HopHead73
Brewmaster at Jbyrd Brewing, Hophead
I'm going to be brewing a Founder's Breakfast Stout Clone (Extract) and was wondering how some people would add chocolate and coffee to their boil.
The set up I have is 7 gallon kettle with a 6" boil screen attached to a ball valve on the bottom of the kettle with a 1/2" barb with 1/2" tubing running to a my carboy funnel that has a second screen in it.
Now I'm going to try to use hop bags for the first time to try to help from the pellets clogging the boil screen.
I also plan on whirlpooling the wort after I use my immersion chiller to help keep the trub in the middle of the kettle.
The recipe calls for 2oz of coffee at the end of the boil, which I was going to put in a hop bag and dunk which I believe would work just like a tea bag would and it would keep the coffee out of my screen.
But, the recipe also calls for a bar of dark bittersweet baker's chocolate and unsweetened chocolate baking nibs. Should I just let the chocolate melt in the wort during the last 10mins of the boil or should I try putting them in a hop bag as well.
I've never used chocolate in a brew before and I'm not sure how much it melts into the wort or will it clog up the screen?
The set up I have is 7 gallon kettle with a 6" boil screen attached to a ball valve on the bottom of the kettle with a 1/2" barb with 1/2" tubing running to a my carboy funnel that has a second screen in it.
Now I'm going to try to use hop bags for the first time to try to help from the pellets clogging the boil screen.
I also plan on whirlpooling the wort after I use my immersion chiller to help keep the trub in the middle of the kettle.
The recipe calls for 2oz of coffee at the end of the boil, which I was going to put in a hop bag and dunk which I believe would work just like a tea bag would and it would keep the coffee out of my screen.
But, the recipe also calls for a bar of dark bittersweet baker's chocolate and unsweetened chocolate baking nibs. Should I just let the chocolate melt in the wort during the last 10mins of the boil or should I try putting them in a hop bag as well.
I've never used chocolate in a brew before and I'm not sure how much it melts into the wort or will it clog up the screen?