Chocolate/Vanilla/Cinammon Stout

[ReneVH]

So I had an idea for this "Girl Scout Cookie" type of recipe and came up with this. Not sure if it has too much stuff in it, perhaps it might do well without the Cinammon. This is BIAB, by the way.


Boil: 7 Gal
Batch: 5 Gal
Brewing Time: 60min
Temp: 100 (when malts go in)
150 (until water boils down to 6 or 5 gallons)


Mash

-8 lbs Pale 2-Row
-1 lb Chocolate Malt
-0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 80L
-1 lb American - Victory
-1.5 lb Flaked Oats
-1 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar)


Hops:

-0.5 oz Aurora @50min
-1 oz Cascade @10min

Additives:

-2 Vanilla Beans @Secondary Fermentation (2 weeks before bottling)
-2 Chopped Cinammon Sticks Soaked in Whisky @Secondary Fermentation (3 days before bottling)

 

[JohnSand]

If you find it has too much spice, time will mellow it.
Since you're extracting cinnamon flavor with alcohol, you might get an idea of how much to use by drawing a sample of beer and adding spice/whiskey with a dropper.
Good luck with it, let us know how it works out.