RecipeDB - Choc Mint Vanilla Porter

[jurule]

Choc Mint Vanilla Porter

Porter - Robust Porter
Extract

Brewer's Notes

1 of the dark LME cans is a Coopers Dark Ale Kit(which gives it bitterness - no other hop additions) Kit is 25 IBU. Yeast is Danstar Windsor. Wasnt listed. Steep grains for 30mins. Boil liquid for 20 mins. Do not add cacao to primary or boil it. This adds harsh bitterness and loses the choc flavour. Leave until secondary. Use 200g of good quality cacao. Use about 1 litre of boiled water in pot, and whisk until smooth. Rack onto chocolate once primary is finished. About 5 days with Windsor if that...Also add about 7 lifesavers peppomint lollies and 3 whole vanilla bean pods split down the middle. After a few more days at 18deg. Crash chill and let sit for 2 weeks so vanilla can extract and smooth out. Ends up Sg1080 Fg1030. ABV 7.0%.

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	0.3 kg	TF Crystal
	0.2 kg	Weyermann Melanoidin
	0.2 kg	Weyermann Carapils(Carafoam)
	0.1 kg	Weyermann Chocolate Wheat
	0.05 kg	TF Black Malt
	1.5 kg	Coopers LME - Light
	1.5 kg	Coopers LME - Dark
	1.5 kg	Coopers LME - Dark
	0.2 kg	Brown Sugar

Yeast

11 ml

Lallemand - Windsor Yeast

Misc

	200 g	Unsweetened cocoa
	7 stalks	Mint

20L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.083 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.021 (calc)
• Bitterness 0 IBU
• Efficiency 75%
• Alcohol 8.1%
• Colour 84 EBC
• Batch Size 20L

Fermentation

• Primary 7 days
• Secondary 14 days
• Conditioning 4 days

 

[Dazza88]

Planned or brewed? How do those lollies go? And if you're introducing artificial Lolly flavor had you considered choc topping for ease of use.

 

[jurule]

Brewed. Use what u like for choc flavor but cacao is the purest form.

 

[hoppinmad]

I remember you posted a thread a week or so ago about this. So have you drunk it yet?

 

[jurule]

It's conditioning and tastes great. Will be bottling tomorrow. Will post final verdict soon.

 

[jacknohe]

Hey jurule. How did this turn out? I'm interested if the mint flavour came through.

 

[brettprevans]

Planned or brewed? How do those lollies go? And if you're introducing artificial Lolly flavor had you considered choc topping for ease of use.

randy mosher in radical brewing suggests that you can use peppermint lifesavers for a mint flavouring to beers if you cant source proper peppermint (most garden mints are spearmint not peppermint). or if you can be arsed screwing around.