How do I use coffee in my home-brewed beer?!
P.S.it is out of my power to use hops also, so please post your suggestion to this
Answers: I know it is possible to do this but I'm not quite sure how. At what point in production do I put it in?ie boil, where hops would be, maybe secondary or primary ferment. How much should be used?(not using hops btw) What kind of bean works best? Whole or ground beans? if someone could point me to a recipe it would be great
P.S.it is out of my power to use hops also, so please post your suggestion to this
There are a few ways-take a look at these:
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/01/03/espress...
http://www.beerrecipes.org/showrecipe.ph...
http://brewery.org/gambmug/recs/98346933...
http://www.cogit8.org/rob/beer/
(scroll down to the last one)
These are just a few recipes. Personally, I would add coffee at the end of the boil so as to limit boiling it and making it too bitter. Use a fine-meshed grain bag if using beans or ground coffee.
Also, I am not a fan of using sugar for priming, as it is imprecise and gives an off flavor. I use dry malt instead (3/4-1/4 cup for 5 gals).
If you go to the home page of the links above, you'll find more beer recipes. Also, seach "homebrewing recipes coffee" (no quotation marks) and you'll find many, many more.
Not sure what you mean by "it is out of my power to use hops"...
Good luck!
So basically you want to get drunk and stay up all night?
I like the answer right above me. I would use fresh ground beans and add them to the wort during the initial fermentation process... Adding them right before I add the yeast. If you boil coffee you will make it bitter.