Brewer's Best Hazelnut Flavoring

[Slanty_Shanty]

Hello, everyone! I'm planning to keg my chocolate-hazelnut porter on Tuesday, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this particular brand of hazelnut flavoring. It was all my LHBS had, so I had to go with it, even though I've never used it. The bottle actually says to use 4oz (the whole bottle) per 5 gallons, which seems like an awful lot. My batch is actually only a 2.5 gallon one, but I'm leery of using 2oz. When I made this recipe years ago, I used actual extract (which I assume is stronger), but I wasn't able to get any this time. I don't remember how much extract I used (although I feel like it was a tsp or two at most), and I can't find my notes on that brew, of course (that would make things far too easy).

Does anyone have any experience with Brewer's Best hazelnut flavoring?

Thanks!

 

[Kent88]

Would that be the stuff on this page?

 

[Slanty_Shanty]

It is! I looked at the attached Data Sheet on that page, but couldn't make heads or tails of it, ha.

 

[AaronSG]

I used 2oz per 5 gallon batch and seemed to give a good hazelnut flavor. I also used half the coco powder which seemed to give a good chocolate flavor as well. Gonna try 4oz and all the coco powder on my next batch.

 

[Slanty_Shanty]

AaronSG, was it the Brewer's Best?

And nice, I've used cocoa powder before, and it's turned out well. I used cacao nibs this time - I'm eager to see how that flavor comes through!

 

[AaronSG]

Yes it was Brewers best, and had a nice hazelnut flavor. I might even use three ounces next batch to not make the hazelnut flavor too strong. Post how the cacao nibs turn out in comparison to the powder.