutes
2 oz Cascade pellets, 15-20 minutes
2 lb honey, end of boil (TURN OFF THE BURNER BEFORE STIRRING IN!)
1/2 lb low fat cocoa powder, end of boil
Fermentis S04, 2 packs
1/2 lb cacao nibs and a scraped and smushed vanilla bean, soaked in dark rum for a week, then add the whole thing at secondary
1 oz pure chocolate extract, add at kegging

I have been mashing this at 148°F to get the FG down in the mid-upper 20s.
Serve on nitro if possible!

Cheers!

 

[MHBT]

I've kept my imperial chocolate stout continuously on tap for years. It's always been a hit, even with folks that aren't beer drinkers.
Here are the basics for five gallons:

16 lb 2 row pale malt (I prefer Golden Promise)
1 lb flaked barley
1 lb chocolate malt
1/4 lb black barley malt
1/4 lb black patent malt (could combine both black malts into either one really)
1/4 lb roasted barley
1/2 lb crystal/caramel malt 40-60L
1/2 lb caramalt
1/4 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt

2 oz Chinook pellets, 60 minutes
2 oz Cascade pellets, 15-20 minutes
2 lb honey, end of boil (TURN OFF THE BURNER BEFORE STIRRING IN!)
1/2 lb low fat cocoa powder, end of boil
Fermentis S04, 2 packs
1/2 lb cacao nibs and a scraped and smushed vanilla bean, soaked in dark rum for a week, then add the whole thing at secondary
1 oz pure chocolate extract, add at kegging

I have been mashing this at 148°F to get the FG down in the mid-upper 20s.
Serve on nitro if possible!

Cheers!

Nice looking recipe! Today im doing a much more basic stout recipe but definitely like to try that another brew

 

[TenaCJed]

I have done similar to the recipe above, except that I added the cocao powder to the mash instead of the end of the boil. However I did not use chocolate extract.

 

[Leezer]

I've also done similar recipe to daytrppr, with unsweetened cocoa powder near end of boil and nibs in secondary. Comes out nice. I haven't tried adding honey or choc extract, but I may have to change things up and try that, sounds good.

 

[MHBT]

I've kept my imperial chocolate stout continuously on tap for years. It's always been a hit, even with folks that aren't beer drinkers.
Here are the basics for five gallons:

16 lb 2 row pale malt (I prefer Golden Promise)
1 lb flaked barley
1 lb chocolate malt
1/4 lb black barley malt
1/4 lb black patent malt (could combine both black malts into either one really)
1/4 lb roasted barley
1/2 lb crystal/caramel malt 40-60L
1/2 lb caramalt
1/4 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt

2 oz Chinook pellets, 60 minutes
2 oz Cascade pellets, 15-20 minutes
2 lb honey, end of boil (TURN OFF THE BURNER BEFORE STIRRING IN!)
1/2 lb low fat cocoa powder, end of boil
Fermentis S04, 2 packs
1/2 lb cacao nibs and a scraped and smushed vanilla bean, soaked in dark rum for a week, then add the whole thing at secondary
1 oz pure chocolate extract, add at kegging

I have been mashing this at 148°F to get the FG down in the mid-upper 20s.
Serve on nitro if possible!

Cheers!

What is your OG with this recipe?

 

[day_trippr]

The recipe aims for 1.107 OG and I rarely miss by more than a point if at all. FG typically comes in at 1.025-1.028...

Cheers!

 

[MHBT]

The recipe aims for 1.107 OG and I rarely miss by more than a point if at all. FG typically comes in at 1.025-1.028...

Cheers!

so awesome, yesterday i did a much smaller one only 1080 and opted for small amount of cocoa powder 25 grams 5 mins left in boil just want chocolate notes not too much probably not gonna add anything else and tweak on future batches. your recipe looks really good i gotta try that, very complex flavors i bet

 

[Jloewe]

Am I the only one that read that “chocolate stout for breakfast” or is that just wishful thinking?

 

[MHBT]

Am I the only one that read that “chocolate stout for breakfast” or is that just wishful thinking?

Wishful thinking but i like the way you think you have a beautiful mind