[ynotbrusum]

Ok, so now I think after 27 years, I just might understand my wife's palate.  She likes porters, chocolate and fruits.  So I brewed a 10 gallon batch on the fly, using BCS Hazelnut Porter as the guideline , but used the equivalent of 3 pounds of cherry juice one bottle of extract at kegging and a pound of chocolate powder (unsweetened, of course) in the boil.  Man, she loves it.  Better than any triple decocted pilsner I ever made (according to her).  Just goes to show ya....always brew to the consumer's palate.....

[erockrph]

Chocolate cherry porter sounds pretty damn good to me. Sounds like your wife has good taste

[thatgeekguy]

How about a recipe, sounds delish.

[ynotbrusum]

I have it at home - I will try to remember to post it tonight - the base was the BCS hazelnut chocolate porter, IIRC....

[ynotbrusum]

This is for 10 gallons, which may last quite awhile:

Grist Malts:
2 row -        23 lbs.
Munich -        3 lbs.
Crystal 40 -   2 lbs.
Crystal 80 -   2 lbs.
Chocolate -    1.5 lbs.
Blackprinz -    1 lb.

Mash at 156F for 60 minutes

Other:

Unsweetened baking cocoa powder - 1 lb. at 0 min (end of boil) stir in well.
2 quarts Tart Cherry Juice (each stated to be the equivalent of the juice from 3 lbs. of cherries) added at high krausen or a day or so after - for me that was about 3-4 days in; cherry extract at kegging or bottling to taste - I used 1 bottle that was 2/3rds of an ounce and split it between the 2 kegs.

Hops:
East Kent Goldings        2.5 ozs at 60
Willamette.                   1.5 ozs at 30
Willamette.                   1.5 ozs at 15
East Kent Goldings.        1 oz at 0
Willamette.                    1 oz at 0

Any neutral ale yeast will work - US 05, for example. I think I used a slurry I had on hand from a prior batch.