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Josh Brown replied to Josh Brown's discussion Dryhopping things not hops in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"Awesome, good advice allround, I'll try toasting some coconut flakes and see where that gets me.
As far as coconut milk and sugars are concerned, I'm not sure what's in it BUT I added some lactose so that should keep the sweetness…"
Shawn, the Beer Philosopher replied to Josh Brown's discussion Dryhopping things not hops in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"Hmmm ... I'll defer to the more experienced among us, but it would seem to me that the coconut milk is gonna add additional fermentables to the wort. What kind of sugar is in the coconut milk, do you know? Unless it's an unfermentable…"
Josh Brown's discussion was featuredDryhopping things not hops
Alright so I'm relatively new to experimenting with my homebrew recipes and I'm trying to make a coconut milk stout and added 15oz of coconut milk to the end of the boil for a sweet stout recipe. Unfortunately I'm getting little to no coconut aroma or flavor. Does anyone have any suggestions on whether I should dry hop actual bits of coconut and/or extract, and if so how much should I try?Thanks,JoshSee More
Ray Grace replied to Josh Brown's discussion Dryhopping things not hops in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"The two coconut beers I know of are the coconut porters from Maui Brewing and Stone/Maui/ Ken Schmidt, I believe they use toasted coconut flakes. The collaboration has a huge coconut aroma. My guess is that it's added late in the boil or even…"
Josh Brown replied to Josh Brown's discussion Dryhopping things not hops in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"Also if anyone has any ideas or experience throwing weird things into the fermenter i'd be interested in hearing about it. :)"
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Dryhopping things not hops
Alright so I'm relatively new to experimenting with my homebrew recipes and I'm trying to make a coconut milk stout and added 15oz of coconut milk to the end of the boil for a sweet stout recipe. Unfortunately I'm getting little to no coconut aroma or flavor. Does anyone have any suggestions on whether I should dry hop actual bits of coconut and/or extract, and if so how much should I try?Thanks,JoshSee More
Josh Brown commented on Matt Peters's group Beer Bloggers"Hi all I'm running www.hopcircles.com and I'm looking to get a beer related web comic up in addition to a blog but right now I'm learning my way around wordpress. Located out of DC so if anyone knows any happenings out thataway…"
Josh Brown joined Rob DeNunzio's groupAleuminati Alechemists
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The Dark Side
A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.See More
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- Favorite beer style(s) of the moment:
- Browns, Stouts, Porters, IPAs, lambics
- Who am I?:
- I'm a DC resident, homebrewer, and wanna be beer blogger. I love how beer brings people together and reflects local flavor. I've made more friends with beer than I have with honey.
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- www.hopcircles.com
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- At 7:39pm on August 11, 2009,
Ty Jones said… - Did you find the future wifey on here yet?
- At 1:28pm on August 11, 2009, Ray Grace said…
- Welcome Josh, be sure and check out the Alechemists group.
- At 11:12am on August 11, 2009,
Jason Pierce said… - Yeah man, this looks pretty awesome, thinking about all these beers is kinda making me thirsty tho...
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