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Uncle Gene's Chocolate Cherry-Smoked Stout

Method: BIAB
Style: American Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 4.6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 4.93 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 197 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.5 g (Per 12oz)
URL: https://beerandbrewing.com/recipe-malletts-cherry-stout/

Created: Sunday June 18th 2023

You Want It Darker

by Megary

OG: 1.065 FG: 1.015 ABV: 6.5% IBU: 40

Original Gravity:

1.060

Final Gravity:

1.011

ABV (standard):

6.5%

IBU (tinseth):

43.1

SRM (morey):

40.0

Mash pH

5.4

Cost $

n/a

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Brew Log History

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
5.50 lb	Rahr - Standard 2-Row5.5 lb Standard 2-Row	36.8	1.8	45.4%
24 oz	Weyermann - Munich Type II (Dark)24 oz Munich Type II (Dark)	37	10	12.4%
0.75 lb	Simpsons - Golden Naked Oats0.75 lb Golden Naked Oats	27	7	6.2%
10 oz	Gambrinus - Honey Malt10 oz Honey Malt	37	25	5.2%
8 oz	Simpsons - Crystal Medium8 oz Crystal Medium	33	65.01	4.1%
5 oz	Briess - Chocolate5 oz Chocolate	25	350	2.6%
4 oz	Weyermann - Carafa II4 oz Carafa II	31.5	415	2.1%
4 oz	Briess - Midnight Wheat Malt4 oz Midnight Wheat Malt	25	550	2.1%
3 oz	Briess - Roasted Barley3 oz Roasted Barley	33.1	300	1.5%
2 lb	Briess - Cherry Wood Smoked Malt2 lb Cherry Wood Smoked Malt	37	5	16.5%
4 oz	German - Chocolate Rye4 oz Chocolate Rye	31	240	2.1%
194 oz / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
2 oz	Kent Goldings2 oz Kent Goldings Hops	Pellet	4.5	Boil	60 min	35.82	50%
2 oz	Fuggles2 oz Fuggles Hops	Pellet	4.5	Whirlpool	15 min	7.33	50%
4 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
2 oz	Kent Goldings (Pellet)	35.82	50%
2 oz	Fuggles (Pellet)	7.33	50%
4 oz / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
4.5 gal		Infusion	68 °F	152 °F	60 min
2.1 gal		Fly Sparge	152 °F	170 °F	20 min

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
1.50 g	Calcium Chloride (anhydrous)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
0.75 g	Epsom Salt	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
3 g	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
1.50 g	Sea salt	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
1 each	Whirlfloc tablet	Water Agt	Mash	15 min.
8 oz	Cocao Nibs	Flavor	Primary	21 days
2 lb	Montmorency Cherries	Flavor	Primary	21 days

Yeast

Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

Amount:	11 Grams	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	81%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	54 - 77 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	70 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 90 B cells required

Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04

Amount:	11 Grams	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	75%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	54 - 77 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	70 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 90 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 10.42 psi Temp: 43 °F CO₂ Level: 2.2 Volumes

Target Water Profile

London (Porter, dark ales)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
100	5	35	60	50	265
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Notes

https://beerandbrewing.com/recipe-malletts-cherry-stout/

Starting point was John Mallett of Bell's creation at the Craft Beer & Brewing Brewers Retreat

Modified to include:

malt smoked with cherry wood
different hops
different yeast
fermenting on top of Montmorency dried cherries instead of adding concentrated cherry juice at flameout
Ideally: Steep equal weights of minced dried cherries and cocoa nibs in an equal weight of Black Forest Kirschwasser Brandy for ten days prior to adding the entire mess to primary fermenter on day two after pitching yeast

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	Cost $	Cost %
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Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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Box of Rocks • 06/20/2024 at 10:19pm
Scored 34.5, or Very Good, in NYC regional AHA competition. Submitted in 32B - Specialty Smoked Beer
Base style: American Stout

Reviewer one summary:an interesting beer: a lot going on, maybe a bit too much; all of your additions are there, just to varying degrees; the cherry notes are the strongest, with only slight vanilla presence (you could increase the amount added for that to come through more); the multiple fermentations are hard to distinguish (as are all of the specific hops that you indicated - in this kind of beer, the malt profile is bigger and the smoke is very present so looking for different types of hops is difficult); some tweaking to be done, but heading in a good direction

Reviewer two summary:
Thanks for the entry, it's a very complicated flavor spectrum and not in an unpleasant way. The initial hit is tart dark fruit and chocolate with the cocoa nib bitterness. This gives way to smoke but it's pretty subtle and gets a bit lost in the darker roast malts. The additives vanilla, cherry, and nibs are all easily detectable. The overall feedback here is I enjoy this, the biggest feedback is if it's being entered as a smoked beer that flavor should be more apparent. It gets lost under all of the other notes.

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