Chocolate Coffee Stout

[dx4100]

Hi All

Trying to create my first recipe after about a year of doing all grain. I have used other recipies as a guide and added things like the oats for mouth feel and tried to work out the right amount of coffee / chocolate. Any thoughts welcomed!!!

Efficiency: 58% (yeah I know its low but that's my setup)
Batch Size: 23 litres
Est OG: 1.046
IBUs : 38
EBC : 82.5
Est ABV : 4.2%
IBU/SG : 0.826

Grains

4.36 kg Pale Malt
0.80 kg Flaked Oats
0.51 kg Chocolate Malt
0.32 kg Torrified Wheat
0.24 kg Crystal Malt
0.23 kg Roasted Barley

Hops

43.44 g Northern Brewer - 90 mins

Additions

170 g Cocoa Powder - 15 mins in the boil
110 g Cold brew coffee - bottling bucket (0.5 litre total)

Yeast

I am thinking Danster Windsor simply because I have used this before in stout with great results.

 

[Donny70]

I originally tried cocoa powder in my stout but you could taste it was the powder. For a better chocolate taste that will last use cocoa nibs in secondary. Soak em in a small bit of vodka first to release all those volatiles. I also put 60-70g of lactose in to bring out the flavour more. Yours might taste like a cappuchino tho. Mmmmmm might have to stick down another chic stout...

 

[clibit]

I just use chocolate malt and everyone seems to say, "Wow, is there chocolate in this?!"

 

[ArmChair]

In my latest cocoa Loca stout I added 100g if cocoa powder to the last 15mins of the boil. It's turned out amazing! No powdery taste and the chocolate is not too sweet or overpowering

 

[danb]

I used 100g of cocoa powder aswell in the last 15 mins with 2 vanilla pods. And 2 months on there's still no taste of chocolate or vanilla

 

[dx4100]

Its funny to hear the different outcomes people get from Cocoa powder...

Some people saying they get great results to people getting nothing...

I am going to use Green & Blacks Organic Cocoa Powder and see what mileage I get with it.

Just hoping the ingredients come in time! Brew day is Monday and they are being dispatched today via Parcelforce so its touch and go!

 

[dx4100]

I am really stuck on how much to use... One guy said he dumped two tins in and got a slight chocolate profile... On the over hand I am worried about using too much and it being overwhelming.

To be honest I want the Coffee to be the stand out taste and the chocolate taste to be more subtle...

 

[danb]

I used bournville cocoa powder and 100g gave no flavour at all. But have no idea what yours tastes like mate.

 

[dx4100]

I think I might just chuck in both the tins I have which is something like 250g and see what happens :)

This whole brew is leap in the dark for me so might as well go all in :P

 

[ArmChair]

I used rowntrees cocoa for baking

 

[dx4100]

Had the brew day here :)

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Decided to scale back the cocoa powder :)