Dustin Daley
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Hi everyone,
I've made approximately 10 batches of beer and a few ciders over the years but never really experimented much from the kits I've been buying. Currently I'm making a milk stout from an extract recipe and planned on adding some toasted coconut. I had a few questions I wanted to seek advice on as this is my first time using it.
My idea is to make a tincture with 1-2lbs of toasted shredded coconut and using a coconut rum (I'm going for big coconut flavor). So my questions:
1) should I add that to the primary or secondary? I've used secondary in the past to dry hop but never to flavor, wondering if I should bother with a secondary or just add it to primary.
2) Will this need to ferment longer after adding it? I've read some people will add it straight to bottling but I figured it would have new sugars to eat and would need to be fermented.
3) I thought I would soak the coconut then add the liquid straight to the bucket and the shredded coconut in a weighted muslin bag to whatever step, is that overkill? Do I need to bother with the shredded?
The base stout is already in primary and the airlock is rocking! I appreciate the help!
I've made approximately 10 batches of beer and a few ciders over the years but never really experimented much from the kits I've been buying. Currently I'm making a milk stout from an extract recipe and planned on adding some toasted coconut. I had a few questions I wanted to seek advice on as this is my first time using it.
My idea is to make a tincture with 1-2lbs of toasted shredded coconut and using a coconut rum (I'm going for big coconut flavor). So my questions:
1) should I add that to the primary or secondary? I've used secondary in the past to dry hop but never to flavor, wondering if I should bother with a secondary or just add it to primary.
2) Will this need to ferment longer after adding it? I've read some people will add it straight to bottling but I figured it would have new sugars to eat and would need to be fermented.
3) I thought I would soak the coconut then add the liquid straight to the bucket and the shredded coconut in a weighted muslin bag to whatever step, is that overkill? Do I need to bother with the shredded?
The base stout is already in primary and the airlock is rocking! I appreciate the help!