Chocolate makes everything better, right?  This beer was no exception.  This beer was surprising light for a stout.  That is to say it didn’t seem “thick” when drinking it.  It has a dark, rich, chocolate taste to it.  The oats gave it a smooth taste.

The first few bottles were surprisingly crisp, due to the carbonation.  This made it taste almost like a root beer.  Not what I was going for.  But after it had conditioned in the bottles for 2-3 weeks, it mellowed out and became delicious.

As good as this beer was, I’m not sure how often I will brew this one.  Working the chocolate into the beer was a pain.  The method that I was able to come up with on brew day that worked best was to place a chunk of chocolate into a large ladle spoon, then let the wort pour in and out of the ladle to melt the chocolate and incorporate it into the brew.  Then when a piece would fall out of the ladle, it was a made dash to fish it off of the bottom of the pot before it burned.  I’ll need to improve on this method before I think about doing a chocolate brew again (there’s a comment section below for any suggestions…).

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