Left over halloween candy?

[Run3minman]

Anyone ever added add milk duds to their boil??? I'm making a brown ale and was just curious since I have lots of candy left over. Other than that has anyone ever put caramel in a boil??? Thanks any and all advice appreciated.

 

[mikescooling]

I think the oils in there would not be good, I dono.

 

[krackin]

Mostly corn isn't it?

 

[Run3minman]

Yes a lot of corn syrup

 

[krackin]

Seems like it may work fine. Some use cocoa nibs so seemingly the oil wouldn't be a great factor as long as you keep the quantity reasonable.

 

[Run3minman]

What would you think is reasonable for a 5 gallon

 

[krackin]

How about 1 lb? Probably 70 to 80% corn fermentables at a WAG. I doubt you would notice much less than that.

 

[Run3minman]

Wag??? I'm sorry kind of a newbie

 

[Trox]

I could be wrong but going off of common acronyms WAG = Wild Ass Guess.

 

[Chupidacabra]

I think you would have problems with burning it to the bottom of the kettle. Gonna take a lotttt of stirring to melt that

 

[gwapogorilla]

I dunno about the Halloween candy, but I have a container of candied fruit from last Christmas that is begging to be used in some type of beer.
Hmmm...been thinking perhaps in jmo88's "Holly(Christmas Ale)"
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f78/holly-christmas-ale-145580/

 

[andvari7]

Skittlebrau? When I was in high school, I dumped a pack of Skittles in an Icehouse. I have to admit, it was slightly better than Icehouse by itself.

 

[TheSmithsEra]

Skittlebrau? When I was in high school, I dumped a pack of Skittles in an Icehouse. I have to admit, it was slightly better than Icehouse by itself.

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