How much milk sugar to use?

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  1. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Do you add the bakers chocolate to the boil? And how many oz of chocolate is your go to??
     
    #21 psnydez86, Apr 6, 2016
  2. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

    It will certainly bump your gravity up. 1 lb in a 1.066 OG beer with London 3 yielded a 1.028 FG for me.
     
    #22 psnydez86, Apr 6, 2016
  3. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    With that high of an estimated FG I am concerned it might be too sweet. I was looking at other milk stouts and most don't finish that high and I don't want a traditional milk stout yet a touch of sweetness in the back end.

    The beer is inspired by the coffee stout by Sierra Nevada which was in this years winter pack. However, I want mine to be bigger on chocolate and abv.
     
    #23 GetMeAnIPA, Apr 6, 2016
  4. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    I've only done it once and I believe it was 4 ozs, maybe 3. I would have to verify when I get home. It gave the beer a nice chocolate flavor. It wasn't huge chocolate. I add the power in the last 10 minutes of the boil.
     
    #24 GetMeAnIPA, Apr 6, 2016
  5. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    Is that a recipe you used before? I put in .75 lbs and gave me a 1.028. I thought that might be high so I lowered the mash temp to like 152. If you've used lactose with a FG of 1.028 and it wasn't too sweet then I might let it ride. Experimentation is the fun part.
     
    #25 GetMeAnIPA, Apr 6, 2016
  6. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

    So you did baker chocolate bars and cocoa powder??
     
    #26 psnydez86, Apr 6, 2016
  7. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Yea it wasn't what I would call too sweet. But it wasn't a beer I really enjoyed. But I don't know that lactose is the reason I didn't like it necessarily.
     
    #27 psnydez86, Apr 6, 2016
  8. Brew_Betty

    Brew_Betty Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Wisconsin

    3oz of chocolate in the boil. 5oz of nibs in the secondary.
     
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  9. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    I have definitely had commercial milk stouts where I thought there was too much lactose. I was skeptical about 1 lb, but figured that since I was using it for the first time, I would go with 1lb because it seemed a typical amount. But maybe I would have liked half a pound even more. It was also my first time with nibs, and yeah, 4 oz is by no means over the top, but you know me and my bland, muted, middle of the road, upper Midwestern sensibilities. I actually look for beer in my beer.
     
    #29 pweis909, Apr 6, 2016
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  10. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    No just powder. I may have missed read your post.
     
    #30 GetMeAnIPA, Apr 6, 2016
  11. Brew_Betty

    Brew_Betty Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Wisconsin

    Just to be clear, I use chocolate bars in the boil. This one:

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    #31 Brew_Betty, Apr 6, 2016
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