How much chocolate flavor can I get without?

[MikeMetroka]

I was wondering how much chocolate flavor one could get only from malts, no cocoa, no cacao nibs.

 

[jcav]

You will be surprised how much chocolate flavor you can get with Thomas Fawcett chocolate malt. It's a United Kingdom malt and it is available from a lot of suppliers. It is also a 325 to 400L malt. I use it in my English Mild around 5.9% and it adds a great chocolate flavor. The key is the Thomas Fawcett malt. Other chocolate malts may not have the same results. You should give it a try and see for yourself. It's a great malt.

John

 

[MikeMetroka]

Thanks John, I’ll try to source some!
Where do you get yours?

 

[jcav]

You can get it here at Keystone Homebrew Supply. Other places do have it from time to time also. Here is a link:
http://www.keystonehomebrew.com/shop/beer/ingredients/grains.html?maltster=65

John

 

[MikeMetroka]

Nice thanks!

 

[Queequeg]

In my experience the key things are a low kilned chocolate malt, a dark kilned crystal malt such as special B, a high water (fruity) producing yeast and a sufficiently high FG to give a sweet finish.