I had a pint of it yesturday, poured to a beautiful head and the mouthfeel is much thicker now. I'm going to pop one open again tomarrow and do a much more in depth analysis. Will report back then.
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Ok, it’s ready. It’s almost absolutely perfect! The body is a little thinner than Stone’s but the taste is almost identical, burnt chocolate chip cookie taste and all! Medium head that lingers and lingers and eventually dies down to a white ring around the glass. This was one of the things I was worried about being affected by the use of real chocolate powder.
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thanks for posting this recipe up, looked a long time for the extract version of this recipe and I think you hit it spot on. I was amazed by the amount of grains and crystal for steeping...pot was almost to the brim with only 2.5 gallons of water!!!
The samples I was tasting from the spoon on the occasional stirring was unreal (don't judge). I do not have a sweet tooth at all and I can already tell this will be a staple in the Schickengiggle household!
Have you done the AG version of this as well? would you recommend the AG for my first batch when I decide to do that in about a month?
thanks again
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Primary 1 - Santa's Morning Wood
Primary 2 - Santa's Morning Wood
Primary 3 - IPA
Primary 4 - IPA
Keg 1 - Dark lager 1.1
Keg 2 - Dark lager 1.2
Keg 3 - Dark lager 1.3
Keg 4 - Dark lager 1.4
Keg 5 - Coffee stout
Keg 6 - IPA redux
2012 to date - 10Gal
thanks for posting this recipe up, looked a long time for the extract version of this recipe and I think you hit it spot on. I was amazed by the amount of grains and crystal for steeping...pot was almost to the brim with only 2.5 gallons of water!!!
The samples I was tasting from the spoon on the occasional stirring was unreal (don't judge). I do not have a sweet tooth at all and I can already tell this will be a staple in the Schickengiggle household!
Have you done the AG version of this as well? would you recommend the AG for my first batch when I decide to do that in about a month?
thanks again
Hey dude! Very cool of you to brew this! As for the AG version, nope, I never did one. I would recomend you doing something simple for the first batch. Then tackle this when you get all the bugs worked out of the system.
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Don't know what to tell you, sounds stuck maybe.....
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"I am not an alcoholic, I知 a drunk. An alcoholic means that I have a problem and when I drink all my problems go away."
I racked it into a secondary last night...2.5 inches is sediment in a bucket fermenter, holy lord
racked it with .1028 gravity, hopefully next Saturday it will be ready to keg. of course I had to put a little on it in a glass during transfer and after tasting it, I think guitargod said it best
It is incredible! It is incredible!
: tilts head at unnatural angle :
: dances around in forum naked :
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Primary 1 - Santa's Morning Wood
Primary 2 - Santa's Morning Wood
Primary 3 - IPA
Primary 4 - IPA
Keg 1 - Dark lager 1.1
Keg 2 - Dark lager 1.2
Keg 3 - Dark lager 1.3
Keg 4 - Dark lager 1.4
Keg 5 - Coffee stout
Keg 6 - IPA redux
2012 to date - 10Gal
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"I am not an alcoholic, I知 a drunk. An alcoholic means that I have a problem and when I drink all my problems go away."