OK, so next up in my line of grain school ingredients is Chocolate Malt. I've used choco in recipes before, but usually stouts when I'm just basically copying other recipes I find. This time I'm simply adding it to a recipe I've already made before, so I'll know what the chocolate itself adds to the beer.
My question: how much should I use to really get a good idea for the flavor? I want to max out without brewing something borderline undrinkable. Is 12 oz too much? Should I go with 8oz? Less?
The non-chocolate malt ingredients are untouchable. Looks like this'll be an American Brown Ale, although that isn't important to me.
Type: All Grain
Date: 4/11/2009
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Quicksilver Home Brewery
Boil Size: 7.00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Cooler (50 qt)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 67.30
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 69.57 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 13.04 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
12.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6.52 %
4.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 2.17 %
0.70 oz Centennial [8.30 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 22.6 IBU
0.80 oz Centennial [8.30 %] (20 min) Hops 14.2 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [8.30 %] (3 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale (Fermentis #US-56) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.57 %
Bitterness: 36.8 IBU
Est Color: 26.1 SRM
My question: how much should I use to really get a good idea for the flavor? I want to max out without brewing something borderline undrinkable. Is 12 oz too much? Should I go with 8oz? Less?
The non-chocolate malt ingredients are untouchable. Looks like this'll be an American Brown Ale, although that isn't important to me.
Type: All Grain
Date: 4/11/2009
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Quicksilver Home Brewery
Boil Size: 7.00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Cooler (50 qt)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 67.30
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 69.57 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 13.04 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
12.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6.52 %
4.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 2.17 %
0.70 oz Centennial [8.30 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 22.6 IBU
0.80 oz Centennial [8.30 %] (20 min) Hops 14.2 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [8.30 %] (3 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale (Fermentis #US-56) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.57 %
Bitterness: 36.8 IBU
Est Color: 26.1 SRM