Since so many of you lost alot of beer due to the chocolate, would it hurt to top it off with water to bring it to 5.5 - 6 gallons before you add it to the primary? I'm actually about to brew this kit in the next month to have it ready for Christmas.
Is there anything to use besides Baker's Chocolate. It was $3 for a 4 oz. bar. It ended up being $20 just for chocolate.
mine turned out good with a bottle of Maker's Mark...I might try something different next time. The other addition for the other is the oak...I will probably do that one next time to see how different it would be. Possibly using more cocoa nibs.
Ob - did you use the brown sugar too?
I'm going to brew this kit on Saturday. I'm doing a yeast starter, and then I'll siphon some wort out into a pan and melt the baker's chocolate into that. Any other critical advice?
If you havent made it yet, I would strongly advise against adding 5oz ground coffee at flameout. That is the worst method to add coffee to a beer in my experience. It may start out nice, but it will get acrid and overbearing over time. I've tried the flameout, cold steep, and whole bean additions. In my experience whole bean additions to primary is far and away the best method to get coffee character in beer. I usually do 3-4oz of whole bean coffee from a freshly opened container directly into the fermentor for 5 days or so. And wow, it gives way more coffee aroma and flavor than adding that much cold steeped or at flameout. But more important is that the coffee character is so much more full and rounded and stays longer than the other methods. If you don't believe me check out the madfermentationist's post on it
I appreciate the tips but that is going to have to wait for the second go round of this kit. I brewed it 10 days ago and added cold brewed coffee at flameout.
I hope it comes out alright.
I brewed Jaspers extract version of this on Sunday. I pitched 2 vials of yeast and by Monday morning it was bubbling. By Tuesday night it was done. This seems too early to stop bubbling.... Any thoughts?
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