Brew for christmas

[Rosmucman]

I've a baltic porter and a farmhouse sour that I hope will be ready in time.
I'm planning on having a Golden Belgian Strong and a Belgian Dark Strong before then,weather they'll be ready before christmas remains to be seen!

[Ciaran]

Brewdog psycho imperial stout in the fermenter. Lets hope that all is ready Chrimbo

So......tried mine last week there after 4 weeks in the bottle.  It's got a fair bit of oak/whisky character from the barrel chips.  I'm not getting as much cocoa as I'd hoped but maybe it will come through a little more as it rounds out with ageing.  Can't see there being much of it left after christmas but might have to keep a bottle or 2 back for the nationals.  Time will tell how good my process is when it comes to oxidation.

How's yours coming along? Did you change the recipe much?

[Laughgov]

I cant taste the whiskey chip but the chocolate and coffee is insane. Loving it though. You can only have one or two tops
Lovely chrimbo one

Happy Christmas all

[Ciaran]

Just to report back, this brew picked up the bronze in the Export Stout/Imperial Stout category at the 2017 comp.   I think mine could definitely go a bit further with more intense cocoa and coffee flavours so I'd suggest either upping the recommended amounts or sticking to the recipe a bit more rigidly than I did with the coffee and cacao.  For the record I used pure cacao powder from the health shop instead of nibs both times, and for the coffee I didn't add the second dose of coffee in secondary.  In retrospect I probably would do so next time.  Might help someone out if they've any plans to try a clone of cocoa psycho themselves.