i'm going to give this a shot...never added chocolate to any beer before.
Here's the plan:
Heat the cacao powder in hot water and add with 15 minutes left in the boil, along with the whirfloc and lactose.
All the extract will be added at the beginning of the boil.
Cacao Nibs will be added to the secondary for two weeks.
Let me know if any of this sounds odd to you or if you have any suggestions! Also, does anyone know how this will age? will the chocolate flavor still be around next winter?
Cheers,
DB
Here's the plan:
Heat the cacao powder in hot water and add with 15 minutes left in the boil, along with the whirfloc and lactose.
All the extract will be added at the beginning of the boil.
Cacao Nibs will be added to the secondary for two weeks.
Let me know if any of this sounds odd to you or if you have any suggestions! Also, does anyone know how this will age? will the chocolate flavor still be around next winter?
Cheers,
DB
Chocolate Stout
A ProMash Recipe Report
BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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13-B Stout, Sweet Stout
Min OG: 1.042 Max OG: 1.056
Min IBU: 25 Max IBU: 48
Min Clr: 30 Max Clr: 60 Color in SRM, Lovibond
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 8.88
Anticipated OG: 1.052 Plato: 12.92
Anticipated SRM: 26.4
Anticipated IBU: 28.6
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 6.47 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.044 SG 11.06 Plato
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Extract SRM
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22.5 2.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.009 2
11.3 1.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.005 8
9.9 0.88 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.003 350
5.6 0.50 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.002 40
5.6 0.50 lbs. White Wheat Belgium 1.003 3
5.6 0.50 lbs. Flaked Soft White Wheat America 1.002 2
28.2 2.50 lbs. Generic DME - Light Generic 1.021 8
5.6 0.50 lbs. Brown Sugar Generic 1.004 4
5.6 0.50 lbs. Lactose 1.003 0
Exract represented as SG.
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.25 oz. Willamette Whole 5.40 27.2 60 min.
0.25 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.20 1.4 20 min.
Extras
Amount Name Type Time
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1.00 Unit Whirfloc Fining 15 Min (boil)
4.00 Oz Cacao Powder Spice 15 Min (boil)
4.00 Oz Cacao Nibs Spice 14 Days (secondary)
Yeast
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DCL Yeast S-05 SafAle American Ale