Stout

[NewBrew86]

Hey Guys,

I'm still into kits for homebrew, not yet into ag.I'm trying to make a stout with a choc flavour to it as i've heard many people do. I have a coopers stout can, what is the best way to go about this?

 

[jyo]

Hey Guys,

I'm still into kits for homebrew, not yet into ag.I'm trying to make a stout with a choc flavour to it as i've heard many people do. I have a coopers stout can, what is the best way to go about this?

You could go a toucan brew (2 tins of stout) plus/or try steeping about 150-200 gms of chocolate malt.

Link here for steeping grains

edit: added linky

 

[boingk]

I put down a stout with a can of Coopers Stout and a can of Tooheys Dark Ale. That was back in October and its aged up very well. Can only imagine it'll be better in a few months time come winter.

You could use the Coopers Dark Ale, or add 1kg malt and some specialty grains. 150g of Choc malt would really give it a nice, rich flavour.

Cheers - boingk

 

[NewBrew86]

Would cocoa powder work?

 

[jyo]

Would cocoa powder work?

I haven't, though these fellas have tried it. A very knowledgable brewer in this link says it works, so I would give it a go.

LINK

 

[NewBrew86]

So i'm thinking 1 x Coopers Stout, 1 x Coopers Dark Ale and 250g Cocoa.
Does this sound like it would be good?

 

[bradsbrew]

So i'm thinking 1 x Coopers Stout, 1 x Coopers Dark Ale and 250g Cocoa.
Does this sound like it would be good?

Personally I would go for the coopers stout and a kg of Dark Malt extract.
Boil the dark malt extract with 150g of cocoa for 15min.
Once the boil is done throw in 20g of english hops, put the lid on and let it sit for 10 min.
Put the can of stout in the fermenter as well as whats in the saucepan and fill to 20L.
On day two/three of ferment boil up another 200g of cocoa with 200g of sugar and put it into the fermenter.
I have found that you need to add chocolate pre and during ferment. If you add it all at the start the yeast will chew up alot of the chocolate flavour.
Of course this process would change significantly if you are up to steeping some grains.

Cheers Brad

 

[NewBrew86]

Would i need to add any dext or enhancers as well as the dark malt?

 

[bradsbrew]

Would i need to add any dext or enhancers as well as the dark malt?

I wouldnt, what yeast do you intend to use??

 

[NewBrew86]

Probably only the supplied yeast. Not too sure about the others