James Squire Dark Side cherry stout

[Reedy]

Had this on tap at the James Squire Brewhouse in Brisbane last year & really enjoyed it.

Described as 'elegant full-bodied stout, strong roast & chocolate notes with a dark-cherry heart'

Ideally looking to brew something along these lines, the malt bill was listed as:
- pale
- dark crystal
- chocolate malt
- roast wheat

Bittered with super pride with an ABV of 6.8%.

Just looking for advice/thoughts on the amount of grains & hops (assuming only a 60min addition) for a 23L batch.

If you have a tried & tested cherry stout recipe, I'd be keen to see that too.

Cheers.

 

[Judanero]

I've never brewed one, but there a bunch of threads of people either looking to do the same thing or similar..

Search feature is your friend. :beer:

 

[Reedy]

I've had a look at a number of the threads on AHB for cherry stouts, however I'm looking to replicate the JS Dark Side using the malt bill described & haven't been able to find anything along these lines so far.

Really just looking for an idea/suggestion of the percentages of each grain in the bill outlined.

 

[contrarian]

Haven't tried the beer but I would think that
85% pale
5% crystal
5% choc
5% midnight wheat

Would be a good starting point.

Racking onto 1 kg of fresh cherries for a few weeks will impart a decent cherry flavour but you need to factor in what it will add to your abv.

 

[time01]

Out if curiosity how would you work at what ABV it would add?

I've never tried a cherry stout but I like cherries and I like stout!

 

[Moad]

https://www.morebeer.com/articles/fruit_in_beer

welcome


edit: some conversions required but all the info is there

 

[klangers]

4 pines main brewery is a stones throw from me, next time I'm there I can ask them. They're pretty relaxed.