I'm going to stop by a local brewery and see if I can get any recipe hints on a beer that they brew (which is one of my favorites). They've been friendly in the past when I spoke to the brewers.
The particular beer is a highish gravity chocolate stout with a lot of chocolate character. I suspect they're using cocoa nibs.
I'm still new to this, so I'm not sure what I should ask. Also, I'm not going to brew hundreds of gallons at a time like they do, so I'll need some way of scaling it down to a 5 gallon recipe. I'm also probably going to try to come up with an extract recipe first.
I'm thinking of asking:
Cocoa nibs? How much (ratio?)
What type of yeast?
What type of hops (ratio?), what IBU target?
What kind of grains? How much?
OG/FG?
Ferment temp?
I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Any help on the best way to go about this would be, um, helpful.
Thanks
The particular beer is a highish gravity chocolate stout with a lot of chocolate character. I suspect they're using cocoa nibs.
I'm still new to this, so I'm not sure what I should ask. Also, I'm not going to brew hundreds of gallons at a time like they do, so I'll need some way of scaling it down to a 5 gallon recipe. I'm also probably going to try to come up with an extract recipe first.
I'm thinking of asking:
Cocoa nibs? How much (ratio?)
What type of yeast?
What type of hops (ratio?), what IBU target?
What kind of grains? How much?
OG/FG?
Ferment temp?
I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Any help on the best way to go about this would be, um, helpful.
Thanks