Chocolate Porter/Stout recipes

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Thanks for the sanity check!
I'd love to floyd, can you get them in the supermarkets/high-street? if not I'll have to go with the essence and G&B's coca powder.

[floydmeddler]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500GM-BAGS-OF ... 23290650f6

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[6470zzy]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500GM-BAGS-OF ... 23290650f6

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Cocoa nibs add a lovely subtle note to a stout or porter, just make sure to macerate them first in an appropriate liquor prior to adding them to the FV . I use Gosling's Black Seal but that is my preference.

Cheers

[floydmeddler]

Am I right in thinking that the nibs are simply the beans with the shells removed? I didn't shell my beans... hmm... maybe I should have added more to make up for the shells... May grind another 20g...

[6470zzy]

The nibs are just the beans broken into small pieces is all

Cheers

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Thanks floyd very tempting but I think I'll see how this goes first. Quite skint after my new buffalo tap, if it ends up coming out of the fv not chocolatey then I'll grab some

[weiht]

Worth a mention that Choc doesnt really dissolve in solution but is mainly in suspension...

[floydmeddler]

Worth a mention that Choc doesnt really dissolve in solution but is mainly in suspension...

Interesting... Should I stir it in thoroughly when adding to the keg to ensure it gets mixed through or will it naturally spread through the beer over the 2 week conditioning time?

Cheers.

[seymour]

I've always heard cocoa nibs are added to the fermentor, then left behind when the finished beer is racked-off.

[6470zzy]

I've always heard cocoa nibs are added to the fermentor, then left behind when the finished beer is racked-off.

I add them to the secondary and then leave them behind.

Cheers

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My starter looks good, should have a nice 1.5l just done fermenting ready to pitch tomorrow

[john_drummer]

I've got one in secondary at the mo, will be bottling this w/e

batch size 21.0L, OG 1045, FG 1011, colour 68.2 EBC, bitterness 31.6 IBU
BIAB 26L mash liquor

3520g pale malt
519g chocolate malt
200g flaked oats
200g torrefied wheat
100g black roast barley
100g cocoa powder in the mash

mash 90mins @ 67degC; Boil 90mins

40g Fuggles @ 90mins
10g Fuggles @ 10mins
10g Fuggles @ 0mins

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Floyd your a bad man I ordered 500g of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500GM-BAGS-OF ... 23290650f6

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I brewed the porter last night, but the recipe changed a fair bit when I realised my stock taking skills were awful, also as it was around midnight, I decided to chuck in a bar of 85% dark chocolate with the coca at the end of boil
Thickest run off I've ever seen!
It went well though I think, I need to wake up and read my notes!
I'll try and get a brew day post up.

I need to work out what to do with the beans when they arrive and how many to use...

[floydmeddler]

Floyd your a bad man I ordered 500g of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500GM-BAGS-OF ... 23290650f6

Go on...

I brewed the porter last night, but the recipe changed a fair bit when I realised my stock taking skills were awful, also as it was around midnight, I decided to chuck in a bar of 85% dark chocolate with the coca at the end of boil
Thickest run off I've ever seen!
It went well though I think, I need to wake up and read my notes!
I'll try and get a brew day post up.

I need to work out what to do with the beans when they arrive and how many to use...

Sweet! Soak those beans in vodka. Next time I do this, I'll add them to primary then rack the beer into a keg. At the minute, i have LOADS of coffee and cocoa bits coming out of the keg tap. Hoping it will settle...

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Hmm well it's in primary now, and I don't secondary so I might have to put them in a hop-bag in the barrel.
Are you planning on just leaving them in?
Any issues with doing that long term - like 6m to a year?