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by enzo_damario
Saturday Mar 12, 2016 10:56 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Chocolate Stout increasing ABV
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Re: Chocolate Stout increasing ABV

I have seen various methods for calculating Alc/Vol on the net and ended up just choosing one that suited me.
Currently this is what I use. The plus 0.5 is for the extra fermentation in the bottle. In my notes this I mention this as the Coopers method, whatever that may mean.

(OG x 1000 - FG x ...
by enzo_damario
Sunday Feb 28, 2016 6:21 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Chocolate Irish Stout
Replies: 1
Views: 27512

Chocolate Irish Stout

Hi everyone! I just brewed an Irish Stout and added 4 Oz of unsweetened cocoa powder (I want the chocolate flavor but don't want it to be overpowering).

I'm planning to add lactose at bottling to actually sweet the cocoa into chocolate... how much lactose will suffice for a 5 gallons batch? 1 lb? 0 ...