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Darkheart

It's an Imperial stout with vanilla in it, which makes it taste surprisingly like chocolate.

Brewer: WackAMole Email: -
Beer: Darkheart Style: Imperial Stout
Type: All grain Size: 5.5 gallons
Color:
85 HCU (~31 SRM)
Bitterness: 70 IBU
OG: 1.081 FG: -
Alcohol: -
Grain: 9 lb. British pale
1 lb. Wheat malt
2 lb. American Munich
2 oz. Belgian Special B
8 oz. British crystal 50-60L
4 oz. British crystal 95-115L
10 oz. British black patent
Mash: 70% efficiency
Mash 152°F for 120 minutes
Mashout 170°F for 20 minutes
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.074 6 gallons
2 lb. Light dry malt extract
4 oz. Molasses
Hops: 2 oz. Challenger (9% AA, 60 min.)
1.25 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 30 min.)
1 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast: WLP007 Dry English ale yeast (70-80% apparent attenuation)
Log: When adding to the secondary:

Take two vanilla beans, cut them lengthwise, and scrape the goop out the insides. Boil the beans and the goop in about a pint of water for 5 minutes. Cool, add to the secondary, and rack the beer on top of it.

Leave in the secondary for 2 weeks, then transfer to tertiary. Age in teriary for 6 weeks or more to let the vanilla mellow.

Recipe posted 09/27/04.