DonGavlar
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Hi guys,
Im only on my third ever brew, plan on brewing it in the next week and its going to be my first all grain brew.
I’m a big fan of stouts, especially chocolate stouts, and i found a lovely looking chocolate stout recipe that I really want to give a go.
Now, I’ve a searched the forums and not come up with much.. seems to be a lot of mixed suggestions and advice. I want to know wether its ok to just put cocoa nibs into the primary? Also fruit as well, if when i make a fruit beer.
See, i dont really like the idea of racking to a secondary just to help clear the beer. Even though im a very new brewer my last brew i bottled, i just left in the primary for 3 weeks, racked to a bottling bucket, bottled and let carb for another 3 weeks.
I was hoping that I could do the same here? The recipe calls to add nibs soaked in vodka to a secondary and then rack the beer in and let sit for 2 weeks. Can I just let the beer sit in the primary for 2 weeks, throw in the soaked nibs, let sit for another 2 weeks and then bottle?? Also if i was doing a fruit beer could i do this for fruit too?
Just dont really like the idea of secondarys, unless aging a beer for a longer period of time.
Can someone explain wether adding these things into the primary after fermentation is ok? And if its not, please explain why as I’m still learning. Also even if it is ok, will there be any differnce in flavour/ quality than if i did rack it to a secondary.
Thanks guys
Im only on my third ever brew, plan on brewing it in the next week and its going to be my first all grain brew.
I’m a big fan of stouts, especially chocolate stouts, and i found a lovely looking chocolate stout recipe that I really want to give a go.
Now, I’ve a searched the forums and not come up with much.. seems to be a lot of mixed suggestions and advice. I want to know wether its ok to just put cocoa nibs into the primary? Also fruit as well, if when i make a fruit beer.
See, i dont really like the idea of racking to a secondary just to help clear the beer. Even though im a very new brewer my last brew i bottled, i just left in the primary for 3 weeks, racked to a bottling bucket, bottled and let carb for another 3 weeks.
I was hoping that I could do the same here? The recipe calls to add nibs soaked in vodka to a secondary and then rack the beer in and let sit for 2 weeks. Can I just let the beer sit in the primary for 2 weeks, throw in the soaked nibs, let sit for another 2 weeks and then bottle?? Also if i was doing a fruit beer could i do this for fruit too?
Just dont really like the idea of secondarys, unless aging a beer for a longer period of time.
Can someone explain wether adding these things into the primary after fermentation is ok? And if its not, please explain why as I’m still learning. Also even if it is ok, will there be any differnce in flavour/ quality than if i did rack it to a secondary.
Thanks guys