kayak phil Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Hi all interested if anyone has used a bar of dark chocolate in the wort I have tried cocco in a real ale did not like it so mixed it with coopers Stout at point of comsumtion . More of a dark ale and Stout man Atm however not that impressed with coopers Irish Stout and have gone back to Plain Coopers Stout much more liking to my taste buds. CHEERS .PHILIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Hi @kayak phil While I've never added chocolate to a brew I've read the fat content in chocolate can have an adverse effect on beer ie. lack of head/head retention. Probably akin to drinking from a greasy glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Welcome to the forums... There are several ways to get chocolate into your brew. There are essences you can get or cacao nibs (from your LHBS or online) but also chocolate grains of various darkness and flavours. These last would require a steep at least and maybe a partial mash - I haven't used them so not sure about the mash. I do have some dark choc rye malt for my next stout. I usually do partial mashes anyway so once I've poured the steep liquid into the boil pot I add the soaked grains in with the ale malt grains just because... Not sure if it adds much to the ABV or body but why the hell not do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 hour ago, kayak phil said: Hi all interested if anyone has used a bar of dark chocolate in the wort I have tried cocco in a real ale did not like it so mixed it with coopers Stout at point of comsumtion . More of a dark ale and Stout man Atm however not that impressed with coopers Irish Stout and have gone back to Plain Coopers Stout much more liking to my taste buds. CHEERS .PHILIP I used dark cooking chocolate in a breakfast/imperial stout and it was like an oil tanker run aground in my beer. It had a head for 10 seconds then vanished. Still carbonated and drinkable just no head so I won’t do it again. I would malts to get the flavour next time or cacao/cocoa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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