What's your next brew

This one is 20srm Josh.
Originally I was looking at yours think oh that's not gunna be that dark (not that it needs to be by style)
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1247885/my-darkmild
The pic at the end of the recipe the beer is quite dark just for and SRM comparrison point


Hey I like t he use of your two chocolate malts you do this before?
 
Not sure what's next.
Almost due to organise more malt.
So next is something with pilsner, combined with
Amber, crystal, and or roasted barley.
(Maris otter, vienna and weevilly wheat are finished).

Once I got new wheat, I'm going to try weizen and wit beer
 
BarbarianBrewer said:
I don't think chocolate & coffee together is weird at all. Probably half of the coffee Starbucks sells has chocolate in it.
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Mocca my mother in law loves em she's Dutch so ...

Not too hard to make i just add a teaspoon or so of cocoa to the coffee grounds and it imparts the flavour that way.
 
Stout, just to keep some in the pipeline? Or maybe my Azacca Wheat, which I didn’t get to brew last summer because of our impending move. Maybe a NW IPA? Since I don’t have an open fermenter at the moment, there is time to consider.
 
Planning to brew Saturday.
As much as I want to participate in the quarterly brew, I am going to brew something that I miss dearly.
If you don't recall I took 1.5 years healing up my back.
Going to brew the one I called COVID Operation, which I have converted to partial mash.
It is a 6% hazy with late additions of dried tangerine peel, lactose (no too much though), and you guessed it, lots of hops.
Approximately 13 ounces of Mosaic, Simcoe, and Citra, all post boil.
Will be fermenting this at about 40C (105F) and 12 PSI with Lallemand VOSS.
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This one is just ready to drink this weekend, so it might be a bit. I do have my heart set on trying a Pre-Pro Porter next though. I already have the recipe designed:)
 
Minbari said:
feedback on this one? it is my first attempt at an imperial, trying to make it big, but not overly sweet? FG in the high 20s?

https://share.brewfather.app/fEudYUEaRedbfi
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My opinion and $2 will get you a coffee.

I think the lactose will make it overly sweet. And I wonder how to fit all that grain into 8 gallons of water. But the grain bill looks solid for a fairly dark brew with good flavor.
 
Donoroto said:
My opinion and $2 will get you a coffee.

I think the lactose will make it overly sweet. And I wonder how to fit all that grain into 8 gallons of water. But the grain bill looks solid for a fairly dark brew with good flavor.
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Ha ha

I may cut it back out get rid of it. That will be a challenge, since about 6 gallons is all I can fit in the kettle. I have done 12lb mashes before, but this would be the biggest for sure
 
Minbari said:
Ha ha

I may cut it back out get rid of it. That will be a challenge, since about 6 gallons is all I can fit in the kettle. I have done 12lb mashes before, but this would be the biggest for sure
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Consider two partial mashes, each with some less water but only half the grain. For example, 5 gal with 8 lbs, then 3 gal plus 2 gal of the first batch (total 5 gal) plus rest of grain, you should end up with maybe 6-7 gallons to boil down. Then maybe boil down as much as you can, then the rest when it can fit, along with the hops.

I dunno. TMI perhaps. You get the gist.
 
Donoroto said:
Consider two partial mashes, each with some less water but only half the grain. For example, 5 gal with 8 lbs, then 3 gal plus 2 gal of the first batch (total 5 gal) plus rest of grain, you should end up with maybe 6-7 gallons to boil down. Then maybe boil down as much as you can, then the rest when it can fit, along with the hops.

I dunno. TMI perhaps. You get the gist.
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Definitely a good idea
 
Minbari said:
Definitely a good idea
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How much would that affect efficiency in the second partial batch? Isn’t that sorta bassackward decoction mashing, but only on part of the grain? Tuning in to watch for the last episode in this experiment. I’m still trying to figure out a larger batch method too, but I think I’ll let the more experienced brewers show me how it’s done first.
 
RoadRoach said:
How much would that affect efficiency in the second partial batch? Isn’t that sorta bassackward decoction mashing, but only on part of the grain? Tuning in to watch for the last episode in this experiment. I’m still trying to figure out a larger batch method too, but I think I’ll let the more experienced brewers show me how it’s done first.
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It would just be combining two batches essentially.
 
Minbari said:
It would just be combining two batches essentially.
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I see doing two identical “half-batches” as combining. Guess I’m still confused about what constitutes decoction. Learning curve just went vertical again.
 
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