Mobrewtwo Introduction

[Mobrewtwo]

Hello All,

I signed up last night after seeing an article asking about toasted coconut, I have used it a couple of times, so thought I may be able to help out.
I am from Oregon, been brewing for 16 years, I am an Extract Brewer, grow some of my own hops. IPA's are my favorite, but brew most kind of ales.
Lagers take to long and tie up your equipment with the temperature's needed for fermenting. Love going for Harley rides with my wife.

Hoppy Holidays to you all

Mobrewtwo

 

[gugenhops]

Mobrewtwo have you tried any of the coconut beers out there?

 

[hagar]

Just recently tried my first coconut porter at the local growler place. Very tasty! The one time I've brewed with it was a disaster for unrelated reasons, but I'm eager now to try another brew with it. That porter sure was good!

Cheers and Welcome!

 

[Mobrewtwo]

Good day gugenhops, yes I have tried a Toasted Coconut Chocolate Porter, it's like a liquid Mounds bar. My wife especially loves it, we first tried one at Caldera Brewing in Ashland Oregon, so then I had to clone one and it turned out about 95% of what Caldera made.
hagar posted he had a disaster with the one he tried, so I will go into depth more on how I made mine.


Cheers to you as well. And thank you for he welcome.

 

[Mobrewtwo]

Just recently tried my first coconut porter at the local growler place. Very tasty! The one time I've brewed with it was a disaster for unrelated reasons, but I'm eager now to try another brew with it. That porter sure was good!

Cheers and Welcome!

Hello hagar,

I cloned a Toasted Coconut Chocolate Porter from Caldera Brewing in Ashland Oregon, my wife says it is a liquid Mounds bar. I am an Extract brewer, so here is my recipe.

1# Crystal 60 L Steep in 2.5 gal 150 degree H2O for 30 min.
1# Chocolate Malt " " " " " " " " " "
8oz. Carapils " " " " " " " " " "
These Speciality grain's I use grain sacks, pull out after 30 min, do not squeeze the sack, let it drip, now top to 3 gal and bring to boil.
8# of Light LME add this once it is boiling
2 oz. Willamette leaf hops, once the LME has come to a boil - 60 min.
1 whirfloc tablet for 15 min. boil.
While this wort is boiling, get 16 oz. of H2O and bring to boil and add 4 oz. of cocoa nibs,stir and make a slurry. This is added at flame out, stir well, cover and let it cool for 10 min. Cool down for yeast White Labs WLP001
I ferment in Plastic bucket for 2 weeks. Before I transfer to the keg ( secondary ) I do 2 things. ONE: Take 3/4 cup of H2O and 1/2 cup of Hershey's Cocoa 100% CACAO SPECIAL DARK, heat up so this all dissolved together, set aside to cool down. TWO: 24 oz. Flaked UNSWEETENED Coconut, I used a big frying pan and toasted in batch's to a golden brown, it took 3 hops sacks ( boiled for a couple min. )for this amount of coconut. Now pour the chilled cocoa and the 3 coconut sacks into the keg and transfer the beer onto them, purged with CO2 and stored in back room 70 degrees for 2 weeks, transferred to another keg and placed in fridge to cool down.

Sorry this looks like a Novel, but it takes some time to make this one, but it is worth it..

Cheers

 

[hagar]

Thanks for posting your recipe, buddy! That's calling for significantly more coconut than I used. I think I used like, half a pound, maybe, on a 3 gal batch. I lost the whole thing to noobish mistakes, so I never really got to find out what it might have been like. I've only been at this for about a year, and have a lot to learn, yet.
My next attempt will look much more like your recipe, I think, as well as a lot more attention to details.

The SIL lives in Oregon, btw. We have yet to get out there, but are looking forward to it. I understand it's pretty country.

Hope you enjoy the forums! Nice folks and **** tons of info!

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

Welcome to the forum....

 

[Mobrewtwo]

hager, I may pick your brain on how to use homebrewtalk.
How do you see the members and where they are from?
How do you get where you are from by your name, I see you are from NW Georgia.
How is it fermenting there in the summer time?
It is pretty here, but to have that pretty - we get lots of rain - to make things green, especially on the West side of the state. Blue sky is something we miss in the winter months.
Even though I have been brewing for 16 years, I am always learning and trying new things. What a GREAT hoppy hobby huh, my new brewing buddy.

Take care - time to go get a brew

 

[Mobrewtwo]

Good evening SmokeyMcBong, thank you for the welcome. Sounds like you are a Toby Keith fan, he is one of my favorite country singers.
Take care and cheers

 

[gugenhops]

Good day gugenhops, yes I have tried a Toasted Coconut Chocolate Porter, it's like a liquid Mounds bar. My wife especially loves it, we first tried one at Caldera Brewing in Ashland Oregon, so then I had to clone one and it turned out about 95% of what Caldera made.
hagar posted he had a disaster with the one he tried, so I will go into depth more on how I made mine.


Cheers to you as well. And thank you for he welcome.

Mobrewtwo welcome to HBT and thanks for posting your recipe. I have tried one coconut beer and thought it was pretty good.

 

[hagar]

As for a list of members, I don't really know that there is one. I could very easily be wrong. I'm still fairly new around here, and there's a lot to see.
As for folks sharing where they are from, that's a matter of personal choice. vis: this thread
You can make adjustments to your profile and account from the "my account" button on the top right of any page. Go down to the control panel section from there.

Temp control can, indeed, be a challenge down here. A problem I solved after having read about how to make a swamp cooler on the forums here. I can't track down the exact thread, there are many. It doesn't exactly let me lager, but it helps me keep a decent temp for ales. I eventually am going to need to invest in a dedicated brew fridge, but that time is not yet. Others have reported difficulty with high ground water temps during summer, hampering their ability to chill wort quickly. I use an ice bath for that, so it has yet to cause me any difficulties.

 

[Mobrewtwo]

Thank you, I think I got a HOP pix, in my profile if I did it right.
I also use an Ice Bath along with small plastic containers 14 oz. with frozen distilled water and throw them in the plastic fermentor bucket of wort I am cooling before yeast pitching.
Stirring like crazy, I can cool the wort down fairly fast for the yeast. Probably from flame out to pitching is about 30 minutes.
I like the Ales better, a lot quicker to drink. I made 1 lager and decided that was enough for me, ties up your fridge for to long.

Cheers and good night