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noob extract brewer sweet chocolate orange stout
just finished brewing this sweet chocolate orange stout(well this is what i'm calling it)
i'm looking for a very chocolatly beer. here's the recipe: 6 lbs LME golden light extract 3/4 lbs chocolate malt 1/2 lb crystal 60 1/2 lb flaked oats 1/4 black patent 1 lb lactose @ 10 min 1 oz pacifica @ 60 min 1/2 oz pacifica @ 15 min 1 tap irish moss @ 10 min 8 oz bakes chocolate @ 30 min zest of 2 oranges @ 5 min safbrew s-33 yeast OG= 1.058 (i used pacifica and s-33 because i had it laying around) i plan on making my own chocolate syrup to put in the secondary for more chocolate flavor. was planning on adding 1/2 oz of pacifica @ 30 min but wanted to ease up on the hops because i was adding chocolate and that would give some bittering. does this seem like a good idea? or is this recipe ruined from the beginning ? i'm pretty new to this but need some constructive criticism from the vets. any tips? PS- hopefully santas good to me this year so i can start AG |
Don't bother with a 30 minute addition,you'd get more bittering than flavor,or 50% of both at least. The 15 minute addition is fine for some flavor. This makes me think of those chocolate oranges they sell during the holidays that look & split apart like the actual fruit. Save for the color. Damn,those are good! If this beer tastes reminicent of those,I'd try brewing it myself!:mug:
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Check this out
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_609&products_id=123 72 Chocolate orange stout from AHS |
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The chocolate oranges around the holidays is exactly what i'm aiming for!. I actually began this thread after the beer was in the primary. You're right, I should have did the chocolate addition @ 15 min. Hopefully I don't get too much bitterness. When fermentation is complete, I will take a sample and taste it. Maybe adding cocoa nibs to the secondary. idk, just gonna have to wait and see |
So far i put 6 oz of cocoa nibs soaked in 1/2 cup of creme of cocoa and 1/2 cup of triple sec for 3 days and around a cup of cocoa powder mixed with 1/2 cup of triple sec in secondary then racked over it. It's been in the secondary for around 3-4 weeks. I'm planning on bottling pretty soon with boiling priming sugar in Grand Marnier.
I'll update this when i taste it. |
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