New Chocolate Stout

Yesterday I brewed the Colburn's chocolate stout! Notice the lowercase "chocolate stout". It does not have a name yet. I am not usually a fan of stouts, but this one is looking really tasty. It's about 50 SRM (the color black) and has a very rich chocolate flavor from the roasted barley and wheat. I put in some wheat so it has a nice head to it. Get ready for this one! It will be ready at the end of February!

In the meantime, My Cherry Valentine is just about ready for bottling! Anyone want to join me? I'm thinking I'll do it Friday morning. After that it will need about 2 weeks in the bottle - just in time for Valentine's Day. Here are the stats:

Brew No. 13: My Cherry Valentine

brewed: January, 2011

4.5lb Light DME

0.5lb Wheat DME

2.75lb honey malt

2oz cascade hops @ 55mins

1oz cascade hops @ 15mins

IRISH MOSS for clarity

White Labs California Ale Yeast

4oz Cherry extract and 3oz clover honey added after primary fermentation

OG 1.060

FG 1.014

IBU 42

SRM 14

ABV 6%

For your information, I am planning on entering Pizza Port's Homebrewing Competition next week! I will be submitting My Cherry Valentine and maybe some of Jim Whitaker's Bittakers. We'll see how it goes! Root for me, will ya?

In other news, a video camera has been anonymously donated to Pillbox Brewery so be expecting some amazing video blogs in the future!

(choose a reaction below - come on people! you can do it...)