Chocolate wheat experiment

JZehr · 11-21-2011, 12:44 AM

Hey all,

So I tried an experimental brew because I thought it might be interesting. Recipe was:

Partial Mash

6 lbs Breiss Wheat LME
1 lb White Wheat
1 lb Quick Oats
2 lb 2-row

Grains were mashed at 154 or so for an hour (3rd or so partial mash. didn't have great temp control)

1 oz Hallertau @ 60
8 oz Hershey cocoa @ 5 mins

Starter of WLP Cali V
.75 oz Chocolate Hazelnut extract at bottling
.5 tsp vanilla extract at bottling

Carbonated it to about 3.5 vols or so. This beer just tastes....funny. Kind of like chocolate yogurt. Really smooth with lots of chocolate flavor/aroma, but it still just isnt very good. I guess my question is, is this just a crappy recipe? or should I actually let it age and see what happens?

Thanks for your input, be brutal!
JZ

hot_carl · 11-21-2011, 04:23 AM

sounds interesting! I'm not sure that aging will do much...some of the chocolate flavor may subside, but since its already pretty smooth it may not change a whole lot. 8oz seems like alot of cocoa...but then again, I may be shooting in the dark with that since I havent presonally made a chocolate stout before. If nothing else, chocolate stouts make great desert floats with some good vanilla ice cream

Just not forthe kids!

McLompoc · 11-21-2011, 04:33 AM

Drop some in a blender with some vanilla ice cream and let us know how it is!

rexbanner · 11-21-2011, 04:45 AM

Try using some chocolate malt. There is even chocolate wheat malt. I think a chocolate wheat could definitely be done but probably not with only real chocolate.

JZehr · 11-21-2011, 11:57 AM

Thanks for the replies, might have to try the beer float!

**harrydrez** · 11-21-2011, 01:01 PM

It could be those flavor extracts too; did you taste the beer before adding them?