I am currently fermenting Ovaltine.

I took a full jar of ovaltine (The main ingredient is Malted Barley).

I added it to about 2 gallons of water and boiled it for an hour with 0.4oz of US Goldings at 60mins.

I have about 1.5 gallons now of 1.030 wort with pretty good krauzen fermenting with a leftover pack of Coopers yeast from a kit that I fermented with a slurry from another batch.

Its very dark, chocolate milk kinda looking.



-Fo

www.youtube.com/weirdbeer

Hahah. Nice. Never heard of this before.

I'm intrigued.

Hmmmmm...interest to see what this ends up tasting like.

I hope you read the label first. The main ingredients in todays Ovaltine are alkalized cocoa and sugar. Blech!

With any luck the video will be up tonight. I haven't uploaded in a while, and some people are e-mailing me and getting wrestless. This should keep them happy. lol.

GilaMinumBeer said:

I hope you read the label first. The main ingredients in todays Ovaltine are alkalized cocoa and sugar. Blech!

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Oh I read the label. Its in the video.

Don't worry, this isn't a serious brew. The main ingredient is the malted barley. Yeah, its going to be bad.

I think there are way to many people who take brewing way to seriously.

I'm having fun. That's what counts.

Video is up.

[ame=http://youtu.be/qYhFk50am9c]Fo's Ovaltine Beer Experiment - How to brew Ovaltine Beer - YouTube[/ame]

I think Fermentation has slowed down. Looking good!

Interesting!

Every time I see Ovaltine I read it in Frau Blucher's voice.

definitely sub'd for this epic journey!

i'm in.

OP, there are much better ways to brew a chocolate milk stout. (sorry, couldn't resist)

dude thats just wrong. you made me cry. why the heck would you have ovaltine in your house, its the second root of all evil.(first is swmbo).

Are you hoping to get a major award for it?

Haha, gotta see how this turns out.

This experiment is done in protest to all those "all to serious" brewers. Lets just have some fun!

I saw that the main ingredient is Barley and Malt extract. How bad could this really be?

We'll find out! Stay tuned.

too weird to pass up. subscribing

Beer-Baron said:

This experiment is done in protest to all those "all to serious" brewers.

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now ^THAT'S^ funny! it'll sure show all those 'too serious' brewers how wrong they are for their ways. in fact, i can't think of anything better than a cool mug of fermented ovaltine to show me that i need to take beer brewing less seriously.

NordeastBrewer77 said:

now ^THAT'S^ funny! it'll sure show all those 'too serious' brewers how wrong they are for their ways. in fact, i can't think of anything better than a cool mug of fermented ovaltine to show me that i need to take beer brewing less seriously.

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^^^

This is what I'm talking about.

I don't think this is going to be a good beer. But I think this is fun. I'm tired of all the nay sayers telling everyone else how to enjoy their homebrewing.

You're welcome to try it though. Come on by. I'll pour you a pint!

Love this idea. You sir are an innovator.

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!

Awesome experiment, can't wait for the tasting video. :rockin:

Pretty sweet. And the video effects were awesomely ridiculous.

Better step it up for the tasting video.

Reno_eNVy said:

Pretty sweet. And the video effects were awesomely ridiculous.

Better step it up for the tasting video.

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Thanks man! You actually get it. I catch a lot of flack from people for the sound effects. I'm just goofing around.

I will try and step up the next video for you. This one was edited like crap.

I'm not too serious a brewer. To save money I ferment in an old boot I found on the side of the road.

I admit, if I was offered it I would try a taste of ovaltine beer... And I despise ovaltine.

johnsma22 said:

I'm not too serious a brewer. To save money I ferment in an old boot I found on the side of the road.

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No need to pitch yeast, it's already got a fungus in it!

JonM said:

Interesting!

Every time I see Ovaltine I read it in Frau Blucher's voice.

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The jar is round, the lid is round...Why don't they call it Roundtine?

johnsma22 said:

I'm not too serious a brewer. To save money I ferment in an old boot I found on the side of the road.

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When I was a kid there was a local whacko known as boot-jack - do you want to know why?

willum said:

love this idea. You sir are an innovator.

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+1.

Awesome! Even though I am pretty sure this brew is the precursor to the zombie apocalypse, I salute you!

BrewMU said:

The jar is round, the lid is round...Why don't they call it Roundtine?

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That's gold, BrewMU! GOLD!

brewingmeister said:

Are you hoping to get a major award for it?

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Fantastic. You win sir.

Subscribed! There is no way this can end badly. :rockin:

I thought your thread title was a trap to catch attention.

Now I realize you actually ARE this awesome.

"More Ovaltine, please!"

It comes full circle, since some of the brewers stayed afloat during Prohibition by producing malt products like Ovaltine.

In for the taste test. Maybe a bottle swap? I want to try it.

Wow - let us know how it turns out. I love Ovaltine. Not sure how it tastes fermented. But I would be interested in your results.

JonM said:

Interesting!

Every time I see Ovaltine I read it in Frau Blucher's voice.

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Me, too. When I have company, I offer them something to drink. Beer? No. Wine? No. Sparkling water? No. OVALTINE? Blank stare.

I can't imaging this not ending well

You sick, sick Canadian bastard! •reaches for popcorn and finds a comfy chair to watch the fun•

Sub'd.