Chocolate Stout Recipe Kit

A beer that I will brew over and over. Nice flavor and if a half shot of peanut butter whiskey is added it just gets better.

I brewed this as the directions noted, then added cacao nibs in the secondary that had been soaked in vodka to extract flavor. I fermented 3 gallons with just the cacao, 1 gallon with cacao and tart cherries (thawed from frozen), and 1 gallon with cinnamon sticks (4 sticks/gallon) and Thai peppers (2 de-seeded peppers/gallon). The beer fermented 3 weeks between the two stages (1-1st and 2 weeks-2nd) and has been in bottles for a week. We opened one of the cacao bottles last night and have decided to give it a little more time. I plan to let a bomber (or two) of the cherry and the cinnamon/pepper age longer to see how that works out. Very happy with this kit.

This is my first brew and it came with the kit. I fermented for one week in the pail then racked to the carboy for 2 weeks. I tasted today before bottling and my wife and I found it smooth with a hint of chocolate. Just enough bitter to make it beer and the extra time in the carboy helped drop some of the burnt flavor I taste in Commercial Stouts. VERY NICE! I will leave it in the carboy for another week then bottle.

Very good recipe, and a great base to experiment with and tweak like adding cacao nibs (was great) and adding coffee (just bottled). Next time I'd like to make it blacker and add more body and maybe even more chocolate flavor.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this being it was the first AIH beer kit I have done. It turned out excellent. Plenty of chocolate flavor without using anything extra. I kept half the batch as is, and added cherries in the secondary for the other half. Both turned out amazing. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a good easy to brew tasty stout.

This was my very first brew. Followed the recipe and instructions to to letter. Just cracked my 1st bottle and it tastes great, just not a chocolate stout in my opinion. Reminds me of a German stout. Krombacher Dark is what I think of. Good beer. Kit was great and instructions clear and easy to follow.

This was a wonderful stout. I did make a couple of small modifications such as adding the cocoa nibs for two weeks as others have done and I also added three cups of espresso when I racked the beer. I also used the Irish yeast instead of the California yeast. The result is awesome.

Followed directions, with the exception of adding 4 ounces of cocoa nibs soaked in cherry bourbon. Great combination! Soaked the nibs for 2 weeks, then added to secondary for a week before bottling. Wow.

I made this chocolate stout very recently and it turned out much better than I had even imagined. The body was full, good hop presence, and smooth finish makes this beer very drinkable. I will make this one over and over. Thanks AIH.

This is a fantastic chocolate stout. Followed the recipe 100% and it delivered! I am purchasing again as soon as I finish the review. Two weeks first fermentation then two weeks second fermentation. Three weeks bottle condition then into the refrigerator. It's that easy and wow what a wonderful result! ENjOY

So if you're reading this you landed on the chocolate stout maybe because you like chocolate stouts or you thought "ooooh chocolate stout sounds interesting". Either way, I ordered this kit and followed the instructions to a "T". I even did a partial boil(I normally do a full). The only thing I did different was add a package of theobroma cocoa nibs 3 weeks after pitching yeast. The stout sat on top of them for one week for a 4 week total yeast pitch-to-keg timeframe. This is ridiculously awesome! AIH... Please NEVER ket rid of this....hell I would bump up the price a hair and sell it with the cocoa nibs! Slightly sweet, fairly roasty, great chocolate aroma and flavor with enough hops to balance. I used the dry yeast, good ol' US-05...I've never had a bad experience with it. Great kit and I'm going to blow through this keg!

I have personally brewed this kit 5 times. I have bottled it as well as kegged it. I simply LOVE IT!! "Can't see thru it DARK"...perfect FLAVOR...PERFECT recipe! I highly recommend you try this one...you won't be disappointed!