Could have added more chococolate & vanilla easily.
Soaked 6 oz cocao nibs in whiskey for 2-4 days
take that liquid, freeze it, skim fat and put extract into keg
Added 32 Oz dme for 3 lbs
96 Oz sparge
took me to 5.8 G or so after starting at 4.8 G
Og 1.099
Fg 1.023 + 5 Oz of whiskey w nibs or so = 10.25% est.
overnight step mash
Nibs idea:
I use nibs all the time. Should soak in 80 proof for 24, go ahead and dump the liquid in your beer too. No more than 5 days on the nib soak including the soak time. They begin to become bitter if in too long. One combat if searching for chocolate flavor, since we eat commercial chocolate we are expectant of a certain type flavor, which is a lot of vanilla. Pull 2 oz off and use a dropper with vanilla extract to check it out. 5 drops is about a TBSP in a 5 gal batch for some math.. So if you like 2 drops use a tsp and a half or a half of a Tbsp.
can also freeze end product to skim fat off