Three C's Stout

5 gallons, partial mash.  I won't make this again.  It tastes great...the taste changes, it seems, every month...but it's a huge mess...the "cake" in the bottom of the carboys was thick and muddy and I had to rack four times to get it even close to clean

On the other hand, it tastes great...smooth...cherries, coffee, chocolate...what's not to love?

Mash in 4Q @ 155F overnight mash

• 1.0 # toasted (300F) rolled oats
• 1.0 # maris otter
• 0.5 # 120L crystal
• 0.5 # chocolate malt
• 0.5 # 60L crystal

Boil

• 1.0 # amber DME - 75 minutes
• 6.6 # golden light LME - 75 minutes
• 1.5 oz columbus - 75 minutes
• 1 cinnamon stick - 5 minutes
• 8.0 oz cocoa - 5 minutes
• 1 cup (cup, not shot) expresso - flameout

cool and pitch 1 sachet SafAle S-04, 1 sachet SafAle S-05

• add 5 pounds pie frozen pie cherries

hold for a week or so before racking the first time to make sure you've got all you're going to get from the cherries.  then rack a couple more times, as necessary, to clear.

Note -> after all that racking, it ended up at 4 gallons stout

• OG 1.080
• FG 1.025