Converting cheesefood's cream ale to a stout

[carnevoodoo]

I just switched a few things around. I've never made a stout, so let me know what you think. I'd steep all the grain for 45 just like the original.

Malts
6 pounds light DME
3/4 pound Caramel 60L
1/4 lb. 120L
1/2 lb. Organic chocolate malt
1/2 lb. Carafa II malt
1/4 lb. roasted barley

Hops
1.5 oz Saaz (60)

Yeast
WLP002 English Ale Yeast

Extras
1 tsp Irish Moss (15 minutes)
A blend of:
4oz Lactose, disolved in 2 cups of boiled water
2-3 oz real vanilla extract
Added to the secondary and stirred.

 

[david_42]

I'd cut the roasted barley to 4 oz. The vanilla & lactose should help the chocolate.

 

[carnevoodoo]

ok, cut. That's where I had it at first, so that's fine.

 

[Cheesefood]

I just switched a few things around. I've never made a stout, so let me know what you think. I'd steep all the grain for 45 just like the original.

Malts
6 pounds dark DME
3/4 pound Caramel 60L
1/4 lb. 120L
1/2 lb. Organic chocolate malt
1/2 lb. Carafa II malt
1/4 lb. roasted barley

Hops
1.5 oz Saaz (60)

Yeast
WLP002 English Ale Yeast

Extras
1 tsp Irish Moss (15 minutes)
A blend of:
4oz Lactose, disolved in 2 cups of boiled water
2-3 oz real vanilla extract
Added to the secondary and stirred.

Thanks for the mention, but this is nothing like mine. It's completely your own.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

With all those dark grains, just use light DME - it'll yield more fermentables per volume.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Thanks for the mention, but this is nothing like mine. It's completely your own.

ok. you were the inspiration to make a caramel cream anything, so you get 5% credit. If it sucks, I'll tell people that it was BierMuncher or someone else.

 

[carnevoodoo]

With all those dark grains, just use light DME - it'll yield more fermentables per volume.

hmm. I suppose I could do that.