alanywiseman.
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That would be great. I might prime a few bottles with treacle and some with sugar to creat a good comparison. How much cocoa powder and syrup did you end up using?
calumscott said:I did the other (Irish) one at full length using all DME then batch primed with black treacle. It is sensational.
I can't imagine that this recipe will be anything other than dangerously drinkable! : :drunk:
calumscott said:Took about half a pint of beer out with a sterile ladle (on account of having no tap!), added 110g (ish) of treacle and brought just to the boil.
Lid on, leave to cool a little. Pour carefully into spare fv. Syphon stout in after making sure not to splash. Bottle straight away.
Some might say 110g is too much but I like a bit more fizz and I've been struggling with getting a decent head, it worked perfectly for me, YMMV.
oldstout said:calumscott said:Took about half a pint of beer out with a sterile ladle (on account of having no tap!), added 110g (ish) of treacle and brought just to the boil.
Lid on, leave to cool a little. Pour carefully into spare fv. Syphon stout in after making sure not to splash. Bottle straight away.
Some might say 110g is too much but I like a bit more fizz and I've been struggling with getting a decent head, it worked perfectly for me, YMMV.
Hmmm... so your racking off to another FV to add your priming liquid to the brew. Wonder if it would just be easier to inject treacle mix into your bottles with a medicine syringe or similar :wha: Canny tip anyway - may give this a go :clap:
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Chlorine will boil out, chloramine not so much. Has to be done before using the water in brewing, as the chlorine reacts faster with the phenolics than it boils away.
One campden tablet for 20 gallons of water, five minute contact time, and your good to go, but do it before you use the water to brew with.
The reason you can't do anything after the fact is because the chlorine reacts with the phenolics to produce a chlorophenols. These are chemically very stable and the SO2 from the campden tablet won't remove the chlorine once it's bonded to the phenol.
alanywiseman said:Nice pictures. :clap:
I am also brewing this kit tomorrow morning (possibly tonight though if bottling the current batch goes to plan). I am going to add 500-750g of coaco powder to mine to give a really strong chcolate taste hopefully.
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