yancydc
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Being good native New Englanders, my wife and I love Dunkin' Donuts, and especially a big iced coffee on a hot summer day. I decided to feed our addiction with a DD coffee porter.
I had never brewed a porter before, so I started with the Brewers Best robust porter kit, with 2 cans of Porter LME and 4 oz each of de-bittered black, caramel 120, and chocolate grains. I can't remember off the top of my head what the hops were (I remember they were English, I have them written down at home), and Notty yeast.
I let that sit in primary for about a month, and the night before bottling, I cold-brewed a batch of Dunkin Donuts regular roast coffee. I used the Toddy system: Amazon link. I added 4 cups of the cold brew, which may have been a bit too much if the brew had been strong. However, mine came out a bit weak, due to a number of factors: 1) I've read that the coffee should be ground for a french press, ideally; 2) I didn't use enough coffee due to the directions being a bit wonky when referring to liquid ounces and ounces by weight; and 3) not sure how fresh the grind was. But dammit, I was going to use DD coffee, and this was my only option.
Final report: came out great. The porter itself tasted good before the addition, but the coffee really ups that delicious roasted flavor, and you get a nice sweet hit at the beginning since it was cold brewed. Next time I make a coffee beer, I'll probably use fresh roasted and ground local coffee to get a bigger hit of it, but for this experiment, I'm really happy with the results.
I had never brewed a porter before, so I started with the Brewers Best robust porter kit, with 2 cans of Porter LME and 4 oz each of de-bittered black, caramel 120, and chocolate grains. I can't remember off the top of my head what the hops were (I remember they were English, I have them written down at home), and Notty yeast.
I let that sit in primary for about a month, and the night before bottling, I cold-brewed a batch of Dunkin Donuts regular roast coffee. I used the Toddy system: Amazon link. I added 4 cups of the cold brew, which may have been a bit too much if the brew had been strong. However, mine came out a bit weak, due to a number of factors: 1) I've read that the coffee should be ground for a french press, ideally; 2) I didn't use enough coffee due to the directions being a bit wonky when referring to liquid ounces and ounces by weight; and 3) not sure how fresh the grind was. But dammit, I was going to use DD coffee, and this was my only option.
Final report: came out great. The porter itself tasted good before the addition, but the coffee really ups that delicious roasted flavor, and you get a nice sweet hit at the beginning since it was cold brewed. Next time I make a coffee beer, I'll probably use fresh roasted and ground local coffee to get a bigger hit of it, but for this experiment, I'm really happy with the results.
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