pale chocolate in a schwartzbier

[gregkeller]

Wondering if anyone has tried replacing the chocolate malt with pale chocolate in their schwarzbier. Looks like same amounts of each only drops SRM 3 points. But I would imagine the bigger differences deal with the change of flavor from a roasty flavor to more of a toasty flavor. My recipe is from the Jamil show, but modified to work with my efficiency, so for an 11 gallon batch it's

11.5 lbs munich
6.5 lbs pilsner
.8 lbs c40
.8 lbs chocolate (thinking pale chocolate)
.4 lbs roasted barley
.4 lbs carafa special

So my thinking is that in the Jamil show, he mentions that this recipe is a little out of true style, and is a little roastier than true schwarzbiers. I'm wondering if this is a good switch or should I just stick with it?

Any and all ideas are appreciated.

 

[BigEd]

Wondering if anyone has tried replacing the chocolate malt with pale chocolate in their schwarzbier. Looks like same amounts of each only drops SRM 3 points. But I would imagine the bigger differences deal with the change of flavor from a roasty flavor to more of a toasty flavor. My recipe is from the Jamil show, but modified to work with my efficiency, so for an 11 gallon batch it's

11.5 lbs munich
6.5 lbs pilsner
.8 lbs c40
.8 lbs chocolate (thinking pale chocolate)
.4 lbs roasted barley
.4 lbs carafa special

So my thinking is that in the Jamil show, he mentions that this recipe is a little out of true style, and is a little roastier than true schwarzbiers. I'm wondering if this is a good switch or should I just stick with it?

Any and all ideas are appreciated.

Forget the pale chocolate and especially the roasted barley and just use some Carafa II unless you want what is there, sort of a porter with lager yeast.

 

[boo boo]

Forget the pale chocolate and especially the roasted barley and just use some Carafa II.

Yeah, real Schwarzbier isn`t all that roasty.

 

[rockfish42]

Unless what you're going for has roast or toast flavor, assuming you're not planning on entering any BJCP competitions. Here in Northern California we have a great local schwarzbier from Moonlight called Death and Taxes that comes across as similar to Jamil's recipe. From my perspective, I'd prefer to keep the original chocolate malt.