Doc's Coconut Chocolate Stout?

[Brewcaster J]

I add it before I fill the bottles. That way if I slip and add to many drops, I don't ruin 12oz of beer.

That's our Good Doctor, always conserving the good stuff.

Justin

[Fuzzy]

Doc - are you force carbing and then transferring to bottles or are you carbonating with corn sugar or DME?

[Dr Scott]

Doc - are you force carbing and then transferring to bottles or are you carbonating with corn sugar or DME?

I almost always force carbonate. That's what I did w/ this stout.

The Hefe that I am working on right now is carbonating naturally in the keg. I added back some of the wort from brew day (saved it in the lagering refer and 35F) and re pitched w/ new yeast. I did do forced CO2 w/ the other two of the kegs from the batch. I haven't tried the nat'l ones yet, so I can't give a report comparing the two.

[BrewBlender]

Thanks for all the info Doc!

[TheCheatOSX]

Hey Doc, which coconut extract are you using?

[calvey]

I was planning on doing this beer. I searched the internet for this extract and found some. As it turns out, I am dim-witted : they have coconut extract at the local grocery store.

I would be interested if Doc had used a better quality source though.

[Hey, TheCheatOSX, I am from SW Indiana too ... I got it at Schnucks.]

[Junket]

Here's a place that supplies natural coconut extract:

http://www.rlschreiber.com/shop/catalog_item.asp?loc=0&id=237

Just ordered it today, will let you know how it turns out.

[calvey]

Well, I finished my Chocolate Coconut Stout, bottled 'er up and have been doing some sampling. I really like the beer. I used the equivalent of about 3.5 drops/bottle of coconut extract. It is just subtly detectable and I kinda' like it that way. If you didn't tell someone it was coconut, they might not notice or know what it was. But , if you mention it, they would know.

Thanks for sharing the recipe Doc ... good stuff.