Thanks for the information/education about chocolate. I'm going to attempt this recipe again in the next several weeks, but this time only 1 gallon. One ounce of dark bakers chocolate and @ four ounces of tart cherries.

I did not use a secondary. I added the cherries to the fermenter on the 4th day and bottled on the 20th day. The good news is the beer is clear with a good head. The cherry taste is not overpowering and my wife likes it. The bad news is I don't like cherry ale.

jmcnamara. I agree, adding the chocolate at 60 minutes was a mistake. I boiled away the chocolate, can't taste it at all. Glad I only made two gallons. Thank You DWT

Thanks for your advise. I am off to buy 2 pounds of tart cherries.

Please let me know what you think of this recipe. 4 lbs pale malt 2 row 8 oz cara pils 1 lb chocolat chips boil 60 min 1 oz kent goldings boil 60 min 0.50 oz kent goldings boil 15 min 1 pkg safale 05 yeast 2 lbs sweet cherries in secondary after one week. This recipe...