Homebrew Report #250987 **updated**

[HomeBrewerDude]

based on the Young's Double Chocolate Stout recipe published in BYO magazine:

double chocolate stout

10 gallon batch

11 # pale malt
1 # 60 L Crystal
2 # Chocalate Malt

mashed at 153F for 1.5 hours.

1 # Lactose
1 # Brown Sugar (substituted for invert sugar)
3 # Dark DME
12 ounces cocoa powder

3 ounces Fuggles @ 60 minutes
1 ounce K Goldings @ 15 minutes

Wyeast London Ale III

Notes:

Wort was a delicious dark chocolate color and very smooth. I have high hopes for this beer.... I spent about $42 (not counting the cocoa....)

I also kegged up batch #250985

and racked over batch #250986

UPDATE:
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Well, All of these beers were served at a wedding reception (25 of 50 guests were drinking) over the weekend and were well received. about 5 cases were consumed in total:
2.5 cases of Kolsh
1 case of the Amber
1 case of the Chocolate Stout.

IMO the Stout and the Amber were excellent brews. The Kolsch was just too plain for my tastes, but was the obvious crowd pleaser for the casual beer drinkers.

More importantly, I now have a nice supply of beer in the kegerator.... about a total of 7 cases...

:beer:

 

[MisterJackson]

*feints*

 

[MrChad]

Try it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: MrChad
Try it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

I have a very sweet mead that is excellent over french vanilla... yummm

 

[booger711]

choc stout is interesting. i've only tried it once at a brew festival

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

updated!

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

bump for the evening folks

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
*feints*

*ripostes*

 

[SampSon]

Only 5 cases were consumed at a wedding reception?
What's the problem here?

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Only 5 cases were consumed at a wedding reception?
What's the problem here?

People hit the hard stuff at receptions?

I know I do....

the real problem is that 25 of 50 were drinking, sounds like he had a tough sell to begin with.

 

[maziwanka]

whoa. chocolate beer

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: SampSon
Only 5 cases were consumed at a wedding reception?
What's the problem here?

People hit the hard stuff at receptions?

I know I do....

the real problem is that 25 of 50 were drinking, sounds like he had a tough sell to begin with.

Yeah it was a tough sell. The drinking crowd at the event was typically older and less inclined to over indulge.

I did not expect the crowd to top 4 cases, so I consider 5 cases a win. But actually, I'm quite pleased to have leftovers in the kegerator. In fact the beer consumed most was the beer I least preferred so doubly good for me.

The chocolate stout is one of the best beers i've ever brewed (98 on a 100 point scale). The amber is very good too.... a 92. The Kolsch was a mere 78.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
whoa. chocolate beer

chocolate pairs extraordinarily well with a bitter or stout. The bitter depth is akin to coffee.

 

[BatmanNate]

Oh man, Young's double chocolate stout is one of my all time favorite beers and I've been looking for a clone forever! This will be the first thing going into my new kegerator after I finish with the paint job.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Oh man, Young's double chocolate stout is one of my all time favorite beers and I've been looking for a clone forever! This will be the first thing going into my new kegerator after I finish with the paint job.

Brew Your Own Magazine ran the recipe in one of their recent issues. probably march 07 or so.... let me know if you can't find it, and I'll pdf it to you.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Oh man, Young's double chocolate stout is one of my all time favorite beers and I've been looking for a clone forever! This will be the first thing going into my new kegerator after I finish with the paint job.

Brew Your Own Magazine ran the recipe in one of their recent issues. probably march 07 or so.... let me know if you can't find it, and I'll pdf it to you.

You already got March of 07? I'm a bit behind, still reading July of 06

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

sorry i've had a few tonight. 06!

 

[jagec]

So you gonna send me some now?

 

[everman]

I'll probably get into doing this some day when I have time, but dare I say it's too much beer? Is it easy to make a wider variety of smaller batches in order to try different recipes? Or am I doomed to have a lot of very drunk friends?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: everman
I'll probably get into doing this some day when I have time, but dare I say it's too much beer? Is it easy to make a wider variety of smaller batches in order to try different recipes? Or am I doomed to have a lot of very drunk friends?

You can do smaller batches with a little adaption, tho the equipment (and recipes) is mostly standardized around 4-6 gallon batches.