- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- White Labs 001 California Ale
- Yeast Starter
- 2 stage 2.6L yeast starter
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- None
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.5
- Original Gravity
- 1.084
- Final Gravity
- 1.014
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60 minutes
- IBU
- 23.8
- Color
- Black
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 7
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14
- Additional Fermentation
- None
- Tasting Notes
- Reeses would be jealous!
Grain Bill - 11.75lbs
7lbs Maris Otter Pale Malt
1lb Briess Flake Oats
1lb Briess Roasted Barley
12oz Crystal/Caramel 60L
12oz Briess Chocolate
10oz Dingmans Munich
8oz Briess Flaked Barley
90 Minute Mash Time
.5tsp Amylase Enzyme @ 90min after infusing grains.
Hops
.3oz Magnum 12.6%AA @ 60min
1oz UK East Kent Goldings 5.7%AA @ 10min
Adjunct Additions
1 Whirfloc tablet @ 15min
1lb Lactose @ 15min
8oz Brewers Best Natural Chocolate Flavor added to secondary fermentor @ 12 days
8oz Brewers Best Natural Peanut Butter Flavor added to secondary fermentor @ 12 days
90 Minute Boil Time
Measured OG - 1.084
Measured FG - 1.014
9.3% ABV
Mash Volumes and Temps.
15 quarts @ 159F for a 90 minute mash at 148F
5.6 gallon fly sparge @ 168F or until 7 gallons in the boil kettle.
Post-boil Volume 5.5 gallons.
Bottling
One cautionary note. I found that 5 ounces of priming sugar was not enough to completely carbonate this recipe when using a total of 16 ounces of flavoring. 5 ounces of priming sugar was fine when only using 4 ounces of each flavoring. But for my tastes, this was just a little under carbed only using the 5 ounces. For the next batch I'm going to use the full 16 ounces of flavoring, but also use a minimum of 7.5 ounces of priming sugar.
This recipe came out with a strong and in your face peanut butter cup flavor. So much so I almost chewed my beer. But it finished like a fine mellow stout with a good strong malty backbone and a nice touch of the Goldings. Overall the finish was clean and slightly dry with very little aftertaste. In the first batch I used only 4 ounces of each of the flavorings and it was good. But I found that I wanted MORE so I doubled the amount of flavoring. So unless you want a strong candy flavor, I would start out on the lite side with only 4 ounces.
A good thick mouth feel but not so thick as to feel like a milkshake coating your mouth.
7lbs Maris Otter Pale Malt
1lb Briess Flake Oats
1lb Briess Roasted Barley
12oz Crystal/Caramel 60L
12oz Briess Chocolate
10oz Dingmans Munich
8oz Briess Flaked Barley
90 Minute Mash Time
.5tsp Amylase Enzyme @ 90min after infusing grains.
Hops
.3oz Magnum 12.6%AA @ 60min
1oz UK East Kent Goldings 5.7%AA @ 10min
Adjunct Additions
1 Whirfloc tablet @ 15min
1lb Lactose @ 15min
8oz Brewers Best Natural Chocolate Flavor added to secondary fermentor @ 12 days
8oz Brewers Best Natural Peanut Butter Flavor added to secondary fermentor @ 12 days
90 Minute Boil Time
Measured OG - 1.084
Measured FG - 1.014
9.3% ABV
Mash Volumes and Temps.
15 quarts @ 159F for a 90 minute mash at 148F
5.6 gallon fly sparge @ 168F or until 7 gallons in the boil kettle.
Post-boil Volume 5.5 gallons.
Bottling
One cautionary note. I found that 5 ounces of priming sugar was not enough to completely carbonate this recipe when using a total of 16 ounces of flavoring. 5 ounces of priming sugar was fine when only using 4 ounces of each flavoring. But for my tastes, this was just a little under carbed only using the 5 ounces. For the next batch I'm going to use the full 16 ounces of flavoring, but also use a minimum of 7.5 ounces of priming sugar.
This recipe came out with a strong and in your face peanut butter cup flavor. So much so I almost chewed my beer. But it finished like a fine mellow stout with a good strong malty backbone and a nice touch of the Goldings. Overall the finish was clean and slightly dry with very little aftertaste. In the first batch I used only 4 ounces of each of the flavorings and it was good. But I found that I wanted MORE so I doubled the amount of flavoring. So unless you want a strong candy flavor, I would start out on the lite side with only 4 ounces.
A good thick mouth feel but not so thick as to feel like a milkshake coating your mouth.