Coconut- chips or desicated

[sbond10]

Following on from a brief chat about coconuts in the extract forum. I just wondered everyone's opinions on which was better. Coconut chips or desicated ?

They both have there pros and cons, Im planning on toasting mine which ever I choose.

Coconut chips
Pros easier to handle, won't cause filtration issues can be dumped straight into the fermenter can be bought pre toasted
Cons higher cost due to pnp less surface area toasted ones might have sugar on um.

Desicated
Pros cheaper smaller pieces so more able to contact the wort and beer in fv. Organic varities contain no preservatives.
Cons may cause filtration issues when both emptying boiler and fv. May turn to a mush in kettle. More oils could leech out


Any one else got any thoughts on using coconut in beer

Tia sean

[WalesAles]

sbond,
You could try this as a back-up........

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/18349/Natural ... ml-Coconut

Pinto suggested these when I messed up my Wheat Beer, I used an oil based essence, not a spirit based essence.
You could use this as an addition if the flakes don`t give enough flavour/aroma.

WA

[sbond10]

Cheers Wales the yanks use that instead of actual coconut for ease summat to keep in mind

[barneey]

Don't take this the wrong way but coconut

[sbond10]

Don't take this the wrong way but coconut

It's becoming the in thing, I'm putting it in a milk stout with cacao

[BrannigansLove]

Don't take this the wrong way but coconut

It's becoming the in thing, I'm putting it in a milk stout with cacao

Drinkable Bounty?

[sbond10]

Brewdog beatnik milk stout recipe 173 in diy dog

[Rookie]

Don't take this the wrong way but coconut

It goes very well in a wheat beer. Later this month I'm going to do a coconut cider.

[sbond10]

Don't take this the wrong way but coconut

It goes very well in a wheat beer. Later this month I'm going to do a coconut cider.

Any tips rookie

[Rookie]

Don't take this the wrong way but coconut

It goes very well in a wheat beer. Later this month I'm going to do a coconut cider.

Any tips rookie

There's a grocery near my house that sells them (unsweetened) in larger pieces than the tiny flakes that most stores carry. I learned the hard way that the tiny flakes are a bitch to strain out when it's bottling time.
For cider and wheat beer I don't toast the coconut.
It can be a bit subtle so have enough to add more if the first dose doesn't give you the level of coconutness that you want.

[sbond10]

So basically desicated are out then ?

[simon12]

I have no experience of this at all but wouldn't coconut milk be easier.

[sbond10]

I have no experience of this at all but wouldn't coconut milk be easier.

Far too much oil in coconut milk apprently

[Rookie]

So basically desicated are out then ?

Not necessarily. Dried fruit often has more concentrated flavor. Split a batch and use some in half of it and non-desiccated on the other and see if there's a difference.

[sbond10]

So basically desicated are out then ?

Not necessarily. Dried fruit often has more concentrated flavor. Split a batch and use some in half of it and non-desiccated on the other and see if there's a difference.

I mean for clogging up filters sounded like you had issues