Chocolate Milk Stout Extract Beer Recipe Kit

Chocolate milk, all grown up. Chocolate Milk Stout takes a childhood indulgence into rich, roasty territory, pouring an ebony pint with thick tan foam and flavors of cocoa, espresso, and caramelized sugar. Full-bodied and creamy with a bittersweet edge, this is a chocolate treat you get to brew yourself.

This 5-gallon extract beer recipe kit builds its stout base with dark malt syrup and specialty grains. Lactose adds body and residual sweetness, while real cacao nibs bring chocolate character with subtle fruity and earthy notes. Enjoy a pint after dinner or try a splash over vanilla ice cream. You call the shots.

Tasting Notes

• Aroma: Cocoa and espresso-like roast, with subtle fruity and earthy notes from the cacao nibs.
• Appearance: Opaque ebony with a thick tan head.
• Flavor: Chocolate, roasted coffee, and caramelized sugar sweetness, balanced by hop bitterness and a bittersweet edge.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied, creamy, and rounded, with lingering residual sweetness.

Brewing Notes

• Style: Sweet Stout (BJCP 2021: 16A)
• Brewing Method: Extract with specialty steeping grains
• Batch Size: 5 gallons
• Boil Time: 60 minutes
• Fermentation Temp Range: 64–75°F
• Approximate ABV: 5.1%
• Original Gravity: 1.051
• Bitterness / IBU: Moderate, balanced by malt and lactose sweetness
• Beer Color / SRM: Opaque ebony
• Time to Package: About 4 weeks from brew day, after fermentation and cacao conditioning are complete
• Time to Enjoy: About 6 weeks from brew day, including bottle conditioning

Brewing Overview: Steep the specialty grains, add the dark malt syrup and lactose, and complete a 60-minute boil. Soak the cacao nibs overnight in 10 fl oz of vodka, then add the nibs and soaking liquid to the secondary fermenter about two weeks before bottling.

What Is Included

• 6 lb dark liquid malt extract
• 0.25 lb English Extra Dark Crystal malt
• 0.75 lb Fawcett Pale Chocolate Malt
• 1 lb lactose milk sugar
• 1.5 oz Cluster hops
• 4 oz cacao nibs
• A mesh bag for steeping the grains.

Required separately: 10 fl oz of vodka for the cacao-nib soak.

Prefer to mash your own grains? Choose the Chocolate Milk Stout All-Grain Beer Recipe Kit.

Behind the Brew

Milk stout gets its name from lactose, a milk-derived sugar that contributes residual sweetness and a creamy, full body. Pale chocolate malt supplies coffee-like roast and cocoa notes, while cacao nibs add another layer of chocolate aroma and flavor during conditioning. Together, they give this sweet stout its rich center and bittersweet finish.