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I have trouble describing what the taste is, exactly. It tastes like beers occasionally would when I used to do extract brewing, where it was a little bit sweeter but with a little bit of an off taste. Definitely drinkable, but it just tastes kind of weird. Couldn't take taste the coconut or the...

Didn't turn out so great... I'm not sure if it's due to coconut sanitation or other factors. Will try again, though. Thanks, everyone, for all your help!

Thanks for the responses, everyone! I'm transferring today - I'll let you know how it turns out.

That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification!

So you actually wait for your coconut to turn black? This doesn't give it any burnt flavors?

Awesome! Thank you!

Hi everyone! I'm currently in the middle of brewing a coconut chocolate porter for my mom's retirement. I've been reading up a lot on when to add the coconut (sounds like secondary will work just fine), but my concern is sanitization. When I've added things like cacao nibs to beers in the past...

It actually comes in 3.3 lb cans, so I got two. Sounds like with 6.6 lbs I should be okay. Thank you for the help!

Good evening! I'm just now brewing my first beer that is not from a kit. I used a recipe I found online, but misread it and got 5 pounds of liquid malt extract instead of dry. Will this affect my beer negatively? Should I add it at a different time or change the amount? Or is it basically just...

I recently brewed my first beer that was not from a kit, but the wort I used was partially made by Bell's, as it was part of their homebrew competition. I'm starting to branch out more into brewing using recipes, and was looking into making a double IPA. All of the recipes I've been looking at...