Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Coconut Porter

[thewurzel]

What would be the recipe for a 5 gallon batch of this?

8 lbs 7.4 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 %
1 lbs 8.6 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 2 14.5 %
9.2 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.5 %
1.33 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 44.3 IBUs
1tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 5 -
0.66 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 4.7 IBUs
1 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [35.00 ml] Yeast 7 -
14.00 oz Coconut Toasted (Secondary 14.0 days)

 

[Marine1833]

What do you think about adding the toasted coconut to the keg?

 

[thewurzel]

What do you think about adding the toasted coconut to the keg?

I'm sure adding the coconut in the keg would be fine
using a Randall with coconut might be interesting too.

 

[nisk916]

I make a similar porter, and usually put 14oz in secondary(as well as 1 whole vanilla bean) and 7oz in the keg.mmmmmm

 

[miketon907]

I'm pretty new to brewing...just did a few clone recipe kits AG....When I read about recipes on here, should I assume that people are making yeast starters? It seems that almost everyone is making starters when i read posts in the yeast/fermentation forum. For this recipe, was a starter used?

 

[thewurzel]

I'm pretty new to brewing...just did a few clone recipe kits AG....When I read about recipes on here, should I assume that people are making yeast starters? It seems that almost everyone is making starters when i read posts in the yeast/fermentation forum. For this recipe, was a starter used?

Due to this being a 10 gallon recipe I did use a yeast starter for this. I would use just 1 pack and bring up the yeast count on a stir plate.
if you are scaling it down to 5 gallons you may get away with out one I would check. with a yeast calculator like in Beersmith or there are some free ones online.
yeast starters are not always required for 5 gallon batches. but most people recommend them.
but they defiantly needed for higher gravity beers.
As far as I know you shouldn't do yeast starters with dry yeast., just add the amount of packs that are required.

 

[miketon907]

thanks! I just used the mr.malty yeast calculator.

 

[dongemus]

Going to make this later today. I'll take pictures and add them. Here is my recipe for a 5g batch.

9 lbs 2-row
2 lb chocolate
1 lb special B (in replace of crystal)

1 oz (various leftover hops).. about 8%

WLP002 1 L starter

20 oz toasted coconut & 2 vanilla beans in secondary

 

[Marine1833]

I brewed this and added coconut to the mash, the boil and the secondary. The coconut was slightly toastted(golden). I didnt want it geting roasty. It turned out great. I did a 5 gallon version. Every one loved it.

 

[thewurzel]

glad you enjoyed

need to do again myself sometime soon

 

[chuko]

Was thinking about doing this with my wife this weekend. We dont have all the AG equipment at our place. What would a 5g extract equivlent be?

 

[PoconoParadiso]

Well, I just did a 5 gallon partial mash of a version of this beer yesterday. I tweaked it a bit to make it an imperial porter, and have/will add additional ingredients, but here's what I brewed:

8 lbs Pale Liquid Malt Extract
1.5 lb Munich Malt
1lb Chocolate Malt
9oz Caramel/Crystal Malt 80l
8 oz Carapils
1 lb Flaked oats


.75oz Northern Brewer Hops (45 Mins)

1 whirl loc tablet (15 mins)
4 0z cocoa powder (15 mins)

8 oz Toasted Coconut (10 mins)
5 oz toasted chopped Macadamia nuts (10 mins)
.5 oz East Kent Goldings (10 mins)
8 0z lactose (10 mins)
½ tsp yeast nutrient (10 mins)

Wyeast 1098 British Ale

2 lbs Organic, unsweetened toasted Coconut (7-14 days secondary)
4 0z Kona Coffee (secondary)

Hopville Beer Calculus has this one coming in at 8% ABV.

 

[pannell77]

added 2lbs toasted coconut chips and 2 vanilla beans soaked in bourbon to mine last night, letting that sit for about 10 days then either kegging or bottling, can't decide yet. Not sure if I will drink fast enough to keg it.

 

[thewurzel]

Remade this last week toasting the coconut now to add to secondary

Can't wait till i can taste this again.

 

[pannell77]

i tasted a sample last night out of the secondary....delicious. probably let it go another 3-4 days to get more coconut flavor in there and then bottle/keg (still undecided).

 

[thewurzel]

Was thinking about doing this with my wife this weekend. We dont have all the AG equipment at our place. What would a 5g extract equivlent be?

You can get Marris Otter malt extract at Northern brewer

Estimated: OG 1058 : IBU's 48

steep grains in 152* water for 30-45 min


6 lbs Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 4 62.4 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 3 15.6 %

1 lbs 8.6 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 1 16.0 %
9.2 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.0 %


1.31 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 43.4 IBUs
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 6 -
0.66 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 4.7 IBUs

1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [35.00 ml] Yeast 8 -

14.00 oz Coconut Toasted (Secondary 14.0 days)

Use Whole Foods organic Unsweetend flaked coconut.
Toast coconut in oven at 325 degrees for 20-25 min. Till golden brown

Make sure you keep checking the coconut as you don't want it to burn it only took 17 min to get where I wanted today

 

[TBrady26]

Is there a partial grain recipe. I am so not equipped to do all grain and do not aspire to be. I admire the practice, but I just don't have the space or time. I use DMEs and grains and hops for my beers. So, my question is, can you break this down for a grains with extract recipe?

