Dark Necessities Recipe
Hazelnut/Chocolate Stout 6.5% 58 IBUs
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Ingredients
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Brew Ingredients
Method
Brewing Directions
- 1
Mashing
Heat 5 gallons of water to around 165°F (74°C). Add the grains and maintain a temperature of 150°F (65°C) for 60 minutes.
- 2
Sparging
After mashing, sparge the grains with hot water to collect around 6 gallons of wort.
- 3
Boiling
Bring the wort to a boil. Once boiling, add the bittering hops and boil for 60 minutes. Add the flavor hops in the last 15 minutes of the boil.
- 4
Adding Flavorings
In the last 5 minutes of the boil, add the hazelnut extract and cocoa powder.
- 5
Cooling and Fermentation
Cool the wort quickly using a wort chiller. Transfer to a fermenter and pitch the yeast. Ferment at around 68°F (20°C) for 2 weeks.
- 6
Bottling
After fermentation is complete, bottle the beer with priming sugar and let it carbonate for 1-2 weeks.
