creamy stout

[treydogg]

Hey guys I would like to know how i can make my stout a little more creamy or alot if i want.

[danno]

creamy like Guinness or other pub cans (with the widgets)? then you need to go buy a kegging system and a separate nitrogen tank/regulator and a stout tap...

[mortong]

Ditto on what Danno said, but barring that investment, try adding Lactose to your stout. It won't be Guiness creamy, it's more of a creamy mouthfeel, but milk stouts are one of my favorites.

[treydogg]

is sweet the same as milk or are thouse 2 diffrent styles of stout? i have a kegging system I dont have NO2 but i can put can i just despence with a keg charger with the little metal no2 chargers in it?

[mortong]

Lactose is milk sugar, so there are some similarities between the sweetness of the milk and the milk stout. You can make a drier stout to help even the sweetness out, though, and use the lactose sparingly.

As to using NO2 in your kegs, I'm not sure. I'm new to kegging myself.

[treydogg]

yeah im not to sure how it works but is the no2 charger good enough to work?

[corkybstewart]

Bar gas is 60% CO2, 40% N. I don't think NO2 is what you want to put in your beer, but then again, why not.

[mortong]

LOL, good catch Corky. But are you sure the N isn't in the form of NO2? It makes whipped cream pretty creamy, and it's easily available at any restaurant store.

[corkybstewart]

Actually I think it's N2. NO2 is nitrous oxide I think, but I may be wrong. But if it is it might put a whole new outlook on kegging beer. Think of the parties!!!

[treydogg]

ok ok my bad. I will just call it N from now on I always do that with the NO2 thing. anyway will useing a keg charger loaded with a "N" cylinder work for what i want?

[mortong]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
Actually I think it's N2. NO2 is nitrous oxide I think, but I may be wrong. But if it is it might put a whole new outlook on kegging beer. Think of the parties!!!

No2 is nitrous oxide, and it is used in whipped cream and sold in restaurant stores. I'd be curious to know if what's used in beer or if N2 is used. Might be worth a little research.

[mortong]

From a check to northern brewer, it looks like it is N2, not No2 that is used. I guess the lesson here is, have whipped cream ready to go with your beer! ;o) Just kidding, of course.

[zoom6zoom]

Yeah, but NO2 would give you a beer that could do zero to sixty in under five seconds....

[mortong]

Ah - I should have seen this before. The reason N and not NO2 is used is because the breakdown of nitrous leads to... O2 in your beer. Bad, bad results.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by mortong
Ah - I should have seen this before. The reason N and not NO2 is used is because the breakdown of nitrous leads to... O2 in your beer. Bad, bad results.

Nitrous breaks down at at a low temp, like 300 to 500, which is why the car freak use it to make a Honda sound like a mosquito on crack. It is used to make whipped cream because NO2 is fat soluble. It is used other wise b/c it make you fell (or not feel as the case may be) great.