brewitall
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Choclolate Cherry Wheat
9# 2 row
4# wheat malt
1# 40L Crystal malt
1oz Cascade (60 min)
1/2oz Cascade (20 min)
1/2oz Cascade (aroma)
3oz Coco Powder (60 min)
3oz Coco Powser (20 min)
6# Bing Cherries
35ml European Ale Yeast WLP011
OG ~1.056
FG ~1.015
Mash for a full bodied beer, while the starch conversion is taking place bring the cherries to 180 degrees in a seperate pot with a gallon of water and physically mash them with a potato masher just enough to make sure they can release their full flavor. Add to sanitized fermentor, I have a conical, so this is easy, otherwise I would use a plastic bucket for the primary then rack to a carboy after a week. I've also just mashed the cherries very well to get gallon of cherry juice to add to a carboy with good results.
The coco powder adds bitterness to the beer that goes nicely with the hops. Age to taste, although I have trouble waiting to drink this one.
The coco powder can be a pain to clean out of your keg if it stays in there a long time. But well worth a couple days of soaking with TSP for this brew.
9# 2 row
4# wheat malt
1# 40L Crystal malt
1oz Cascade (60 min)
1/2oz Cascade (20 min)
1/2oz Cascade (aroma)
3oz Coco Powder (60 min)
3oz Coco Powser (20 min)
6# Bing Cherries
35ml European Ale Yeast WLP011
OG ~1.056
FG ~1.015
Mash for a full bodied beer, while the starch conversion is taking place bring the cherries to 180 degrees in a seperate pot with a gallon of water and physically mash them with a potato masher just enough to make sure they can release their full flavor. Add to sanitized fermentor, I have a conical, so this is easy, otherwise I would use a plastic bucket for the primary then rack to a carboy after a week. I've also just mashed the cherries very well to get gallon of cherry juice to add to a carboy with good results.
The coco powder adds bitterness to the beer that goes nicely with the hops. Age to taste, although I have trouble waiting to drink this one.
The coco powder can be a pain to clean out of your keg if it stays in there a long time. But well worth a couple days of soaking with TSP for this brew.
