Theobroma

[924RACR]

A few days later, it's still rockin' to bead the band... that's 6gal in a 6.5gal carboy...

 

[924RACR]

Update - bottled yesterday. Recall we did 5 anchos plus 1 chipotle.

WOW. What a beer. Even warm and flat, it's amazing. It'll also probably knock you on your butt in a hurry - 'cause it's real light and tasty, you don't even realize that it's now up to 11%!!!

Next time... we'll probably dial it back to around 9%, but also intend to add maybe a teaspoon of smoked habanero flakes in the secondary, with the other chiles. 'Cause we're nuts like that.

Really awesome beer, not at all regretting making it...

 

[derm]

Update - bottled yesterday. Recall we did 5 anchos plus 1 chipotle.

WOW. What a beer. Even warm and flat, it's amazing. It'll also probably knock you on your butt in a hurry - 'cause it's real light and tasty, you don't even realize that it's now up to 11%!!!

Next time... we'll probably dial it back to around 9%, but also intend to add maybe a teaspoon of smoked habanero flakes in the secondary, with the other chiles. 'Cause we're nuts like that.

Really awesome beer, not at all regretting making it...

Any thoughts on what an equivalent extract recipe may look like? I'm a noob w/6 extracts under my belt, and this will be the first recipe that is a departure from an extract kit. I've had a bottle of Theobroma (lucky to be stationed in Delaware, this place is a beer gold mine!) and instantly fell in love with it. Anything close to a clone would be awesome. Thanks!!

 

[924RACR]

Yeah, honestly since it's a pretty simple mash, it shouldn't be hard at all to convert to extract. Just a matter of swapping in pale and maybe a half a pound or so of Munich, then rebalancing. That's a lot easier to figure out than some of the more complex beers.

All the fun and games with this one come in the boil and secondary...

Do you have BeerSmith or similar to work the numbers for you?

 

[fergy89406]

@ derm

Use these equations to help convert from all-grain to extract

amount of base malt x .8125 = amount of liquid malt extract

or

amount of base malt x .6875 = amount of dry malt extract

So 10 lbs. of all-grain would convert to 8.1 lbs. of liquid malt extract, or 6.8 lbs. of dry malt extract.

 

[derm]

@ derm

Use these equations to help convert from all-grain to extract

amount of base malt x .8125 = amount of liquid malt extract

or

amount of base malt x .6875 = amount of dry malt extract

So 10 lbs. of all-grain would convert to 8.1 lbs. of liquid malt extract, or 6.8 lbs. of dry malt extract.

Thanks for the help! I'll give it a shot!

 

[derm]

Yeah, honestly since it's a pretty simple mash, it shouldn't be hard at all to convert to extract. Just a matter of swapping in pale and maybe a half a pound or so of Munich, then rebalancing. That's a lot easier to figure out than some of the more complex beers.

All the fun and games with this one come in the boil and secondary...

Do you have BeerSmith or similar to work the numbers for you?

I don't but I think I'll pick it up tonight. I had the trial but didn't have much use for it at the time.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[lwlampy]

I just paid $14 for a bomber. I really like it! I definitely want to try to clone this!