I bet this beer is gonna be tasty man . I'll be keeping an eye on this thread . Thanks for the info on the powder .
coconut on my mind for recipe ...
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I hope so too.
Youre most welcome.
I use 2 packs of Nottingham for my Imperial Spicy Pumpkin Stout. Last time it volcano'd out the airlock and it got so bad I had to open the fermenter and skim off the top krausen to tame it lol! (it worked) So, this time I made sure to use my Ss Brewbucket blowoff elbow attachment. I have the silicone tube going into a bottle of sanitizer. It didn't overflow out into the tube but holy cow the bubbling... it was bubbling 2-3x per second and actually even went higher into this kind of machine gun bubbling I kid you not haha. Brrrrraaapppp...Brrrrraaappp. Insane. It's now died down to one bubble per second.
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Update .
After the airlock tamed down quite a bit in only what 4 days...I checked gravity and read 1.012 , which is a solid 5% ABV so far. Did a taste test and didn't taste any coconut. Even had my wife taste it . She didn't either but said it's good.
So. I went to the store and bought 2 more bags of unsweetened coconut flakes , added to the spare bag I had and toasted it up. Added another 4oz of the cacao powder and even ground up some fresh coffee beans. Put it all in a secondary and racked what would fit , pretty much up to the neck. Put airlocks in both once again and it's still active. I go to a 10 day job out of town so I'll keep my eye on it so it doesnt bubble out and let it ride as is until I come back . Should be 2 weeks from now until bottling.
After the airlock tamed down quite a bit in only what 4 days...I checked gravity and read 1.012 , which is a solid 5% ABV so far. Did a taste test and didn't taste any coconut. Even had my wife taste it . She didn't either but said it's good.
So. I went to the store and bought 2 more bags of unsweetened coconut flakes , added to the spare bag I had and toasted it up. Added another 4oz of the cacao powder and even ground up some fresh coffee beans. Put it all in a secondary and racked what would fit , pretty much up to the neck. Put airlocks in both once again and it's still active. I go to a 10 day job out of town so I'll keep my eye on it so it doesnt bubble out and let it ride as is until I come back . Should be 2 weeks from now until bottling.
I use Bobs Red Mill coconut. 1 # in boil, .5# dry hop.
Leave it 3 weeks and almost too much. Don’t ask me how I know. No problems with head either.
Yours sounds delicious. I’d drink it in a heartbeat. Well, it would take several heartbeats I’m sure. I’d drink it no matter. I have to go... I’m feeling a little Dr. Seuss.
I’d drink it in a box,
I’d drink it with a Fox,
You get the picture. I’d drink it.
Leave it 3 weeks and almost too much. Don’t ask me how I know. No problems with head either.
Yours sounds delicious. I’d drink it in a heartbeat. Well, it would take several heartbeats I’m sure. I’d drink it no matter. I have to go... I’m feeling a little Dr. Seuss.
I’d drink it in a box,
I’d drink it with a Fox,
You get the picture. I’d drink it.
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Thanks , yeah , I did some in mash some in boil. Funny how that wasn't enough to even taste it. This secondary addition might add some sugars to it a bit while it finishes up. Time will tell. I probably wouldn't do another one like this anymore. I'm dreading to have to get the coconut back out of the secondary. It took a little work to get it in. Might have been easier with a big mouth carboy.
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If you really want coconut, next time have some natural extract on hand. I saw where you said you didn't care if the coconut was weak. But if you did, that's a thing that works.
I used coconut extract in a toasted coconut ale extract kit and it was good
One of the few times I use a bucket to dry hop. No perceptible oxygenation.
Just going to chime in here. I've done several coconut stouts. Not every technique mind you tho. I secondary them no containment. Simply rack through a SS strainer to keg. I don't care about head retention. I want to see a nice oil sheen on the beer! Coconut flavor seems to diminish fairly quickly so add enough to be over the top at first. A little Brewer's Best Coconut Extract wouldn't hurn neither.
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I appreciate the late comments but this is in progress already. I'm not buying any extracts since i already added real deal coconut.
BTW, I had to rig up quite the contraption for off gassing since what was in my 6 gallon wouldnt all fit in the 5 with the coconut ,coffee and cacao mixture up to the neck. Had I thought about this before i would have filled the 5 first in case of the dry "hopping" with the 1 lb + of dry ingredients. It wanted to climb out with the renewed fermentation going on. So I have a good gallon or so of the primary batch still. I can use that to tone it down at bottling if I need to . I shoved a blow-off hose from the 5 gallon back to the 6 and had to do a tape closure to poke 2 holes for the other end of the hose and an airlock . It works. anything coming off the 5 gallon can run over to the 6 and not lose it and it wont explode.
furthermore, it smells great now , more like i wanted it.
