Chocolate Milk Stout All Grain Beer Recipe Kit

Bring a chocolate-milk favorite to your next all-grain brew day. Chocolate Milk Stout combines roasted malts, real cacao nibs, and lactose for cocoa and espresso flavors with a touch of caramel sweetness. This 5-gallon recipe pours an ebony pint beneath a firm tan head, with a full, silky body and a bittersweet finish.

Tasting Notes

• Aroma: Chocolate, coffee-like roast, and a hint of caramel.
• Appearance: Opaque ebony with a thick tan head.
• Flavor: Cocoa and espresso with caramelized sugar sweetness and bittersweet edges.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied, creamy, and smooth with lingering sweetness.

Brewing Notes

• Style: Chocolate milk stout with a Sweet Stout base (BJCP 2021: 16A)
• Brewing Method: All-grain
• Batch Size: 5 gallons
• Boil Time: 60 minutes
• Fermentation Temp Range: 65–75°F
• Approximate ABV: 5.1%
• Original Gravity: 1.049
• Bitterness / IBU: Moderate, balanced by malt and lactose sweetness
• Beer Color / SRM: Opaque ebony
• Time to Package: About 3–4 weeks after brew day, once fermentation and conditioning are complete
• Time to Enjoy: About 6 weeks from brew day, including bottle conditioning

Brewing Overview: Mash at 152°F for 60 minutes, mash out at 170°F for 10 minutes, and complete a 60-minute boil. Soak the cacao nibs overnight in 10 fl oz of vodka (required separately), then add the nibs and soaking liquid to the secondary fermenter about two weeks before bottling.

Contains milk-derived lactose.

Also available as the Chocolate Milk Stout Extract Beer Recipe Kit.