Snowbound Chocolate Stout
Snowbound
Chocolate, as it chocolate malt, not as in chocolate flavor. Bittered to hell with two full ounces of whole, dried Chinook hops, one for each gallon. 10% black roasted barley and 10% chocolate malt. The remainder of the grain bill is maris otter.
| Style: American Stout (13E) | Brew Date: 12/29/2012 |
| Batch volume: Two Gallon | ABV: 5.27% IBU: 250 |
Grain Bill
| Maris Otter Malt | 4 lbs. |
| Black Roasted Barley | 8 oz. |
| Chocolate Malt | 8 oz. |
| Total | 5 lbs. |
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Mash
Ten quarts of strike water raised to 163°, then mashed for 60 minutes.
| Time (Minutes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | |
| Temperature | 156° | 156° | 153° | 154° | 150° |
Sparge
Sparged with 4½ quarts of water at 165° for 15 minutes.
Boil
Boiled for 60 minutes with the following hop schedule:
| 60 minutes remaining | Chinook | 2 oz. |
Chill
Ice bathed wart to 70°. Filtered trub from wart on the way into the primary fermenter with fine mesh filter.
Original Gravity: 1.055
Ferment
| Yeast | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| London Ale | White Labs | WLP013 | 1 vial |
| Date | Temperature | Gravity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/29/2012 | 70° | 1.055 | Tastes like sweetened espresso. |
| 12/31/2102 | 73° | 1.023 | Still tasting sweetness. Bitterness beginning to balance. |
| 1/1/2013 | 73° | 1.022 | |
| 1/3/2013 | 73° | 1.021 | |
| 1/5/2013 | 73° | 1.020 | Racked to secondary fermenter. |
| 1/15/2013 | 73° | 1.016 | Bottled into 12 oz longnecks. |
Final Gravity: 1.016
Bottling
| Bottle Date: 1/15/2013 | Priming sugar: 1.5 oz in 2 cups water |
| Yield: 212 oz / 1.66 gallons | Bottle type: 12 oz. longnecks |
Notes
Original volume was 5 gallons, but after boil, only about 1.75 gallons remained. Next batch I would go for a 3.5 gallon boil, and adjust grain bill accordingly.