Help w/a cherry stout

Maybe describe your recipe more? And what is WBTW?

 

When you say you want sweetness, are you wanting.. sugary tasting sweet, or, just a thicker mouthfeel, as in sweeter with a higher gravity?

Dark fruit flavor would have come from the malts, but assuming you used a kit?

Cherry and vanilla go together well, but cherry won't really give you the dark fruit flavors in a stout that I associate the two flavors with.

Vanilla always works, but you mention it's a whiskey barrel stout.. did you not get any vanilla flavors from the wood, be it chips/cubes or barrel?

Bit confused on what you are trying to do, with what little info you gave on your beer.

 

When seeking recipe advice, you should always post the recipe

Brewers Best kit:

FERMENTABLES
3.3 lb. Special Dark LME
3.3 lb. Light LME
1 lb. Amber DME

SPECIALTY GRAINS
6 oz. Roasted Barley
8 oz. Dark Chocolate
8 oz. Caramel 90L

HOPS
.5 oz. Magnum
.5 oz. Cluster

YEAST
1 Sachet
OAK CHIPS
2.5 oz. Whisky Barrel Chips

Based on your comments, it appears you have already brewed this at least once before. Is that right?

 

I've done a lot of bourbon barrel cherry stouts. If you age it on cherries, it will thin it out a bit, not increase the thickness. If you do it though, a couple vanilla beans will really help the cherry flavor pop!

 

Which yeast do they give you?

 

You could add some lactose to the end of the boil.. maybe a pound.

Will lend some sweetness, but not sugary sweet. Will also give you a little body as well.

Could toss in a half pound of flaked oats maybe.. I find them to make the beer slick, so could come across as thinner.

 

You don't have to worry about cherries for a couple weeks. Finding fresh cherries could be a challenge.

Making the beer sweeter can be accomplished by adding more caramel malt. Special B malt makes a dark fruit flavor similar to raisin and will also add some sweetness.