I'm not sure either. I got the idea of boiling it from what Maui Brewing does, as they put some in the boil. How's the coconut taste in yours? And also, can you taste the rum? I first thought about doing the 2 lbs toasted coconut in the secondary and making a coconut extract with a fifth of...
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Did you see the 5 lbs Amber DME? I didn't list that up with the grain bill. The DME along with the other ingredients should bring the OG up pretty high I think. I'm still not sure if I want to make this as strong as my recipe I have here, I might cut back on the DME. But my chief...
After trying Maui's Coconut porter, listening to the podcast on Basic Brewing about it and reading previous Coconut Porter/Stout threads I think I want to try my own. Here's my recipe from BeerSmith:
Brew Type: Partial Mash
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
2 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
12 oz Oats...