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Free cocoa husks

Started by dcalnan, April 21, 2016, 06:24:25 PM

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johnrm

@Brian_c, make sure Wilkies chocolate get a mention on Chips show.
http://www.wilkieschocolate.ie/

brian_c

Of course.

Sent from my phone, please excuse the typos.


imark

Many thanks Darragh. Few bottles of my milk chocolate stout on the way to you  and  a much sought after vip pass to my bar👍

Dodge

Thanks a lot! Much appreciated

Boycott

I had a smell of these yesterday and wow what a smell. I wonder is there anywhere to get them in dublin

Shanna

Quote from: cruiscinlan on April 21, 2016, 06:30:26 PM
Quote from: dcalnan on April 21, 2016, 06:24:25 PM
If anyone is looking to do a chocolate stout or experimenting in the near future, I'm after getting 10kgs of them, so that's 20x500g(the figure I've seen online for in the mash). Im going to brewcon so I could bring some up with me if people wanted.

Cool!! How much?
Many thanks for the bag of coco nibs, can't wait to try them.

Shanna
Cornie keg group buy organiser, storeman & distribution point
Hops Group buy packer
Regulator & Taps distribution point
Stainless Steel Fermenter Group Buy Organiser
South Dublin Brewers member

Cambrinus

Thanks for that! Lovely smell of chocolate in the car.

dcalnan

Yere welcome, hope they work well for people, I'm hoping to do a stout with them this weekend.

johnrm

How did people get on with this?

Shanna

Quote from: johnrm on April 29, 2016, 09:46:42 PM
How did people get on with this?
Boiled up 150 grams of them last Sunday after brewcon and made a syrup from them. The smell in my house from the chocolate was absolutely amazing. The syrup will be going in to the bottling bucket the next time I do a stout.

Shanna
Cornie keg group buy organiser, storeman & distribution point
Hops Group buy packer
Regulator & Taps distribution point
Stainless Steel Fermenter Group Buy Organiser
South Dublin Brewers member

johnrm

Syrup? Did you add sugar?
Full process please Mr. Shanna!

Shanna

Quote from: johnrm on April 29, 2016, 10:20:37 PM
Syrup? Did you add sugar?
Full process please Mr. Shanna!
Well when I say syrup it's probably a misnomer. I should have described as sugar flavoured cocoa water :). I intend to use it instead of priming sugar. I took about two itres of water, 200 grams of sugar, 250.grams of the cocoa flakes and mixed them up. Boiled them up and then let it boil for about 5 minutes stirring a lot. Then reduced it to about half way & let some of water evaporate off for about 15 minutes, stirring continuously. Poured off the cocoa flakes through a sieve and put the liquid back on simmer for another 10 minutes. Ended up with about a litre of liquid. Cooled the saucepan in an ice bath, and drained 740ml of the liquid  into a precleaned & sanitised swing top bottle. Added 15ml of vodka to the mix to help keep any infection at bay. Sitting in my fridge now. Will use about 250 ml during secondary & will use the rest instead of priming sugar. Going to use in an oatmeal stout that I am doing on Monday. It should be a chocolate kick to it especially as I use a lot of roast barley hoping it will help offset it a little. If the beer smells or tastes as rich as the liquid it will be unbelievable.

Shanna
Cornie keg group buy organiser, storeman & distribution point
Hops Group buy packer
Regulator & Taps distribution point
Stainless Steel Fermenter Group Buy Organiser
South Dublin Brewers member

johnrm

Wondering how lads fared out with these in beer.
Any updates?

dcalnan

Use mine today in what will become a nearly imperial chocolate oatmeal milk stout. I sifted the husks so that the small bits would be put into a nylon bag, and the larger parts would be put directly into the mash. So 500g in all. The nylon bag was steeping in the second sparge water for 15mins making a cocoa husks tea. Finished at 1.077 with the lactose contributing .007, looking forward to trying it when it's done, there was definitely loads of chocolate in the sample I pulled for the hydrometer.