WriterWriter
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Hey all,
So I'm on my third batch of beer. It's a stout and I threw two tablespoons of cocoa powder into the mix. It's been fermenting about 21 days or so and I took a sample out to show a friend who came by. I wasn't expecting anything much but I thought we might at least taste the chocolate.
Well, the beer is completely green, and without a chocolate taste or aftertaste. OK, that's fine -- I can wait and don't need the chocolate taste if it doesn't come. But there was so much...uh..."stuff" floating in the beer. Like as if the cocoa didn't diffuse properly. It was coating the sampling glass. Looked unappealing at best. I didn't impress the friend either!
Question is: is this normal when adding cocoa powder? I won't be using a secondary so is there another course of action to get rid of this stuff? I was planning on leaving the stout to ferment for a full month anyway, then 3 weeks in the bottle. Will that change matters?
Thanks,
WW
So I'm on my third batch of beer. It's a stout and I threw two tablespoons of cocoa powder into the mix. It's been fermenting about 21 days or so and I took a sample out to show a friend who came by. I wasn't expecting anything much but I thought we might at least taste the chocolate.
Well, the beer is completely green, and without a chocolate taste or aftertaste. OK, that's fine -- I can wait and don't need the chocolate taste if it doesn't come. But there was so much...uh..."stuff" floating in the beer. Like as if the cocoa didn't diffuse properly. It was coating the sampling glass. Looked unappealing at best. I didn't impress the friend either!
Question is: is this normal when adding cocoa powder? I won't be using a secondary so is there another course of action to get rid of this stuff? I was planning on leaving the stout to ferment for a full month anyway, then 3 weeks in the bottle. Will that change matters?
Thanks,
WW