How To Brew Cherry Chocolate Nitro Porter

[@TheApartmentBrewer]

When your wife likes the beer so much she gives a 6/5 stars, you've really won! Well done, and happy belated birthday to your wife!

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

LOL indeed. Thanks!

[@TheBruSho]

This sounds exactly like something my wife would want, I'll have to try it! She loves cherry flavored anything

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

I would never add cherry to anything by choice.. :-)

[@MotoMatt418]

I really dig unique and creative recipes like this

[@MarkBilodeau]

Your wife orders beer the same way mine tells me how she wants to decorate our house ..... "...and ... and ... and ..." 😂 Great video as always, Martin! Getting 6 stars out of 5, you clearly knocked it outta the park. Thanks so much for featuring the HomeBrewing Journal! I hope you'll continue to find it useful/helpful going forward. Cheers! 🍻

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Thanks so much for sending this in Mark. Six stars!!

[@jamieallen8728]

Just ordered one of the journals Mark! Exactly what I’ve been looking for!

[@MarkBilodeau]

@@jamieallen8728 Fantastic, Jamie! Thanks! I hope you find it helpful. Cheers! 🍻

[@kevintennant4461]

I love cherry and chocolate, I would love to try this brew

[@amatonasturzio3806]

Great video, I definitely have to give they a try. Happy Belated Birthday to uour wife. Cheers

[@mrow7598]

For people who don't know the Cacao Nibs have small seeds which is why having them in a small bag is a good thing as they can clog pipes for kegs or chillers.

[@StevePetty]

Looks and sounds delicious Martin. I'm loving discovering different porters as we move into winter months here in Australia.

[@RobMilanowski]

I think I would like that beer. Nice job! I wish my wife liked beer enough to request a specific style for me to brew for her. Nice job!

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

Sounds delicious!!! Happy belated birthday to your wife!!!

[@clayhicks7175]

Thank you so much for keeping the units the way you always have with both measurements I refuse to use anything other than imperial and it’s nice that you use both thank you

[@jamieallen8728]

Just been thinking of a journal just like that! Just ordered one. Nice looking beer too!

[@nfctinken]

My wife & I have the "every other beer" process, which means I brew something I want, then the next beer is something for her. Luckily for me, I like what she drinks, and fortunately for me, she hates what I like, so MORE BEER FOR ME :) Cheers and very thoughtful video for your wife's birthday!

[@paulbehrens5842]

Sounds very tasty.

[@worems1]

Definitely going to brew that at some stage. Need to get my nitro set up! Great job, Martin.

[@barrystephens900]

Wow I really want the brew journal, I’m at about 300 batches, with very few notes

[@mrow7598]

Local brewery brews one just like this and its fantastic.

[@florianotel]

Hi, do you have the recipe published somewhere online ? Ideally something like "Beer XML" format, something that can be imported in e.g. Brewfather, Brewsmith, etc ? Kind thanks in advance.

[@Basheequa]

I'm definitely giving this a try. I'm still a rookie but this sounds too good to not take the risk. I don't think I'll do it all in primary though because I don't have a keg, so instead I'll cocoa nib into secondary and then from secondary I'll rack into bottles.

[@glutenfreebrewing]

She is a legend! That looks and sounds like a great beer 🍺 6 Star beer !

[@sirkeenofsydney]

Beer sounds amazing, Donna is a genius. As for that Australian accent! Your Aussie family disown you.

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

As if yours is any better…

[@alunt2003]

Aw. Your wife looks like a nice lady. I'm glad she liked the beer :)

[@houseonthehillhomebrew4617]

Blueberry Milk Chocolate stout... sure you've seen David Heath's channel, it's on there from Feb 2018. Made it myself, lovely beer and can only imagine it'd be superb on nitro. Only mod I'd make to it is using cocoa nibs as you've done here vs using the essence in the vid.

[@jenzu_h8798]

Your wife has a great taste! I love cherry and chocolate too.

[@JoeGraves24]

You know, Big Brew Day is this weekend and one of the beer choices is called Dark Inception Porter. The thing that strikes me is it copies your recipe fairly close except for raspberry purée instead of cherry. I’m doing 10 gallons of it this Saturday!

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

That sounds great - I'd have picked raspberry over cherry too if it were up to me.

[@FourPriestsBrewery]

Black Forest gateau beer :) nice!

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

LOL hadn't thought of that but you're right

[@shanethoroughgood]

Sounds delicious Martin. Would you recommend any changes/additions if I was to brew this?

[@harmfpv]

Looks like a great brew! Sounds delicious, i am sure she liked it. I am wondering; as enthousiast hobby brewer, and now starting my own one/two day in the week brewery along side my job. Having had a bad day at the brewery getting used to new materials; having the many parts not all fitting togheter, spilling, essentialy just destroying my first few batches. You seem to do al lot of batches; perhaps have plenty routine. But do you have any brew days that just pan out to be total utter crap days? 😁

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

I’ve been doing this so often I have it down to routine at this point. But along the way: ✅ Burned myself with boiling wort ✅ Spilled a gallon of finished beer onto the floor ✅ Froze my fermenting beer

[@Over_Toasted]

I'm surprised you were overwhelmed at first, everything your wife listed seems pretty reasonable for a porter in my opinion😂 it of course would be hard to make..as porters are..but this also looked fun as hell to make!

