WTK: Adding Coffee & Cacao to Recipe

[ultravista]

Hardcore - that's a great idea. I may do that with the coffee & cacao.

[siwelwerd]

siwelwerd - add it to the fermenter loose or bagged in something? Do you sanitize the cracked nibs beforehand?

I just pour them right on in. I don't worry about a bag, just rack off of them.

[Hardcore]

Hardcore - that's a great idea. I may do that with the coffee & cacao.

It was actually my brother, notagirlsid's, idea. It really gave us good control on the amount of coffee flavor without watering down the beer. We would add a couple tablespoons at a time and taste until we got our desired flavor. We also kept a sample of the non coffeed beer to see the difference. I'm not sure how this would work for the nibs, I don't have a ton of experience with them. If you do it let me me know how it works

[Whitebeard_Brewer]

Local brewery here makes a porter infused with coffee and chocolate. Both the coffee beans and chocolate go in the bright tank, and sit for 16 hours. This is the extract they use: http://www.olivenation.com/Pure-Chocola ... 88C55.aspx The coffee is locally roasted, and cracked the day of transfer, and placed in muslin bags before placed in the BT.

And it tastes awesome btw!!!

[ultravista]

Whitebeard_Brewer - which brewery is it?

[Whitebeard_Brewer]

Whitebeard_Brewer - which brewery is it?

Crooked Letter Brewing Co. in Ocean Springs, Ms. Just started brewing in Feb. Getting the bottling line in the next 2-3 days, then will be able to get some sent out.

[ultravista]

craft brewing - please post your Victory at Sea recipe ... ?

[Lewybrewing]

I brewed a coffee porter and decided to add the coffee to the mash. Yup the mash. My thinking was that adding 6oz or whatever of Crystal in the mash, you can taste it. It doesn't burn up in the boil....why would coffee be any different? If it was to low on the coffee attributes that I was looking for I would just add more coffee after fermentation.

Since that time, I've brewed 2 more beers this way. I love it. It gives the beer a coffee backbone that I can not get in any other way.

Here are some notes.

Coffee Porter Recipe

Coffee Porter Tasting Notes

English Mild with Coffee in the mash