ingredients for a stout

[haris]

I'm planning on making a stout, with some distinct chocolate taste. But, I'm not planning on using roast barley. Will this be ok?

Would it be ok to use dark LME (about 8 pounds) with chocolate and caramel malts?

I'm also contemplating on adding some dark chocolate towards the end of the boil.

 

[DeathBrewer]

some people will say that it won't technically be a stout without roasted barley, but i love chocolate malt and have made some fine stouts with low amounts of roasted barley (i don't really like the burnt flavor in all my brews.)

Check out the different types of stouts and see what you're looking for:

BJCP Guidelines

 

[haris]

Thanks! I ended up getting the roasted barley anyways.

What kind of results will this recipe produce?

Type: Partial Mash
Batch Size: 5.00 gal (3 gallon boil)
Boil Size: 6 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0


Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.90 lb Dark Liquid Extract (17.5 SRM) Extract 82.14 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 8.93 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 5.95 %
0.25 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 2.98 %
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops 17.3 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 9.5 IBU
1 Pkgs Munton's Yeast Yeast-Ale


Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.27 %
Bitterness: 26.8 IBU
Est Color: 29.4 SRM

 

[Ooompa Loompa]

That looks like a tastey stout recipe to me. If you're just going for a just a slight roasty flavor I think that should pretty much hit the nail on the head.

 

[Glibbidy]

If you really want a stout with a distinct chocolate taste, try adding 2oz. of chocolate extract in the secondary.

BTW Deathbrewer is right, without the Roasted Barley, techincally it ain't a stout.

 

[niquejim]

You can steep those grains, but you'll need some base malt for a PM. If you are going for an American stout it looks good, but if you want a more traditional stout I would drop the late hop addition.

 

[haris]

Thanks everyone! I've added an ounce of dark chocolate at the end of the boil and maybe thinking about adding another one during secondary.

Yeah, I'm going for more of a sweeter rather than bitter taste.

 

[DeathBrewer]

if you really want to accent the chocolate flavor, next time use EKG for the flavor...it really compliments it. you may be able to dry hop it, too...but i've never tried that.

i would have skipped the cascade, too, but it should be tasty for an "american" stout