Ken - I make Chocolate Oatmeal Stouts all the time. I use 8oz of the Cacao Nibs from "The Spice House" in old town. Stouts turn out like liquid chocolate, so good! I'm fine with the Chocolate and the Vanilla, it's just the peppers that I can't figure out how much to use. What peppers? I don't want this thing to be dark colored fire water....
Okay, so email the brewery and tell them that you're a hotshot homebrewer and you know how to use the chocolate & vanilla but not the peppers. Tell them that you have won the Sam Adams Longshot and all of that... they'll appreciate it. Ask about which hops they use (unless you already know) and the peppers and my guess is that you will have a good springboard at that point. Now I want to come over and help you make it because it's got such a multi-faceted character.
Edited by KenLenard, 24 June 2014 - 08:11 PM.