Yesterday, was a fun day of brewing and today I realized I haven't ever made a beer with either coffee or coconuts! So obviously both would have to be in it! Inspired by two beers, one from Maui Brewing and the other from Funky Budha. Both are porters with coconut in them. Neither had coffee in them, but I found a good recipe on BYO.com for a coffee porter. Also, the awesome peeps at American Brewmaster, gave me some great advice, and lucky for me one of them actually just made a coconut porter! With all this information and advice, I felt pretty confident that this brew recipe will turn out grrrreat! A fellow beer snob and good friend came over and helped me out in the brewing process, for that the name of this brew is named after him, thanks Rick!
Below is the recipe!
Expresso Coconut Porter
Style: Robust Porter OG: 1.062
Type: All Grain FG: 1.016
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 6.03 %
Calories: 203 IBU's: 24.80
Efficiency: 65 % Boil Size: 5.83 Gal
Color: 40.5 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gal
Boil Time: 60 minutes
Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 7 days @ 68.0°F
Secondary 14 days @ 68.0°F
Bottle/Keg 14 days @ 68.0°F
Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
8.08 lbs 64.23 % Briess 2-Row Brewers Malt 60 mins 1.037
4.00 ozs 1.99 % Black (Patent) Malt 60 mins 1.025
4.00 ozs 1.99 % Briess Roasted Barley 60 mins 1.033
1.00 lbs 7.95 % Chocolate Malt 60 mins 1.028
1.00 lbs 7.95 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 60 mins 1.034
1.00 lbs 7.95 % Cara-Pils/Dextrine 60 mins 1.033
1.00 lbs 7.95 % Brown Sugar, Light 10 mins 1.046
Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
1.00 ozs 24.80 Glacier 60 mins 7.40
Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
2.00 pkg British Ale Wyeast Labs 1098
Additions
Amount Name Time Stage
1.00 lb Coffee 10 mins Primary
Mash Profile
Medium Body Infusion 60 min @ 154.0°F
Add 14.48 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 171.3°F
Carbonation
Amount Type Beer Temp CO2 Vols
2.91 oz Table Sugar - Bottle Carbonation 68.0°F 2.00
Notes
Coconut sugar, for bottling and 2lbs of coconut roasted in secondary, for 3 weeks. Coarsely grounded coffee 14.5 oz at cool down after boil in nylon bag for 10 minutes.