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Chocolate Treacle Stout - 03/09/08
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:54 pm
by Buzz
How time flies. It seemed it was only the other week this recipe came around in the newsletter and I thought I'd give it ago. That was Autumn 2007...
About time I cracked on with it then. I'm gonna get this on tomorrow (Wednesday). It wont be an early start, going to stay chilled and relax. I'll upload pics as the day progresses;
5.5kg Pale Malt
510g Roasted Barley
255g Wheat Malt
170g Chocolate Malt
60 min mash @ 68deg
60 min boil;
100g Northdown (6%) 60 min
300g Treacle 20 min
23L @ 1056 is the target.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:34 pm
by pantsmachine
A great name, hope it tastes as good as it sounds.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:59 pm
by Garth
Buzz, you'll love this recipe, it works great, it's even better after a couple of months maturing. I bottled mine.
Done it three times now and got excellent results every time. The treacle in the boil smells divine.
Have a great one...
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:14 pm
by mysterio
What yeast did you use Buzz & Garth? Keep meaning to try this one.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:21 pm
by Buzz
Ah, I forgot to list the yeast. I'm going to use S-04 as it's what I've got in. Do you think I'll getaway with one packet or would two be safer?
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:34 pm
by Garth
Myst, I used S-04 each time, I reckon it keeps it a bit sweeter than Nottingham would
Buzz, I'd maybe go for two being a bit of a higher gravity brew
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:43 pm
by Buzz
That's what I was thinking. Thanks Garth, looking forward to this one tomorrow.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:31 pm
by mixbrewery
I brewed this last Sept and found one last bottle in a forgotten crate 2 weeks ago, still in perfect condition and tasted superb.
SWMBO has a wicked recipe for chocolate beer cake that uses half pint of stout. You guessed it - half for the cake and half for me
If anyone's interested i'll post the cake recipe, it's the best choc cake i've every tasted.
Hope your brew goes ok.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:51 pm
by Buzz
mixbrewery wrote:If anyone's interested i'll post the cake recipe, it's the best choc cake i've every tasted.
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Me and the Mrs are always partial to a bit of chocolate cake. And, if it's got beer in, so much the better. Let's have it MB
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:06 pm
by mixbrewery
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:57 am
by Buzz
Okay on with the beer. Had to do some work this morning and got done earlier than I thought so the water is on for the mash. Ingredients ready to go;
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:27 am
by Buzz
All mashed in, water treated with CRS/DLS, Ph somewhere between 5.5/5.7
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:51 am
by Buzz
It's nice to have a dedicated boiler now but, I still use the old Bruheat boiler with the mashing bag for mashing
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:06 am
by coatesg
Have a good 'un! This looks like a really tasty recipe for the colder months.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:10 pm
by Buzz
Batch sparging. First batch done and running off...
