Double Chocolate Coffee Stout (with pics)

[cwiseman77]

Finally got round to brewing my stout. All went pretty much to plan, although was a little distracted with the snooker.

Double Chocolate & Coffee Stout
IBU: 49
SRM: 31.9
OG: 1052
Target FG: 1014

300g roasted barley steeped @ 65c for 30min
200g chocolate malt @ 65c for 30min
200g dark caramel malt @ 65c for 30min
(gave all grains a good rinse with 65c water)

3kg light DME (half at start of boil & half at end)

70g Fuggles (5.7%) 60min
30g Fuggles (5.7%) 10min

130g 100% cocoa powder 10min
340g single estate Brazilian coffee beans (coarsely ground and added after flamout @ 94c)

Yeast: S-04 rehydrated and pitched at 19c

All the specialty grains




Grains steeping @ 65c


Lovely dark wort


Fuggles single hop, used a whole pack


Using hop socks now after some straining mishaps


Good boil going


Last hop addition


Chocolate in. Used bournville because it's 100% cocoa


Thankfully it all dissolved


Went a nice mocha colour


Added coffee after flameout, waited until wort reached 92-96c for optimum extraction. Had a bit of a tasting session


Local deli sells whole beans. Was going to grind at work but the guy offered to do it at the deli. Went for a single estate Brazilian bean. Described as chocolaty so thought it was in tune with the recipe


High-tech wort chilling


Deliciously dark wort going into FV


Rehydrated yeast


Just off target OG


Tucked in to do its thing beside 16l of IPA i racked to secondary today

 

[Rwilts]

Looks great. Will taste great as well.. Still waiting for my first biab. 3 months since my last brew :?

 

[PD]

nice one ..... Black gold.......Texas tea.... :grin:

 

[cwiseman77]

Drank some wort when testing OG...so far so good.

 

[carl_saint]

Great stuff! Good choice on the coffee, should turn out fantastic!

 

[cwiseman77]

Great stuff! Good choice on the coffee, should turn out fantastic!

Thanks for the advice! I ended a a few samples, took them to work and made some espresso. I was totally buzzing but got what i wanted

 

[Drunken Horse]

I love chocolate stouts but it will be a long while before I get into AG'ing. If I added pure chocolate essence to a stout kit would I get something drinkable or would it ruin a good stout? If this would work when would be best to add it right from the start or when moving to secondary or bottling?

 

[alanywiseman.]

Another great looking brew Colin. Let us know how it tastes as I see me brewing it!

 

[cwiseman77]

Another great looking brew Colin. Let us know how it tastes as I see me brewing it!

Cheers Alan!

 

[BrewDan]

This looks great, I'm jealous I won't be drinking it!!!

Saved this because I can't wait to hear how this one turns out. A chocolate stout is on my to do list, when I eventually have the time and space to brew again.

 

[alanywiseman.]

I love chocolate stouts but it will be a long while before I get into AG'ing. If I added pure chocolate essence to a stout kit would I get something drinkable or would it ruin a good stout? If this would work when would be best to add it right from the start or when moving to secondary or bottling?

Look Here

 

[MPLMPL]

Looks a cracker. Couldn't tell from the pic - did you just chuck the ground coffee in loose, or did you add it in a bag?

 

[cwiseman77]

Looks a cracker. Couldn't tell from the pic - did you just chuck the ground coffee in loose, or did you add it in a bag?

ground coffee went in a bag. Coffee doesn't actually dissolve, apart from instant, so would have ended up with loads of coffee sludge in my beer. If you used whole beans you could chuck them in without a bag.......if you had a hop strainer

 

[cwiseman77]

Looks a cracker. Couldn't tell from the pic - did you just chuck the ground coffee in loose, or did you add it in a bag?

ground coffee went in a bag. Coffee doesn't actually dissolve, apart from instant, so would have ended up with loads of coffee sludge in my beer. If you used whole beans you could chuck them in without a bag.......if you had a hop strainer

Logged in this morning and was a little concerned to see I had posted at 3.36am...was surprisingly coherent :whistle:

 

[cwiseman77]

So pretty much hit FG in less than 48 hours...if not went a point or 2 past it. Not sure what I've been doing last few brews but they've been fermenting out fast. No airlock activity and only minimal visible signs of fermentation...but the hydrometer doesn't lie I suppose.



Had a wee taste from the hydrometer sample. Little bit of residual sweetness at first and then a real dry, bitter finish. Coffee coming through well but not much chocolate yet. Nice mocha colour as opposed to black, must be the chocolate and coffee. Great mouthfeel so far. Only 2 days in but shaping up nicely! Turned my immersion heater off as it was sitting a bit too close to 20c for my liking. Without it I think it'll go down to 16-17c, leave it there for the next 2 weeks. Don't think I'll rack this one.

 

[Drunken Horse]

I love chocolate stouts but it will be a long while before I get into AG'ing. If I added pure chocolate essence to a stout kit would I get something drinkable or would it ruin a good stout? If this would work when would be best to add it right from the start or when moving to secondary or bottling?

Look Here

Thanks for this

The pics in this thread are making me more determined to do it. :drink:

 

[carl_saint]

My Choc vanilla stout is really good after about 8 weeks. Definitely much better than when I racked into a corny! The Choc is coming through a lot more now! Give yours plenty of time a condition and I'm sure it'll get loads better!

 

[cwiseman77]

My Choc vanilla stout is really good after about 8 weeks. Definitely much better than when I racked into a corny! The Choc is coming through a lot more now! Give yours plenty of time a condition and I'm sure it'll get loads better!

8 weeks in the bottle? Yeah hoping the chocolate will come through in mine a bit more. Excited!

 

[carl_saint]

In the keg. I hate bottling so just brew to 19L length and keg everything!

 

[cwiseman77]

So been in the bottle just after a week now. Cracked one just to make sure it wasn't terrible. tasting pretty good, nice bitterness from the coffee. Chocolate on the nose but no real taste yet. Certainly drinkable and enjoying this one but going to hide this one away for a couple of months and think it will improve. Think I need to do a quick wheat beer, stocks are getting low!