Blueberry & coconut stout

[Perrin_Abara]

 

[Perrin_Abara]

Has anyone done the coconut and blueberry stout recipe from this book and if so, is it awesome? I was thinking about doing it for the Christmas thirst

 

[Slid]

I can't see the recipe, unfortunately, so unless someone has brewed this themselves, you may struggle to get much feedback!

 

[Perrin_Abara]

I can't see the recipe, unfortunately, so unless someone has brewed this themselves, you may struggle to get much feedback!
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Understood.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Did you brew it, thinking of doing it as well.

 

[jayk34]

A bit of a coincidence as I had thought of doing this. I had looked through the book last night for ideas on using up the 500g of coconut left over from a chocolate, coconut stout I kegged at the weekend.

The coffee, vanilla and maple Imperial stout on the opposite page sounds fantastic though.

 

[SMP Brewery]

I've played around with the recipe a bit, increased the chocolate malt, increase the alcohol a bit and halved the IBU's, not sure if that will make it too sweet now though.

 

[jayk34]

I've played around with the recipe a bit, increased the chocolate malt, increase the alcohol a bit and halved the IBU's, not sure if that will make it too sweet now though.

Good to know.

 

[Perrin_Abara]

Did you brew it, thinking of doing it as well.

Yea, it’s good. All the recipes from that book are brilliant

 

[SMP Brewery]

Did you use the recommended amount of coconut, how strong a flavour did it impart?

 

[Perrin_Abara]

Did you use the recommended amount of coconut, how strong a flavour did it impart?

Not loads to be honest, I just put in what the recipe said. Maybe next time I would use more blueberry also, but on the whole it was a nice beer

 

[jayk34]

Did you use the recommended amount of coconut, how strong a flavour did it impart?

I didn't do the Greg Hughes one but done a basic stout recipe with 100g toasted coconut in mash, 100g in boil (along with Cocoa powder) and 300g in fermenter. The sample that I had from the trial jar gave a nice subtle coconut taste and tasted promising. Not sure how long the coconut taste will last though