Chocopotamus Stout

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Chocolate, coffee and beer. They’re the words we love to hear. So, it’s no wonder that such a lot of us, just love the Chocopotamus! Ok enough of the poetics… let’s get our chops into this big loveable stout. As you’d expect, our sociable beast pours deep black with a smooth tan head. The aromas and flavours of coffee, cacao and chocolate wallow around in the nose and mouth, balanced out by a toffee sweetness. Then it all comes ashore with a firm, bitter finish, before it’s time to plunge back in again for another sip.

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Recipe Contains

1 × Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale (1.3kg)
1 × Chocolate Malt (250g)
1 × Roasted Barley (100g)
1 × English Ale Yeast (15g)
1 × Mr Beer Carbonation Drops (72g)

You'll Need

1 × 360ml Chocolate Syrup

Beer Style: Dark

Colour (EBC): 108
Volume: 9L
Difficulty: Advanced

ABV 6.9%

Alcohol by Volume

42 IBU

International Bitterness Units

EBC 108

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Ingredients

1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale
1 x 250g Chocolate Malt
1 x 100g Roasted Barley
1 x 360ml Chocolate Syrup
1 x 15g Coopers English Ale Yeast
1 x 72g Mr Beer Carbonation Drops

Mix

The Day Before: Line a pot (at least 5 litres) with a mesh cleaning cloth (pulled straight from the
pack).
Place the Chocolate Malt and Roasted Barley in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack them using
a rolling pin.
Add the cracked Chocolate Malt and Roasted Barley into 2 litres of cold water, fit the lid and sit in the
fridge overnight.
Brew Day: Remove from the fridge then gather up the corners of the mesh cloth and lift, allowing the
liquid to drain from the malts back into the pot.
Place the strained liquid onto the stovetop and bring to the boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and set the pot in a cold/ice water bath to cool (about 15 mins).
Strain the liquid into the Fermenting Vessel (FV).
Add the Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale to the FV and stir to dissolve.
Top up with cold tap water to the 6 litre mark.
Check the temperature and top up to the 9 litre mark with warm or cool water (refrigerated if
necessary) to start the brew at 18°C- 20°C.
Sprinkle the Coopers English Ale Yeast and the brew can yeast and fit the lid

Home Recipes CHOCOPOTAMUS STOUT

Chocopotamus Stout

Chocolate, coffee and beer. They’re the words we love to hear. So, it’s no wonder that such a lot of us, just love the Chocopotamus! Ok enough of the poetics… let’s get our chops into this big loveable stout. As you’d expect, our sociable beast pours deep black with a smooth tan head. The aromas and flavours of coffee, cacao and chocolate wallow around in the nose and mouth, balanced out by a toffee sweetness. Then it all comes ashore with a firm, bitter finish, before it’s time to plunge back in again for another sip.

Chocopotamus Stout
Beer Style Dark
Flavour Profile Malty, Coffee, Roast, Sweet
Alcohol Content 6.9%
Colour (EBC) 108
Bitterness (IBU) 42
Volume 9L
Difficulty Advanced

Ingredients

1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale
1 x 250g Chocolate Malt
1 x 100g Roasted Barley
1 x 360ml Chocolate Syrup
1 x 15g Coopers English Ale Yeast
1 x 72g Mr Beer Carbonation Drops

1. Mix

The Day Before: Line a pot (at least 5 litres) with a mesh cleaning cloth (pulled straight from the
pack).
Place the Chocolate Malt and Roasted Barley in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack them using
a rolling pin.
Add the cracked Chocolate Malt and Roasted Barley into 2 litres of cold water, fit the lid and sit in the
fridge overnight.
Brew Day: Remove from the fridge then gather up the corners of the mesh cloth and lift, allowing the
liquid to drain from the malts back into the pot.
Place the strained liquid onto the stovetop and bring to the boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and set the pot in a cold/ice water bath to cool (about 15 mins).
Strain the liquid into the Fermenting Vessel (FV).
Add the Mr Beer Bewitched Amber Ale to the FV and stir to dissolve.
Top up with cold tap water to the 6 litre mark.
Check the temperature and top up to the 9 litre mark with warm or cool water (refrigerated if
necessary) to start the brew at 18°C- 20°C.
Sprinkle the Coopers English Ale Yeast and the brew can yeast and fit the lid

2. Brew

Place the FV in a location out of direct sunlight and try to ferment between 18C - 22C.
Fermentation should take 7 to 10 days.
On day 3, add all the Chocolate Syrup into the FV. Let ferment for a further 4 days.
At around day 7 check the specific gravity (SG).
Check the SG again the following day and so on

3. Bottle

The brew is ready once the SG has stabilised over a couple of days.
Gently fill clean PET bottles to about 3cm from the top.
Add 2 carbonation drops per bottle and secure the caps.
Store the bottles upright in a location out of direct sunlight.

4. Enjoy

After at least two weeks, check for sufficient carbonation by squeezing the bottles.
Bottles kept unrefrigerated should improve with age.
When ready to drink, chill the bottles upright.
The chilled beer may be poured into clean glassware, leaving the sediment behind.
Expect the alcohol content to be approximately 6.9% ABV.

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