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[user 18729]

Can you choose more than one?

Can you choose more than one?

This voting thing is new to me Clint! Just fiddled with it so everyone can vote for two (I think). If it won't allow two votes now let me know

 

[user 18729]

Right,

Old Ale added, and everyone can vote for their two favourite beers...

... if you’ve already voted for one beer but would like to vote for two, hit the ‘change vote’ button

 

[Clint]

Any special prep for cacao nibs?

 

[user 18729]

Any special prep for cacao nibs?

Loads of ways to do it, most people soak them in vodka or whisky to sterilise them then chuck them in. I take about 1L of wort, bring them to the boil in the wort then add that to the FV

 

[Clint]

Does the whiskey taste carry over? Like the sound of the chocolate stout..
HB sell nibs..
I don't think 40 pints would present much hardship either...
Dry yeast subs?

 

[user 18729]

Does the whiskey taste carry over? Like the sound of the chocolate stout..
HB sell nibs..
I don't think 40 pints would present much hardship either...
Dry yeast subs?

I think most people use vodka for a clean flavour (I’m sure I saw a recipe for whisky somewhere) but I think you get really nice flavour just chucking them into primary after boiling for 30 seconds

 

[Clint]

I'm intrigued by the whiskey...but then that's not unusual...
Either way the choccy stout has my attention!

 

[user 18729]

I'm intrigued by the whiskey...but then that's not unusual...
Either way the choccy stout has my attention!

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/strange-steves-homebrew-reviews.67725/post-858713

 

[Clint]

Choccy stout gets my first choice! BIPA second...
I'm ordering either later or tomorrow...so both may get on the list..

 

[user 18729]

Choccy stout gets my first choice! BIPA second...
I'm ordering either later or tomorrow...so both may get on the list..

It’s a good stout but obviously I’m biased

 

[An Ankoù]

11 weeks!
Kveik....4 weeks.

You say that, and it's drinkable after four weeks, but my experience id that it continues to improve.

 

[Clint]

Any water treatment?
..for the stout.

 

[Clint]

As for Kveik...I agree they produce quick beers. I wonder what the long term result is. Do they get better or not?

 

[An Ankoù]

Still going for the Barclay Perkins IBSt and I'm going to make some up regardless of the winner, which I'll also do. It's almost the same as the very last recipe in the Durden Park book. This is what they say for one (imperial) gallon:
Imperial Brown Stout (1856) Barclay Perkins.
OG 1107
This version remained unchanged for over 100 years
3lb 6oz Pale Malt; 11½ oz Amber Malt; 1lb 10 oz Brown Malt; 3½ oz Roast Barley; 4½ oz Goldings.
Mature for 18-24 months.

Thats an effin' lot of Goldings. Not surprised it needs two years maturation!

Might be better to get this one ready for Xmas 2021!

 

[user 18729]

Any water treatment?
..for the stout.

Any water treatment?
..for the stout.

100ppm sulphate, 200ppm chloride and mash PH of 5.4 off the top of my head, I’ll have to check. I remember mashing high at around 70 to get the mouthfeel

 

[Clint]

Off the top of my head that's quite a difference from my "learners manual" aka strange Steve....high mash too!

 

[user 18729]

Still going for the Barclay Perkins IBSt and I'm going to make some up regardless of the winner, which I'll also do. It's almost the same as the very last recipe in the Durden Park book. This is what they say for one (imperial) gallon:
Imperial Brown Stout (1856) Barclay Perkins.
OG 1107
This version remained unchanged for over 100 years
3lb 6oz Pale Malt; 11½ oz Amber Malt; 1lb 10 oz Brown Malt; 3½ oz Roast Barley; 4½ oz Goldings.
Mature for 18-24 months.

Thats an effin' lot of Goldings. Not surprised it needs two years maturation!

Might be better to get this one ready for Xmas 2021!

Yeah I was looking through the book earlier and this recipe jumped out at me! Definitely on my list of things to brew! This one gets my vote

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Great idea! I've gone for the Imperial Brown Stout which sounds lovely.

 

[An Ankoù]

As for Kveik...I agree they produce quick beers. I wonder what the long term result is. Do they get better or not?

My experience is that they improve, but only limited experience with Opshaug and Lallemand Voss isolate, and only over a few months. But why shouldn't they? There's more chemistry going on the bottle than that afforded by the yeast.

 

[An Ankoù]

Excellent idea having two votes. I've just added the old ale, which I think is more of a Christmas beer than BP's Imperial Death Stout.