I brewed today!
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Nice. At what point do you add the coffee?
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I add the coffee (1oz course ground) and the 4oz of cacao nibs after primary finishes.
EKG hops and w1098 yeast. Gives a nice balance of bitter and sweet.
Do you soak them in booze or toss them in as is?
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Sanitize the ingredients. Glad to hear you haven't had any issues. Some people get real paranoid about fermenter additions and sanitation
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Ahhh.
May sound weird. I put them in my dry hop filter. Then dip in star san. Never had an Issue with it.
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I did a Peanut Butter Cup Stout and used vodka on the cocoa nibs to make a tincture to add to the secondary. I have read a few articles online about it and it worked out very well. Wasn't really thinking much about the sanitation side for the nibs. This was the 4th beer I have made using cocoa nibs and by far the best chocolate flavor. I used 8 oz of vodka and 4 oz of coca nibs. Basically I just sanitized a mason jar, added vodka and cocoa nibs, let it set for about four days (shaking it several times a day). Strained out the cocoa nibs and froze the remaining liquid. The next morning I skimmed the fatty oil off the top and added to secondary.
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some eye of newt and frogs breath and you are set!
Really gets you flying high aye@Minbari Frogs breath is so old school. Modern brewers use ground unicorn horn. About 1/2 gram for a 2 gallon batch is enough
Sure not feeling it today, but brewing an ESB anyway. have to ship some off in two weeks for a comp.
-trying BIAB too. although one less vessel, came with its own problems but overall went well.
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About ready for the sparge I say
wort tasted delicious. I hope is stays that way .
*I kegged the stout, drained, and dumped this right on top of the s04 slurry. rolling already
*I kegged the stout, drained, and dumped this right on top of the s04 slurry. rolling already
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You are a genius! Your spoon is marked for gallons by depth? Totally stealing this idea
Yes! Its a nice, easy to read, dipstick for the kettle.
Cool
