I found some brewing ingredients.

Today I found some brewing stuff an old roommate left. 6lbs of DarkLiquidME, and 3lbs of DarkDryME, a packet of grains to add body and structure, and some there odds and ends brewing herbs.

I am going to do abrew with the stuff. Roughly what kind og OG can I expect if i just use it all? How much alcohol are we talking?

My recipe will be as follows:
6lbs Dark Liquid ME
3lbs Dark Dry ME
1lbs Chocolate malt(steeped)
structure grains
High quality cocao
chili powder to give it a bit of a bite
and a bit of honey

I havent put much thought into the hops yet. I want it to be hoppy but for it to not over shadow the complexity of the malt.

What do you guys thing I want it around 7% ideally.

There are some free online recipe calculators you can plug those ingredients into to get your answers. here's some to try;
http://beercalculus.hopville.com/recipe
http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/recipe.html
http://hbd.org/recipator/
http://www.thescrewybrewer.com/p/brewing-tools-formulas.html
These should help you a little.

Ok I think i will lighten it up a bit. I am aiming for a beer varient of the Mayan drink chocolatl. Chocolatl Stout!

Thanks for the help and links guys.

DFH made a brew like the stuff Montezuma drank by the potfull. I forget the name. but you might find a recipe for it.

What are "structure grains"?

carapils, flavorless dextrinestyle malt that adds, body, foam retention, and stability.

at least that is what the bag says!

unionrdr said:

DFH made a brew like the stuff Montezuma drank by the potfull. I forget the name. but you might find a recipe for it.

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Theobroma? That's actually a pale colored beer though.

Gunna take a look at those links myself. This has always been a curiosity. I often wondered how close Sam got it,or what he may've added that was common at the time,etc.
*After looking at #1 & #3,I think the 3rd one shows promise as being closer to what the Spaniards tasted with Montezuma. Sounds & looks like a nice fall brew though.