coffee stout

[petes18t]

hi,
i am new to homebrewing. i have a recipe question. i have a 4 lb can of john bull stout extract. i have heard that you can use a little bit of coffee or coffee beans to add a little more flavor to your beer. i was wondering if anyone has done this. if so, how much did you use and what kind of dme did you add as well? thanks for any help.

[batkins]

Here is a link to an article in BYO on brewing in coffee..........
http://byo.com/feature/1020.html
Cheers,
Bill

[paul84043]

Have you tried the recipe by itself yet? I have found my stouts and B&T's to have much more coffee flavor in them that I had anticipated just normal...

[brewmonkey]

I brewed a coffee stout once. While it was on a larger scale the principle applies. I did not add coffee to the mash or the kettle. I completed primary and when I went to secondary I added the grounds in a nylon bag to steep.

I brewed the batch (in this case 5 bbls of a dry stout) and racked off some to a 10gal Corny keg. In the corny I had prepped and added 5 lbs of Columbian Roast and allowed it to steep for 3 days before racking it back and transfering to package.

Came out well IMHO.

Word of caution, the volume in the bag will expand so be mindful!

[paul84043]

Came out..."well"?
Sounds like freaking Espresso to me!!!

I'm going to have to try it...slowly....
I don't want Juan Valdez in my basement or anything like that....

[Fast_Eddy]

Originally posted by brewmonkey
I brewed a coffee stout once. While it was on a larger scale the principle applies. I did not add coffee to the mash or the kettle. I completed primary and when I went to secondary I added the grounds in a nylon bag to steep.

I brewed the batch (in this case 5 bbls of a dry stout) and racked off some to a 10gal Corny keg. In the corny I had prepped and added 5 lbs of Columbian Roast and allowed it to steep for 3 days before racking it back and transfering to package.

Came out well IMHO.

Word of caution, the volume in the bag will expand so be mindful!

Hey brewmonkey - just so I understand...

You racked off 10 gallons then steeped 5 lbs coffee in it. Then you racked the 10 gallons of coffee steeped beer back into the 5 bbls? So the proportion was roughly 5 lbs(of coffee)/216 gallons?

[brewmonkey]

Yes, it was 5lbs of Coffee in 5bbls (165 USG though) 216 USG is 1 USG shy of 7bbls.