last night we racked the chocolate coconut porter to a keg.


then racked the drunkin pumpkin ale to secondary.


leftovers from the pumpkin's secondary.


we were going to leave the porter on standby in a keg, but we coincidentally killed off the amber ale keg a little later.


the chocolate coconut porter has now taken home in the keezer and should be ready to drink in about a week. for now, were calling it "swayze". we were trying to decide between a few different names, but will make an official decision when its ready. the runners up:
"crazy for swayze" chocolate coconut porter
"im not johnny utah" chocolate coconut porter
"nobody puts porter in the corner"
"aloha bodhi" porter

we had the coolest beer day ever yesterday. Kris' step dad knows Greg Schirf (Owner of Wasatch Brewery) and Cindi Jones (Sales and Marketing Director). He was able to work his magic and get us a tour of the brewery. Greg and Cindi pictured on the left and middle.

"dry-hopped" with coconut

pumpkin mash

beautiful pumpkin colored wort

getting the spices and finishing hops ready

minor boil over

fairly condensed boil

i checked on the keezer this morning. as soon as i opened the lid i knew something was wrong. there was a beautiful yet gut wrenching smell in the air. that smell was the remaining broadzilla pale ale that had somehow forced its way through the kegs out post and onto the bottom of the keezer. great aroma, horrible site. luckly the keg was almost empty so only 3-4 beers were lost. here's all that was left inside the keg, about 1 inch of beer and sediment.


here is the last known picture of some broadzilla pale ale doin work. as you can tell by the picture, this beer was an easy 2 thumbs up. we will definitely be brewing this one again.


this was a horrible experience, but could also be looked at in a positive way. we brewed an amber ale (man-up princess amber) a few weeks ago and its been sitting in secondary waiting its turn in line. so today i moved the amber over to a newer keg and put on 10 lbs of pressure. it smelled delicious when racking.

the Chocolate Coconut Porter is relaxing in primary. bubbling away. here are some pictures from last nights brew.

testing out the water filter


testing out the wort chiller


coconut before


coconut after


the grains


the goods

brewing a chocolate coconut porter tonight. found a recipe online, made a few minor changes, added a tiny bit of coffee grains to hopefully give it a chocolately/coffee/coconut flavor. picked up most of the supplies yesterday, but still need to find some coconut flakes.

recipe:
Chocolate Coconut Porter

update. found the unsweetened coconut flake at harmons. "bob's red mill" to be exact.

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