What kind of chocolate did you use? I would like to try making a chocolate stout based on an extract recipe. Not gonna mess with it too much, would like to add chocolate and maybe coffee flavor.

The oatmeal stout seems to be coming along nicely. Had a pretty active fermentation after about 12 hours, but slowed down substantially within about 24 and the trub really started accumulating. Gonna let it sit for a couple weeks before I bottle. Should have gotten a hydrometer before, but it's on t...

Thanks guys, this seems like a great place to learn and have fun in the process.

Got a brewdemon kit for Christmas from my wife. I just finished the last of the "prophecy ale" that came with it. It wasn't the best beer I've had but it was good and I had a blast making it. I put an oatmeal stout in the fermenter today and can barely wait to try it, Samuel Smiths is my f...