BTW, I had to rig up quite the contraption for off gassing since what was in my 6 gallon wouldnt all fit in the 5 with the coconut ,coffee and cacao mixture up to the neck. Had I thought about this before i would have filled the 5 first in case of the dry "hopping" with the 1 lb + of dry ingredients. It wanted to climb out with the renewed fermentation going on. So I have a good gallon or so of the primary batch still. I can use that to tone it down at bottling if I need to . I shoved a blow-off hose from the 5 gallon back to the 6 and had to do a tape closure to poke 2 holes for the other end of the hose and an airlock . It works. anything coming off the 5 gallon can run over to the 6 and not lose it and it wont explode.
furthermore, it smells great now , more like i wanted it.
Your probably not gonna like it soul . I'll PM you my address 
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Ok fellow brewers, last time I posted an update I had just about finished up the fermentation on this and added ground coffee, cacao powder and 1 lb of toasted coconut to the secondary and I left it to do its thing for 2 weeks while I did a 10 day /12 hrs per day demo job at the toyota plant in Tupelo MS. Got back Saturday night and pretty much just relaxed yesterday.
Today was bottling day. I'm here to tell you , i pretty much nailed what I was trying to accomplish. I did add a 1/4 tsp of watkins pure vanilla extract to the bottling bucket. It tasted great without it , just needed that gentle hint of a creamy flavor that vanilla gives.
btw, I got 1 bottle shy of 2 1/2 cases of 12 oz longnecks, 5.78%ABV . Ready by St Patricks day...
Today was bottling day. I'm here to tell you , i pretty much nailed what I was trying to accomplish. I did add a 1/4 tsp of watkins pure vanilla extract to the bottling bucket. It tasted great without it , just needed that gentle hint of a creamy flavor that vanilla gives.
btw, I got 1 bottle shy of 2 1/2 cases of 12 oz longnecks, 5.78%ABV . Ready by St Patricks day...
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Can you tell us what it taste like ? It sounds delicious.
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Thank you. I'm glad you asked .
With everything I did to it and all the waiting , I can say it tastes like the alcoholic version of a nice cup of the fanciest cocoa ive ever had.
Not one of the added flavoring ingredients overpowers or stands out over the others.
a little chocolate, a little coffee, a little toasted coconut and the tiny amount of vanilla. Not hoppy but you can tell its there. It's balanced. I'm extremely happy with how it has turned out. My only hope is that it has some good head on the pour. It will be at that point that I determine if I'll make this again.
St Patty's day will be the opening of the carb'd bottles.
Cool ! Take a pic of that first pour . Is the coconut obvious or is it really subtle . Could someone who didnt know what it was say they taste coconut?
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Oh you KNOW I'll post a pic of the first pour. I generally and usually taste everything from first run of wort through sparges and gravity checks ( I don't waste anything),pre-bottling and naturally the finished product. Mainly to taste the progression. I tasted it after the primary . I knew then the flavors were incredibly weak ,so that was the reason for the secondary , which normally I don't do, and the ingredient additions. I don't anticipate things changing much except more carbonation ,but yes the flavors are there mingling. As I said, its a flavor balanced and smooth beer. Coconut is obvious , but not "in your face" . I had my son taste it and him being the Bud/Bud-Light drinker, he said it was good.
I'll know in 2 weeks. I always have the one last bottle that doesnt get filled as much as the others and contains some bottling bucket/spiess sediment. I use that as my "10 day trial" beer to check the conditioning/carbing. I've tried them as early as day 7 and they are never carbed enough by then.
I'll know in 2 weeks. I always have the one last bottle that doesnt get filled as much as the others and contains some bottling bucket/spiess sediment. I use that as my "10 day trial" beer to check the conditioning/carbing. I've tried them as early as day 7 and they are never carbed enough by then.
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yesterday was the day to open the snow pants porter, im disappointed , no coconut flavor whatsoever. still drinkable.
I know some people dont like extracts but I've used the coconut extract in a toasted coconut creme ale and it had a decent coconut flavor . You may try adding that along with your fresh coconut next time. Keep working it man you'll get it how you want it . However like you said its drinkable and you have beer so..... cheers !
Agreed! The Brewer's Best brand is top notch and helps with the over the top flavor.
