So I'm trying to come up with a recipe for a chocolate-mint stout, but don't want to "cheat" with mint, chocolate, or cocoa nibs. The idea I had was grab mint from the hops and chocolate from the malt, to that end, I came up with the following (assumes 58% efficiency - don't ask, I'm working on it ) :
8# Stout Malt (malting co. of Ireland)
2# UK Chocolate malt
2# Flaked oats
2# Weyermann Chocolate Wheat
1# Black barley
1# Cararoma
.5# Carafoam
.5 oz Polaris @ 60
.5 Polaris @ 1
1 oz Polaris dry hopped after ~4 days (when primary complete)
Fermented with WLP-004 (Irish ale yeast)
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Trying for something that complies with 13C - Oatemeal Stout)
1.057 OG
1.017 FG
5.3 ABV
31.8 IBU
(Color way off at 95.6 SRM)
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So a couple of things -
1) Should I just plain give up on the idea?
2) Any suggestions? Is WLP004 a bad idea for this?
Thanks for the help, ideas, and support!