[@normlang1994]

Something with carmel for next year? Or maybe a pastry porter?

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Ohh yes I think she'd enjoy a pastry porter.

[@19AKS58]

Martin, where can I obtain a Fermzilla lid like that, with 5 holes in it? Since they're made in Australia, it's difficult to get parts in the USA.

[@TheMattMustain]

Sounds like a great beer. Did you leave the brew bag and cacao nibs in the keg?

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Yeah still in the keg one month later

[@allanbrand]

That sounds delicious! The 2nd fermentation caused by the addition of the cherries, was it very vigorous and how long did it last?

[@AlexGarcia-is9ui]

God that intro was hilarious, love u Martin

[@paskrell]

Black Forrest porter. I don’t porter. But I’d try that. Your wife seems lovely!

[@jackhandy7237]

Great video and intro! That beer sounds delicious, definitely one to brew in the future. I think that smoked beer is going to live in infamy forever. 😂

[@danielgwizdek8265]

Did you take the coco nibs out or leave them in the keg? Thanks in advance :)

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Still in the keg

[@danielgwizdek8265]

@@TheHomebrewChallenge thanks Martin! Appreciate the reply!

[@strangerdangerous]

6/5!! Killed it 👌🍻

[@Over_Toasted]

Idea for your next beer: brewing beer with Grape-Nuts.

[@michaellednev2904]

i wonder if cherry syrup would work here instead of puree?

[@TheHomebrewChallenge]

Don’t see why not.

[@daithiocoinnigh]

I think syrup is an artificial flavour. Might taste a bit harsh after fermentation. Syrup might also have some additives that could retard fermentation.

[@michaellednev2904]

@@daithiocoinnigh mine is just tart cherry juice concentrate, nothing else

[@daithiocoinnigh]

@@michaellednev2904 should work

[@Notme55555y]

Sounds awesome…did you add the vodka as well as the nibs?

[@Notme55555y]

???

[@stollkopf1]

Hey Martin and other fellow youtubers! I have a question regarding fermentation with fruits. With the websites i use to create my recipes i struggle to find out how the finished gravity will change when using fruits as adjuncts.... For example i would love to brew a few more sours but i dont know the impact of the fruits on the ABV. Can someone help me out?

[@BenSund]

Are you using fresh fruit or store bought puree?

[@stollkopf1]

@@BenSund I'd prefer puree

[@BenSund]

@@stollkopf1 Most bought puree will tell you the brix or specific gravity on the can. You can also look at the sugar content per serving in the can to figure out the total sugar content as well and back into the SG using that. Generally fruit doesn't add much alcohol to a beer because you are also adding water

[@stollkopf1]

@@BenSund Are there any formulars to calculate the impact on the the ABV when you know the amount of sugar per 100 gram of puree?

[@BenSund]

@@stollkopf1 You can figure 46 points for each pound of sugar in your concentrate. So you take your total mass of sugar in g, divide by 454 to get pounds, then multiply that by 46 and divide by the gallons of fluid in your batch. Or take a gravity reading before adding the fruit, then after and then when it's done fermenting and use an ABV calc for the final ABV. Which brew software are you using they should be pretty close.

[@Daigunful]

mate all that beer consumption has clearly taken a toll on your vision.

[@finspin4984]

😂😂😂 fuuuuu

[@deckerhand12]

I tried a cherry stout didn’t come out right. I used Cherry extract. I’ll never use fruit extract again. Hazlet came out good vanilla same thing came a good fruit always a failure. Anyone who likes dark beers is okey in my book glad she liked the beer

[@nathansuka5302]

The first and only curse I hear from this guy totally killed me. Lol

[@jeremybrews2521]

That's my goal, is to make a beer my wife will drink.

[@Over_Toasted]

Dude, you gotta use up that smoked malt😂

[@hemavol6449]

Heh I always thought Lauren was your wife :D Note to self, do not make assumptions.

[@psi1989]

Heard to tell the differences, it's like that especial bitter, bitter and ordinary bitter 😂

[@thegingerpowerranger]

Did you get remarried?

[@zzing]

There is an oak smoked wheat from weyermann that is just a delight. Not strong at all.

[@TheAlchemistsBrewery]

I will refrain from making any comment...

[@gunder3]

you just did...comment

[@johnrobinson8941]

You're not the only one who's shocked 🤣

[@johnrobinson8941]

​@@gunder3 and what is it that you really want to say but aren't game to? 🤣

[@Gutenmorgenside]

That's his mother..I think ?

[@justreal7224]

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