what were your strike temps? and how much water for mash and strike?
I have attached my brewsheet from my BeerSmith program. I added Chocolate Malt, and tweeked the recipe a little.
The sheet should answer all your questions.
The plain text below. I hope this helps.
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Recipe: Chocolate Mint Stout (Girl Stout)
Brewer: Mario Martinez
Asst Brewer:
Style: Sweet Stout
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.37 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 23.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 22.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 86.4 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 69.6 %
1 lbs Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 2 8.7 %
1 lbs Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4 8.7 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.7 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.3 %
0.70 oz Cluster [7.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 15.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] Boil 10.0 Hop 7 5.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 2.0 min Hop 9 0.8 IBUs
8.00 oz Cocoa (Boil 5.0 mins) Flavor 8 -
1.00 oz Mint (Secondary 0.0 mins) Spice 11 -
1.0 pkg Irish Ale Yeast (White Labs #WLP004) Yeast 10 -
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 17.57 qt of water at 166.0 F 156.0 F 45 min
Mash Out Add 5.75 qt of water at 209.0 F 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge: Fly sparge with 3.72 gal water at 168.0 F
View attachment GirlStoutBrewSheet.pdf