I pulled the trigger on a good priced stout extract kit (the “Depot’s Stimulus Stout”) at the Homebrewing Depot. I’m going to use it as a base to my first stout and furthermore my first chocolate stout. I made the decision to go chocolate after Kel and I tried a Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. It was good but not as chocolate tasting as I anticipated. I was assuming chocolate beer with a name like that. I did some research in addition to finishing Charlie Papazian’s The Complete Joy of Home Brewing. I decided to add 100% cocoa powder, vanilla extract and lactose to my stout base recipe. My OG was 1.052.
