Infusing Chocolate flavor Into mead.

[Synaster]

Hi.. I have a few pounds of Cocoa Nibs and wanted to know if anyone has some advice on how to get chocolate flavor into a mead.
How long should I age the mead on the nibs?
Other methods?

TIA...

 

[Chris_The_Rogue]

There is a recipe out there somewhere for a chocolate mead. Never managed to find it myself but ive read many reviews of the recipe.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Hi.. I have a few pounds of Cocoa Nibs and wanted to know if anyone has some advice on how to get chocolate flavor into a mead.
How long should I age the mead on the nibs?
Other methods?

TIA...

A few years ago (2009 maybe?) there was a thread here where a guy did an experiment on which way was best for infusing chocolate flavor into mead. He tried nibs, hershey bar, nesquick, etc...
Can't remember the guys name, but it was a multi-page thread & his experiment was well documented. Might take a bit of searching, but it's probably still here somewhere. I think it would have the answers you're looking for.
Regards, GF.

EDIT: Found it!
I think you might find what you're looking for here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=94358
Regards, GF.

 

[Synaster]

Great... Thanks!

 

[On-target]

I have had good luck with using chocolate syrup in the secondary. It didn't take long to age out, and it cleared up nicely. I don't have my notes handy but l can try post how much I used later.