Would be awesome if you could...

Thanks,
T. Brady

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Coconut Porter
Brewer: Julian Davis
Asst Brewer:
Style: Robust Porter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 10.00 gal
Boil Size: 11.45 gal
Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 40.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 44.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
16.92 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 80.00 %
3.08 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 14.55 %
1.15 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 5.45 %
2.76 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 40.3 IBU
1.38 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (10 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
28.00 oz Coconut Toasted (Secondary 14.0 days) Misc
4 Pkgs London Ale III (Wyeast Labs #1318) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 21.15 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 26.45 qt of water at 163.7 F 152.0 F


Notes:
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Primary 2 weeks
secondary 2 weeks

I used Unsweetened organic flaked coconut. Bought from Whole foods Market
I toasted the coconut in oven at 325 degrees for 20-25 min. Till golden brown
added lose to secondary for 14 days.

Lost 1.5- 2 gallons of beer to trub in secondary next time maybe use bag to be able to drain out before racking


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This recipe is turned out real well
went down really well at local home brew club meeting

 

[thewurzel]

Is there a partial grain recipe. I am so not equipped to do all grain and do not aspire to be. I admire the practice, but I just don't have the space or time. I use DMEs and grains and hops for my beers. So, my question is, can you break this down for a grains with extract recipe?

Would be awesome if you could...

Thanks,
T. Brady

This is for a 5 gallon recipe, just double everything, if you want to 10 gallons

Estimated: OG 1058 : IBU's 48

steep grains in 152* water for 30-45 min


6.5 # DME

1 lbs 8.6 oz Chocolate Malt
9.2 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt 80L


1.31 oz Northern Brewer - Boil 60.0
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 6 -
0.66 oz Goldings, East Kent Boil 10.0 min Hop

1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002)-

14.00 oz Coconut Toasted (Secondary 14.0 days)

I use Whole Foods organic Unsweetened flaked coconut.
Toast coconut in oven at 325 degrees for 20-25 min. Till golden brown

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

Picked up my Porter Extract Kit yesterday,,along with vanilla beans. I was/am going to do a Coconut Porter with vanilla beans? Soaked in Bourbon? Do the vanilla and coconut mix well together or should I do one or the other? I looked for a recipe with coconut, vanilla and bourbon but no luck.
On a side note.I'm bottling my Coffee Porter today

 

[thewurzel]

Picked up my Porter Extract Kit yesterday,,along with vanilla beans. I was/am going to do a Coconut Porter with vanilla beans? Soaked in Bourbon? Do the vanilla and coconut mix well together or should I do one or the other?

Some others have used vanilla beans, I am guessing with good results
personally I have never used them.
But I don't see why it would not go well together.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

added 2lbs toasted coconut chips and 2 vanilla beans soaked in bourbon to mine last night, letting that sit for about 10 days then either kegging or bottling, can't decide yet. Not sure if I will drink fast enough to keg it.

how much bourbon did you use?

 

[pannell77]

how much bourbon did you use?

Around 1 cup. It turned out very good. Had about 6 pints last night.

 

[daggers_nz]

I will be using your grain/hop bill and replacing the coconut with some vanilla beans. What temperature did you ferment at? Cheers

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

planning on getting a "secondary" bucket so I can drop in the bag of bourban soaked coconut

 

[thewurzel]

What temperature did you ferment at? Cheers

I all my ales ferment at around 65* - 68* the batch I just keged was fermented at 65* then cold crashed with gelatin to 40* for 2 days before keging. tasted great with a great coconut flavor prior to being keged, can't wait for it to carbonate.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

just picked up a 6 gallon bucket for my Coconut Porter....planning on soaking it in Gentleman Jack I have two bags of coconut,,,,which equals a tad over one lb,is this too much?

 

[pannell77]

just picked up a 6 gallon bucket for my Coconut Porter....planning on soaking it in Gentleman Jack I have two bags of coconut,,,,which equals a tad over one lb,is this too much?

I used 2lbs for a 5gallon batch and the coconut flavor is fairly subtle I think.

 

[PoconoParadiso]

Same here. 2 lbs for 5 gallons (.5 to the mash, .5 to the boil, 1 in secondary) yields a very subtle coconut flavor. What it did accomplish wonderfully, is what I'm describing as a coconut milk mouthfeel to the beer - a very full, fluffy texture. I will definitely brew this one again and experiment with more coconut.

 

[thewurzel]

just picked up a 6 gallon bucket for my Coconut Porter....planning on soaking it in Gentleman Jack I have two bags of coconut,,,,which equals a tad over one lb,is this too much?

I personally think I get a good coconut flavor from 28oz in 10 gallons, it's not overpowering it at all.

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't up the amounts.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

I'm going to use what I have and not add more or less. Seeing this is one of my fab brews. I'll modify as needed