Chocolate Orange Stout

[TwistedLiquidBrew]

Here's my 1st go at a Stout! I've been putting this together all week and was further motivated today when I paid a visit to my LHBS (Southern Brewing & Winemaking in Tampa); they had Chocolate Raspberry & Cacao Vanilla on tap for their anniversary. Both were fantastic - I brought a growler home filled with 1/2 of each!


Chocolate Orange Stout
Size: 3 gal
Efficiency: 81.47%
Calories: 328.32 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.098
est Terminal Gravity: 1.024
est Alcohol: 9.72%
Color: 37.57
Bitterness: 30.5

Steep for 45min
2 lb (20.5%) Vienna Malt
1.5 lb (15.4%) Chocolate Wheat Malt
.5 lb (5.1%) Cara-Pils® Malt

Boil 60 min
1.5 lb (15.4%) CBW® Bavarian Wheat LME
1.5 lb (15.4%) CBW® Sparkling Amber LME

0.25 oz (8.3%) Mandarina Bavaria (8.5%) - 35 m
0.25 oz (8.3%) Phoenix (12.0%) - 10 m
5.00 oz Cacao Powder boiled 5 m
1.50 oz Sweet Orange Peel (dried and crushed) - 5 m
2.00 oz Cacao Nibs Roasted - 5 m
0.50 oz (16.7%) Mandarina Bavaria (8.5%) - 5 m
0.50 oz (16.7%) Phoenix (12.0%) - 5 m
2.375 lb (24.4%) Orange Blossom Honey - 5 m
6.00 oz (3.8%) Molasses - 5 m

Flameout
0.50 oz (16.7%) Mandarina Bavaria (8.5%)

Pitch
1.00 oz Sweet Orange Peel (dried and crushed)
1 ea Wyeast 3463 Forbidden Fruit™

Dry Hop Plan in seconday
0.50 oz (16.7%) Phoenix (12.0%)
0.50 oz (16.7%) Mandarina Bavaria (8.5%)
4.00 oz Cacao Nibs Roasted
2.00 oz Sweet Orange Peel (dried and crushed)
1-2 ea Vanilla Whole Beans

 

[TwistedLiquidBrew]

I racked this to a secondary last night (Gravity was at 1.026). Since I forgot the lactose during the boil, I put 2cups of water to boil and added 12oz of lactose along with 4 mandarin oranges (peeled and sectioned) - about 5 minutes boiling. After the boil, I took a sanitized spoon and pressed each slice to break the skin. I then added the mix to my secondary and racked the stout on top of it. While at it, I dropped in a muslin bag with 4oz of cacao nibs. I plan to leave this in the secondary for 10-14 days. Woke up this morning to active fermentation...

 

[ZebulonBrewer]

This sounds interesting. I'd like to hear how it turns out. What kind of hops are the Mandarina Bavaria? I'm not familiar with those

 

[TwistedLiquidBrew]

It's an aroma hops producing strong tangerine and citrus. I picked up 1/2lb from Farmhouse Brewing Supply primarily to use in my wits. When I decided to do this stout, it seemed like an easy decision to include it.

Here are a couple of links that give more info on the hops:
https://www.hopunion.com/german-mandarina-bavaria/

http://www.baywa.eu/fileadmin/media...trieb/14384_Flyer_Mandarina_eng_DIN_A5_k1.pdf

 

[rocketsan]

How did this turn out?