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Wedding Bells Chocolate Stout

This is the trial run of a stout to be served at a co-worker's wedding. We're going to tune it for the final batch which we do next.

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Beer: Wedding Bells Chocolate Stout Style: Sweet Stout
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons
Color:
83 HCU (~31 SRM)
Bitterness: 21 IBU
OG: 1.052 FG: 1.014
Alcohol: 4.9% v/v (3.8% w/w)
Grain: 12 oz. American crystal 60L
8 oz. American chocolate
4 oz. Roasted barley
6 oz. Rolled oats
Steep: Steep all the grains. The various barley in a large grain back, the oats in a small one just to keep the sticky oat mass a bit seperate.

Steeping is 30 minutes and then a few pours of 160 degree water to get off the remaining 'tea'
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.104 2.5 gallons
5 lb. Light malt extract
1 lb. Dark malt extract
6 oz. Corn sugar (priming)
6 oz Scharffen Berger Unsweetened Dark Chocolate @ 60 minutes (in order to let some of the volatile oils boil off)
1 Tbsp Irish Moss @ 15 minutes
8 oz Malto Dextrine @ 15 minutes
1 oz Vanilla Extract (added into the secondary before racking)
(Depending on the chocolate used, or if you don't want to deal with the sludge, an option is to use a high quality chocolate extract and add it during the secondary with the vanilla. In this case 2-4oz to taste)
Hops: 1 oz. Northern Brewer (6.5% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Fuggles (4.2% AA, 30 min.)
1 oz. Crystal (aroma)
Yeast: Irish Ale Yeast
Carbonation: 6oz Corn Sugar

Recipe posted 09/15/06.