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You mean to tell me that you're sitting there for 5 minutes watching the airlock! You've got mad patience sir! I'd call that bad boy done cooking.

Subscribing because there looks to be a lot of big words and thus, knowledge, in this thread. My gf choses to be gluten intolerant and therefore only sticks to ciders or GF beers. If I can reduce the gluen levels in my beer then why the heck not?! p.s. disregard this post because I haven't read...

No, I've done the volka thing before and actually got a boozy flavor. I put all 4 lbs of coconut with 8oz of nibs in a sack and drizzled freshly boiled lactose over the sack and said a little prayer. For the record, I got a LOT of coconut flavor and wouldn't go over my 4lbs in a week.

^^ Yea I revised the recipe quite a bit and sought out advice from a few people. This was one of the first recipes that I really built from scratch, so I'm pretty pumped it turned out! I'm still learning that simpler is better haha. As for the 4lbs of coconut, yea I left it in for a week and...

Here is a copy of my recipe. If/when I do this again, I'd try toasting the coconut and bump up my Carapils a bit as the beer lost quite a bit of head retention after I bottled. Out of the keg it's got great head, but it dies down fairly quick. Fermentables Amount Fermentable Maltster Use PPG...

This competition was just last night, so we haven't collaborated on a revised recipe yet, but I'll post up the original shortly.

I'm happy to report that my "Samoa Dat Porter" too the win at our competition judged by the head brewers of Coda Brewing here in Aurora, CO. We'll be collaborating on how to fine tune the recipe and then brewing it on their system! Yay for fun and exciting new brews!

It looks like back in May 2013 Brad Smith said that adding efficiency was on his to do list. Idk where to submit a request or update, so I'm posting here for my own satisfaction. #ThreadFromTheDead

Sounds good thanks man! Btw your blonde has been one of the favorite beers on tap at my place for a while now! Can't wait for this one!

It sounds like S-04 is the most commonly used yeast for this brew, but I don't see any mention of how much to use on a 10 gallon batch. Think if I make a starter that one pack of S-04 will suffice, or should I play it safe and do two?

I completely changed/simplified my recipe and brewed this a while back. I did a 10g batch and threw in 4lb coconut and 8oz of nibs into the fermenter for the last week. Just tastes this for the first time yesterday and I think I have a new favorite brew! I'll be entering this into a friendly...

4lb bag of coconut an 8oz of cocoa nibs into my recent porter and the wort tastes/smells amazing! This is going to be my new favorite brew.

I've read through all of these posts and I plan to brew this guy up for a friendly competition in a couple weeks. The winner of the comp gets to brew with a micro brewery and age it in a barrel (not sure what kind unfortunately). I was thinking I'd brew 10 gallons and leave half of it as-is and...

Nothing too special here, but I'm thinking about getting a 19x4" drip tray and cutting the top of the keezer so that it'll fit flush. I was thinking about a drain, but not sure if it's worth it or if I should just stick with dumping the tray. If I do go with a drain, would it be best to drain...

Second batch I've brewed of this and I'm sure it's not my last. The beer clears up super well! p.s. why are my pictures all sideways!

1) From what it sounds like, the initial thought of 1.25lb of coconut per gallon may be a bit high. A lesser amount left in longer will net the same results. T/F 2) Toasted coconut vs untoasted coconut...sounds like this is 50/50 3) In the past I've soaked my addition with vodka for a couple...

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Thanks for the update Groo. I've been working on a recipe for this and trying to get as much caramel and chocolate flavor from my mash, and then all the coconut from the secondary. Below is my work in progress. Please feel free to comment on what you think should change: Fermentables...

Seriously super pumped by this idea! I'll have to come back to this once it's time to build!