Chocolate malt Mosaic hop beer

Lesinge · May 31, 2016

Dark Knight. 4.9 Maris Otter, 250g chocolate malt, 500g Crystal malt (not sure I had that much), 350g of Carapils. Strike water 17.3l of water at 77c, mash for 1hour and the temp stayed good..probably higher than middle range 66c . Sparged with 15l of water at 77c. Boiled for 70min, 40g at start, 11g at 15, 11g at 5 and 38g at flame out all Mosaic. Colour is dark red/brown, taste at pitch, is a bit bitter from the chocolate malt with a hop background, malty and sweet. It tastes nice at the moment so hope this comes through fermenting! Pitched Wilko Gervin yeast. OG around 1068 which is higher than I expected.

MyQul · May 31, 2016

Sounds like an Americanised brown ale to me. I got one from Dad's ale in his bottle swap. It was fantastic, so I think you're beer should be great too

Lesinge · Jun 1, 2016

MyQul said:
Sounds like an Americanised brown ale to me. I got one from Dad's ale in his bottle swap. It was fantastic, so I think you're beer should be great too

Thanks, I do hope so as I just made it up hoping to get a decent pint out of it.

pete71 · Jul 13, 2016

Are you drinking this beer yet if so how did it turn out. I've got some mosaic that need using up and like sound of this.

Lesinge · Jul 14, 2016

pete71 said:
Are you drinking this beer yet if so how did it turn out. I've got some mosaic that need using up and like sound of this.

It is really nice although I think it could do with a couple of weeks in the garage to really bring out the best of it. At the moment it is a very smooth dark beer with a creamy head which doesn't stay long at the moment. The Mosaic hop is very nice, still abit grassy but the fruity tastes are coming through. It is more like an American porter in its smoothness although it's bitterness is not as as strong as those type beers and its finish is cleaner more like an IPA. I would certainly make this again.

simon12 · Jul 15, 2016

Sounds good I really like Mosaic buy its at its best blended with other american hops. I also like a bit of crystal and other darker malts even in hop forward beers.

pete71 · Jul 15, 2016

Thanks for the reply lesinge. I've got all the ingredients in your recipe and wanted to use them up and if you don't mind I want to copy your recipe. Should be a nice beer to come back to after two weeks of Spanish lager:sick:.

Lesinge · Oct 1, 2016

pete71 said:
Thanks for the reply lesinge. I've got all the ingredients in your recipe and wanted to use them up and if you don't mind I want to copy your recipe. Should be a nice beer to come back to after two weeks of Spanish lager:sick:.

Did you try it out?

pete71 · Oct 5, 2016

I certainly did and it tuned out to be a cracker. Was a little to bitter to start with but now has mellowed into a nice smooth porter. My O.G. was lower than yours about 1050 and what I thought was carapils turned out to caramalt. I'm really enjoying drinking it and will definitely do again thanks for sharing.

Lesinge · Oct 16, 2016

pete71 said:
I certainly did and it tuned out to be a cracker. Was a little to bitter to start with but now has mellowed into a nice smooth porter. My O.G. was lower than yours about 1050 and what I thought was carapils turned out to caramalt. I'm really enjoying drinking it and will definitely do again thanks for sharing.

Thanks. I think looking back that having the extra sweetness from the Caramalt probably made it nicer!

Chocolate malt Mosaic hop beer

Help Support The Homebrew Forum:

Lesinge

Landlord.

MyQul

Chairman of the Bored

Lesinge

Landlord.

pete71

Active Member

Lesinge

Landlord.

simon12

THBF Sponsor

pete71

Active Member

Lesinge

Landlord.

pete71

Active Member

Lesinge

Landlord.

Similar threads

Latest posts

Chocolate malt Mosaic hop beer

Help Support The Homebrew Forum:

Landlord.

Chairman of the Bored

Landlord.

Active Member

Landlord.

THBF Sponsor

Active Member

Landlord.

Active Member

Landlord.

Similar threads

Join the conversation!

Join today and get all the highlights of this community direct to your inbox. It's FREE!