Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Nothing Fancy Chocolate Milk Stout

[eviljay]

Just gave my week along batch a taste. Man I love this beer.

 

[advogold]

Oh boy! Can't wait. I'm going to make a holiday beer. I was thinking of using
this recipe as base or Baltic Porter from Sept/Oct Zymurgy mag. I'm planning on changing C120 to Special B and adding .75 or 1 Lb of Vienna, 1lb cane sugar, 1 tsp each allspice,nutmeg & cinnamon. Topping it off with a 2oz coffee toddy. For Hops I was thinking of 1oz No. Brewer-60, 1oz Fuggles-45, 1oz Styrian Golding's-15. Does that sound like It'll work?

 

[eviljay]

Why not? I feel like it may be a little hoppy, but go for it.

 

[Homercidal]

Mine could be tasted now. I should pop a couple in the fridge and try them. Darn cold will not be good for tasting though.

 

[eviljay]

Let me know!

 

[dstranger99]

I just purchased a Milk Stout Brewers best kit (5 gallon extract). What product would I need to add to make it a chocolate stout and how much to use ?........

 

[Homercidal]

Let me know!

Yeah. Went home for lunch and completely forgot to put some in the fridge. Just a small sample of how forgetful I am. I ate 2 hotdogs not 3 feet from the fridge and beer.

At least I finally remembered to bring that SS tube to work to bend for my BK pickup tube. So all I need do now is to remember to stop out at the bending machine before I leave and put a small bend on it...

 

[Homercidal]

I just purchased a Milk Stout Brewers best kit (5 gallon extract). What product would I need to add to make it a chocolate stout and how much to use ?........

I'd read a few recipes for chocolate stout. Recipes vary, but I did an 8 ounce can of cocoa late in the boil and then dry hopped on cocoa nibs.

I imagine people go from subtle chocolate to Hershey stout and everything in between.

I also added some lactose to up the sweetness just a bit for the wife. I bet the kit you bought has some of that in it.

 

[advogold]

Oh shizzel. Ejay I got to LHBS and forgot my shopping list. Smh luckily I had access to this thread so basically just following original recipe other than swapping out c120 for special B and pacman yeast. Trying a pumpkin porter taste like @#$%* but kinda wavering a bit on pumpkin stout. I also plan to use fuggles and maybe leftover northern brewer. Brown sugar and spices are all lined out but on fence about using them at this point.

 

[eviljay]

You'll be pleased with the original recipe!

 

[dstranger99]

I'd read a few recipes for chocolate stout. Recipes vary, but I did an 8 ounce can of cocoa late in the boil and then dry hopped on cocoa nibs.

I imagine people go from subtle chocolate to Hershey stout and everything in between.

I also added some lactose to up the sweetness just a bit for the wife. I bet the kit you bought has some of that in it.

I got my kit from UPS today, will post all ingredients in the morning. I didn't wanna create a new thread about it, I just wanted to post what it came with and get your response, among others on exactly what I should add before brew day.....the 8 ounce of cocoa does sound like a winner, Is this dry or a store bought hershey's syrup thing....?

 

[eviljay]

More people use cocoa powder.

 

[advogold]

Did it, samples great can't wait.

 

[eviljay]

Awesome

 

[dstranger99]

So, it looks like all I'll need to do is pick up some cocoa powder? How much of the powder should be added to the end of the boil? Here's the ingredients:

Fermentables:

3.3 lb Special Dark LME
3.3 lb Light LME
.5 lb Lactose
.5 lb Maltodextrin

Grains:

8 oz caramel 120L
4 oz roasted barley
4 oz dark chocolate

Hops

.5 oz millennium bittering
.5 oz willamette aroma

 

[Homercidal]

I put in the whole 8 oz container. After the boil, there was a good amount of sludge on the bottom of the BK. I had used a copper scrubby on the end of my dip tube to keep the hops and stuff from getting stuck in the siphon hose. It seemed to do a pretty good job of keeping most of the sludge out too.

And I also forgot to put some bottles in the fridge to chill. Again. Maybe this weekend I'll remember and get a chance to report how the recipe worked out.

 

[advogold]

Oh man. This is what i changed out for my Christmas beer. I stuck with pacman yeast. Got some Brown Sugar, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg from Rosauers. Added 1tsp cinnamon 1/2tsp allspice, 1/4tsp nutmeg. At 5 Min remaining in boil. Brown sugar at 15 min remaining. I'm going to make up a toddy and add either bottling or after primary fermentation. I also swapped special B in place of crystal. Oh I also used 2oz of Fuggles instead of NB going for a woody flavor along with holiday spice. It smelled excellent. Thanks eviljay for D inspiration BadA**

 

[Homercidal]

FWIW my wife did get to try that chocolate porter I made and she said she liked it. She even re-mentioned it this weekend. Frankly I'm surprised she liked it because it wasn't as "chocolatey" as I thought it was going to be. I think more roast character would have pushed into that realm, but it's not very bitter, so I think that helps her.

I'll have to see how often she drinks one to see if she is really liking it or just saying that to be nice.

 

[brew2enjoy]

I am going to try a 5 gallon version of this with only a few minor changes. I'll be using 1oz of Columbus at 60 min and using S-04 for the yeast. Also, where do you get cocoa nibs? Is that something you can get at the grocery store?

 

[Homercidal]

I am going to try a 5 gallon version of this with only a few minor changes. I'll be using 1oz of Columbus at 60 min and using S-04 for the yeast. Also, where do you get cocoa nibs? Is that something you can get at the grocery store?

I ordered some from Amazon. I got 1 lb of organic cocoa nibs for $10.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EKHMXU/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

There may be better deals out there, but this looked like the best deal at the time I ordered.

 

[eviljay]

My LHBS has nibs, so that's where I personally get them. I know AHB just started carrying nibs and cocoa beans, that could be worth looking into.

 

[advogold]

I got mine at natural grocers and they carry at rosouers

 

[FATC1TY]

Is this for 10 gallons? Just looking at it it would be 1.100 roughly for a 5 gal batch

 

[eviljay]

Yes, the recipe is for a 10G batch.

 

[FATC1TY]

Figured so. I was on my phone looking around, and tossed it in my program and the numbers were like 1.100 for a 5 gal batch. I want a beer that big, but it would be unbalanced at the 40IBU's it calculated.

Sounds good none the less, just smaller than I'm looking for right now.

 

[brew2enjoy]

This is what I came up with for a 5 gal batch. How does it look? I haven't decided if I'm going to use the nibs or cocoa powder yet.

8 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)
1 lbs Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM)
12.0 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Brown Malt (65.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM
1 lbs Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM)
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60. Hop

 

[eviljay]

Looks good to me!

 

[eviljay]

Although I still stand by extra dark crystal instead of 120.

 

[brew2enjoy]

I wouldn't mind using dark crystal but Brewmasters warehouse doesn't appear to carry it. 120 was the highest they have

 

[advogold]

I wouldn't mind using dark crystal but Brewmasters warehouse doesn't appear to carry it. 120 was the highest they have

What about some special B.
I just racked a gallon of my nothing fancy stout onto some oak chips. The rest will be kegged. I got a white house porter too so I may keg it and let my stout age a bit longer.