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Pokey's Double Chocolate Stout

201 calories 23.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Sweet Stout
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.125 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6.18 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 78% (brew house)
Calories: 201 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday September 13th 2020
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1.019
5.4%
24.5
36.7
5.5
40.33
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8.50 lb Thomas Fawcett - United Kingdom - Golden Promise8.5 lb United Kingdom - Golden Promise $ 1.75 / lb
$ 14.88 		37 3 74.2%
1 lb United Kingdom - Chocolate1 lb United Kingdom - Chocolate $ 2.29 / lb
$ 2.29 		34 425 8.7%
1 lb Great Western - American - Caramel / Crystal 75L1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 75L $ 2.29 / lb
$ 2.29 		33 75 8.7%
0.20 lb American - Roasted Barley0.2 lb American - Roasted Barley $ 2.29 / lb
$ 0.46 		33 300 1.7%
0.75 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar)0.75 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar) - (late boil kettle addition) $ 5.50 / lb
$ 4.13 		41 1 6.6%
11.45 lbs / $ 24.04
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.20 oz Fuggles1.2 oz Fuggles Hops $ 0.06 / g
$ 2.04 		Pellet 5.3 Boil 60 min 22.43 82.8%
0.25 oz East Kent Goldings0.25 oz East Kent Goldings Hops $ 0.06 / oz
$ 0.02 		Pellet 4.8 Boil 15 min 2.1 17.2%
1.45 oz / $ 2.06
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
8 oz Cocoa powder $ 9.00 / lb
$ 4.50 		Flavor Whirlpool 0 min.
3 oz cocoa nibs $ 20.00 / lb
$ 3.75 		Flavor Secondary 5 days
5 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2.50 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
5 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
5 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
$ 8.25
 
Yeast
Lallemand - Nottingham
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
$ 5.99 / each
$ 5.99
Attenuation (avg):
%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
0 - 0 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 107 B cells required
$ 5.99 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 1.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 5 35 60 50 235
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4.55 gal Strike 163 °F 153 °F 60 min
3.5 gal Fly Sparge -- -- --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.7 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.7 qt/lb 4.55 18.2  
Mash volume with grains 5.4 21.6  
Grain absorption losses -1.34 -5.4  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.79 g | 19.1 qt) 4.17 16.7  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.75 g | 31 qt) 7.13 28.5  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.06 0.2  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.05 -0.2  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 6.18 24.7  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 6.18 g | 24.7 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 8.71 34.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

roasted cacao nibs at 250F for 20 min, soaked in vodka for 5 days before brewing - add to fermenter 1 day before kegging
as per other recipes, added 8oz cocoa powder at flameout, along with lactose, and whirlpooled briefly. The cocoa powder completely clogged the kettle screen, and the BIB pump was required to drain the kettle - afterwards a lot of thick chocolate syrup was left in the kettle and this was poured into the fermenter.

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