Chocolate Stout for people who like chocolate beer but not coffee beer Brew Session

Brew Session Info

10/1/2017
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Irish Moss added in last 15 minutes of boil. Cocoa Powder (Hershey's Special Dark) added in last 10 minutes of boil.

Mash

PH
160 °FC
155 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.052 (estimated)
2.5 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
2 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 2.50 gallonsliters at 1.052 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.073.

You wanted an OG of 1.061. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.062 (1.061 predicted)
(1.015 predicted)

Conditioning

10/22/2017
10
Dextrose
5 oz g

Tasting Notes (2)

FITZ

Tasted on 12/30/2017 by FITZ

Notes:

It's definitely had time to settle down, but it's still not good. All the cocoa and yeast have formed bitter death at the bottom of the bottle. Without it, it just tastes like an incomplete brown ale. I'll try it again in a couple weeks, but I might just end up dumping this batch if it doesn't improve.

FITZ

Tasted on 11/5/2017 by FITZ

Notes:

It was a little bit early, but I was eager to try it. The beer was really cloudy. It tasted fresh in kind of a bad way. After the first sip, I started getting some chocolate notes. There was a lot of sediment left in the bottle, mostly cocoa powder, I assume. Maybe I should try to find a way to incorporate that back into the beer. The body was light and kinda refreshing. I'm considering adding a shot of chocolate liqueur to the pour in order to get the chocolate flavor up. It might also help to let the beer warm up a bit to bring out the flavors.

Recipe Facts

Chocolate Stout for people who like chocolate beer...
Sweet Stout
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 2.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.061 OG
  • 1.015 FG
  • 21.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.34 BG:GU
  • 33.0° SRM Color
  • 100% Efficiency
  • 6.0% ABV Alcohol
  • 205 per 12oz Calories
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