This is an update to the epic multi-flavored stout project. I started to bottle some of the flavored sweet stouts.
- Vanilla stout – we took a gallon of sweet stout and let it sit on a whole split vanilla bean for two weeks. Initial tastes at bottling revealed a prominent but not overwhelming vanilla taste. I liked it – it wasn’t in the background at all.
- Chocolate stout – for this one, we took a gallon of the same sweet stout and let it sit on 1.5 ounces of cocoa powder for 2 weeks. The few tastes I took at bottling revealed some bitter cocoa flavor. This one may be a miss but we won’t know for sure until it’s ready.
- Cherry stout – I haven’t bottled this one yet, but I did take a sample from it a week ago. The tart cherries were detectable in the beer but it seemed unfinished. If it mellows out, this beer could be the best of the bunch.
So all of these different stouts should be ready to drink in two weeks. Let’s have a tasting then, shall we?
Andrew
Awesome. Let us know how they turn out. I just finished bottling the Porter I made off of your Maple Porter recipe. I split the 5 gallon batch into two 2.5 gallon batches after the primary fermentation and added the maple syrup to one and vanilla bean to another. When I tasted them yesterday, they were both amazing, so I can’t wait for them to be ready in a few weeks.
John
Right on. I am think we’ll have an official tasting and post a video about it.
I am interested to know about the maple porter especially with the addition to secondary.