I am starting to piece together the ingredients for a coconut cream stout recipe and am wondering when the ideal time is to add the coconut. I plan to use 2 lbs of organic unsweetened coconut flakes, or more based on the feedback that I get in this thread. I plan to toast it before adding.
To get the most coconut flavor, based on your experience, when is the ideal time to add it?
All at 10 minutes left in the boil
All at 0 minutes
Some in the boil, some in the secondary
All in the secondary (I am leaning towards this)
I'll most likely use multiple bags in the secondary to hopefully help enhance the coconut flavor, and make kegging not a nightmare.
I searched some threads and watched some youtube videos and it seems like the brewer says that the flavor is there but hardly. I'm a huge coconut fan, so while I'm not looking for a coconut beer, I want to have a pronounced coconut taste.
To get the most coconut flavor, based on your experience, when is the ideal time to add it?
All at 10 minutes left in the boil
All at 0 minutes
Some in the boil, some in the secondary
All in the secondary (I am leaning towards this)
I'll most likely use multiple bags in the secondary to hopefully help enhance the coconut flavor, and make kegging not a nightmare.
I searched some threads and watched some youtube videos and it seems like the brewer says that the flavor is there but hardly. I'm a huge coconut fan, so while I'm not looking for a coconut beer, I want to have a pronounced coconut taste.