Triple Mocha Java Stout (aka: Sexual Chocolate)

[willatkinson]

This is a very Dark Stout, brewed with Chocolate Malts, Coffee, and Ghiradelli Chocolate. It was very well recieved by black coffee drinkers. I loved it. I even included my label!

malt & fermentables

% LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE

90% 7 0 Dark Malt Extract Syrup info
5% 0 6 Chocolate Malt info
3% 0 4 Flaked Barley info
2% 0 2 Black Patent Malt info

Batch size: 5.0 gallons

hops

USE TIME OZ VARIETY

boil 60 mins 1.0 Fuggles (pellet)
boil 30 mins 0.5 Willamette (pellet)
boil 10 mins 0.5 Willamette (pellet)

yeast

Irish Dry Stout
ale yeast in liquid form with medium flocculation

misc

USE TIME AMOUNT INGREDIENT

boil 1 min 6 ounces Chocolate, Baker's Dark
primary 0 min 64.0 liquid ozs Coffee, Brewed
bottling 0 min 5 ounces Brown Sugar

boil

WHEN WHAT

… Start boil
60 mins Add 1 oz of Fuggles Hops
55 mins
50 mins
45 mins
40 mins
35 mins
30 mins Add 0.5 oz of Willamette Hops
25 mins
20 mins
15 mins
10 mins Add 0.5 oz of Willamette Hops
5 mins
1 min Add 6 ounces of Chocolate, Baker's Dark
0 mins
… Chill wort

 

[Oldsock]

I love the concept, but here are a couple suggestions for next time:

I’d be worried that you’ll end up with too much sweetness combining all that dark extract with a low attenuating yeast like Irish. I’d suggest going with some/all pale extract and adding more dark steeping grains for color flavor. This way also gives you more control over the roast character. Flaked barley needs to be mashed with a base malt (starches, but no enzymes). What was your FG?

I would avoid chocolate bar (the fat can hurt the head retention and flavor stability of the beer). Cocoa powder is a good choice since it has had most of the fat removed. A bit of vanilla is a nice addition as well since almost every chocolate dessert contains it. For coffee I like adding the beans directly to the beer for 12-24 hours before bottling, you get more aromatics and less harsh/acidity in my experience.

I’d go lower than 5 oz of priming sugar, I think a big rich beer like this needs just a bit of carbonation to give it a creamy mouthfeel.

 

[snowman2646]

With a label like that I would have to buy it if I seen it on a shelf.

 

[willatkinson]

Thanks!