Frogmanx82
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I've got my porter
Malt & Fermentables
LB OZ
5 ~ English Pale
4 ~ American Two-row Pale
1 ~ Barley, Flaked
~ 8 American Victory
~ 8 Briess Chocolate 350 L
~ 4 Briess Roasted Barley
Color
22° SRM
Brown to Dark Brown
Hops
Usage Time OZ AA » IBU
boil 60 min 1 Cascade ~ pellet 6.2 » 21.2
boil 30 min 1 Willamette ~ pellet 5.5 » 14.4
Bitterness 35.6 IBU
Yeast Irish Ale (WLP004)
Alcohol
5.3% ABV
Miscellaneous Ingredients
At bottling 2 tsp Chocolate Extract
At bottling 2 tsp Peanut Butter, Liquid Extract
If anyone has played with either of these extracts I'd love to hear about it. They are both Watkins brand, available at Walmart. I did a test on my pumpkin beer and found 2 drops of each in 6 oz was pretty tasty. One drop each was just not noticeable enough. 1 drop per 6 oz should equal 1 TSP in 5 gallons so I'm thinking 2 TSP each added at bottling. I could do the addition in secondary, but i'm thinking about bottling some of the porter unflavored, maybe even half of it.
These extracts are definitely the way to go if you are looking for a Reece Cup taste. Messing with real peanut butter sounds way too much of a pain and often doesn't translate to a peanut butter taste in the beer. I'm doing the cacao nibs in vodka on a milk stout but I can tell that has a much more complex and bitter taste than the chocolate extract which is more like a candy bar.
Malt & Fermentables
LB OZ
5 ~ English Pale
4 ~ American Two-row Pale
1 ~ Barley, Flaked
~ 8 American Victory
~ 8 Briess Chocolate 350 L
~ 4 Briess Roasted Barley
Color
22° SRM
Brown to Dark Brown
Hops
Usage Time OZ AA » IBU
boil 60 min 1 Cascade ~ pellet 6.2 » 21.2
boil 30 min 1 Willamette ~ pellet 5.5 » 14.4
Bitterness 35.6 IBU
Yeast Irish Ale (WLP004)
Alcohol
5.3% ABV
Miscellaneous Ingredients
At bottling 2 tsp Chocolate Extract
At bottling 2 tsp Peanut Butter, Liquid Extract
If anyone has played with either of these extracts I'd love to hear about it. They are both Watkins brand, available at Walmart. I did a test on my pumpkin beer and found 2 drops of each in 6 oz was pretty tasty. One drop each was just not noticeable enough. 1 drop per 6 oz should equal 1 TSP in 5 gallons so I'm thinking 2 TSP each added at bottling. I could do the addition in secondary, but i'm thinking about bottling some of the porter unflavored, maybe even half of it.
These extracts are definitely the way to go if you are looking for a Reece Cup taste. Messing with real peanut butter sounds way too much of a pain and often doesn't translate to a peanut butter taste in the beer. I'm doing the cacao nibs in vodka on a milk stout but I can tell that has a much more complex and bitter taste than the chocolate extract which is more like a candy bar.