Probably been covered, but here goes. I had a piece of chocolate then a mouthful of beer and was really nice. How do I put it into my brew? I have about 400 grams of the chocolate left. Here is my idea, I boil my dextrose in 2 litres of water to mix it, I am thinking of putting the chocolate in with the dextrose to melt it and then dump the dextrose/chocolate mix into the fermenter. What do you think?
Chocolate In Beer
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It all depends.What are you brewing? An ale or lager?
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read this link about brewing with chocolate:
http://beer.about.com/od/beerandchocolate/...colate-Beer.htm
The earlier any ingredient is added the less of the more delicate aspects of that ingredient will be apparent in the beer. So, adding chocolate at the beginning of the boil is much like adding it to the mash. But when chocolate is added during the last fifteen minutes or so it will have a strong presence in the flavor and the aroma of the final beer.
never tried it myself, but give it a go and report back,
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http://beer.about.com/od/beerandchocolate/...colate-Beer.htm
The earlier any ingredient is added the less of the more delicate aspects of that ingredient will be apparent in the beer. So, adding chocolate at the beginning of the boil is much like adding it to the mash. But when chocolate is added during the last fifteen minutes or so it will have a strong presence in the flavor and the aroma of the final beer.
never tried it myself, but give it a go and report back,
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Wow! I really thought you were talking about accentuating the choc flavour in a stout/porter/bock,etc.Choc in a pale lager isn't anything i'd ever really considered But if thats a flavour combo that you personally like,then go for it reckon :icon_cheers: I've added choc to quite a few brews ,but generally only with a grist bill that has a fair wack of choc malt to start with.I remember Matilda Bay's 'Crema' a few years ago,a bit one dimensional i thought ,but i loved that they could get such a coffee flavour in such a pale beer.If you're prepared to use a liquid yeast and prepared to undertake a proper lagering period ,i think i might have a method. that might work.without changing the beers colour
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Oh and fasty, with a lot of chocolate accented beers, is more often the use of spec. grains and not actually any theobroma. That's part of the magic of brewing. My suggestion would be for you to try a beer using a can of dark ale kit, some brown grain and some choc grain. Back in the days of K & B I ripped out a very passable chocolate porter with a similar combo. If I find the recipe I will post it if youre interested.
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I think you need a new LHBS! I hope you mean he had run out, not he just doesn't stock it. That's a pretty basic staple.
Correct. Don't use ordinary milk chocolate as you will not get any head forming because of the fat in it. Dark chocolate with a high cocoa% 80% or powdered cocoa with no additives is what you want.
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Makes me think of the Young's Double Chocolate Stout I had the other week for the first time.
Oh so nice.
If you like stout and you like chocolate make sure you grab one.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/664/7...igh&start=0
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That one is made with Cocoa Powder afaik and also Chocolate Essence? and very nice it is too.
I did actually go to a Home Brew shop, it was the one in Burleigh and he doesn't stock US 05 at all. Pretty slack, he only had 2 different types of yeast.
How much cocoa powder powder or chocalate essence?
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Fasty you really do not want to add chocolate to a lager type beer. Add it to a dark ale, porter or stout and youll be on the money.
Try a can of old ale or stout and a 500g of dry malt extract then on day 2 (after ferment starts) boil up a cup of cocoa with 250g of dry malt extract let cool and add it to the fermenting beer then the next day boil up 500g of 80% dark choc with 250g of dry malt extract let cool and add to fermenter. When ferment is finished cold crash the beer for at least 10 days to let all the left over choc turn to hard sludge on the bottom of your fermenter.
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Try a can of old ale or stout and a 500g of dry malt extract then on day 2 (after ferment starts) boil up a cup of cocoa with 250g of dry malt extract let cool and add it to the fermenting beer then the next day boil up 500g of 80% dark choc with 250g of dry malt extract let cool and add to fermenter. When ferment is finished cold crash the beer for at least 10 days to let all the left over choc turn to hard sludge on the bottom of your fermenter.
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I brewed a choc stout using 500g of 72% cocoa solids choc boiled for the full hour. The taste was sensational. It did however dissipate with time. I also brewed one recently with using only immitation choc essence in the keg (and in the bottle) it scored rather well in a recent beer comp.
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Fasty, me ol' mate. You need to think about mail-order via the internet. As I suspected, you are already moving away from the kits and getting into bits & bobs, so think about a few things you want, the order from an online HBS. When you get a couple of hop varieties, half a dozen dry yeasts, and some weights of spec. grain, the postage fee is justified, and its not that much. Im in NSW and generally order online, although not from a site sponsor, and over $100 the postage is free. But a brewing mate also in NSW regularly orders from QLD and its still worth it. So dont let your local supplier dictate what you use in a brew. Quite frankly it sounds like a shitty place anyway. For chrissakes dont take his advice either !
