Chocolate Malt

[Orfy]

Isn't chocolate malt called so because of it's color rather than taste?
http://byo.com/recipe/232.html

 

[Walker]

I've seen more than one homebrew online supplier describe the stuff as having "a color and taste true to it's name", but I would never go so far as to say that chocolate malt actually tasted like chocolate.

Unless you they meant that it tasted like unsweetened cocoa... I can kind of see the similarity (bitterness).

-walker

 

[Darth Konvel]

I'd say it adds some chocolate-like flavors, but I wouldn't say it tastes just like chocolate.

 

[drengel]

how much chocolate flavor you get depends on how much you use. it definitely has some chocolate like flavors, but if you see a recipe calling for a 1/4 lb. or so its probably to darken it. example: i used about a 1/4 lb. in my mild ale, steeped it for 15 minutes just to give the beer its dark color.

 

[david_42]

Like cocoa powder, it needs a little sweetness to bring the chocolate flavors out. I use 1/2 lb in my Church of Chocolate Brown, 20 grams of lactose and a couple drops of vanilla.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

David, have you ever posted a recipe for that CoC brown? I'd be curious to see it!

 

[Orfy]

BeeGee David, have you ever posted a recipe for that CoC brown? I'd be curious to see it!

Yes please.