American Stout Recipe - Christmas Choc Ale

Recipe Info

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Christmas Choc Ale

by on
All Grain
4.81 Gallon(s)
5.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
70%
Smaller batch to be brewed mid-October and matured until Christmas for the family. Not fined in the end. When primed for bottling boiled a cinnamon stick with 3.5oz of white sugar to add in.

Fermentables

76% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
7.6
38
3
Mash
12% - Crystal 90L - UK
1.2
33
130
Mash
5% - Chocolate - UK
0.5
34
425
Mash
7% - Wheat - UK
0.7
37
2
Mash

Hops

Centennial
2
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
9
52.7

Yeast

White Labs English Ale WLP002
85%

Other Stuff

Cinnamon
1
each
Bottle
Irish Moss
0.5
each
Boil
5.2 Stabilizer
2
tsp
Mash

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Direct Heat
160
80 min

Special Instructions

No special instructions in this recipe

Tasting Notes (1)

SunshineAles

Tasted on 1/19/2017 by SunshineAles

Notes:

Best beer I've made. Really tasty, full bodies stout with sweet, rich almost chocolate biscuit tastes really nicely balanced with the bitterness. Everyone who had it, loved it. Great beer.

Recipe Facts

Christmas Choc Ale
American Stout
  • 4.81 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.054 OG
  • 1.008 FG
  • 52.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.98 BG:GU
  • 31.1° SRM Color
  • 70% Efficiency
  • 5.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 178 per 12oz Calories
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