Recipe suggestions

[masterblaster]

I am going for a creamy coffee stout with a residual sweetness. The person I am making this for is a huge coffee drinker and likes a sweeter beer.


Jim's Milk Coffee Stout

Style: Sweet Stout OG: 1.059
Type: Extract FG: 1.015
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 5.82 %
Calories: 193.51 IBU's: 27.28
Efficiency: 70.00 % Boil Size: 5.00 Gals
Color: 27.3 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gals
Preboil OG: 1.059 Boil Time: 60 minutes

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
5.00 lbs 58.82 % Munton's Amber LME 60 mins 1.037
1.00 lbs 11.76 % Brown Sugar, Light 60 mins 1.046
1.00 lbs 11.76 % Lactose 60 mins 1.030
1.00 lbs 11.76 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L 60 mins 1.034
8.00 ozs 5.88 % Carafa I 60 mins 1.032

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
0.50 ozs 12.73 Brewers Gold 60 mins 8.00
1.00 ozs 11.01 Tettnang 30 mins 4.50
0.50 ozs 3.55 Tettnang 15 mins 4.50

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
0 dry pkgs Safale US-05 Fermentis US-05

Additions
Amount Name Time Stage
2.00 lb Coffee 60 mins Boil

Mash Profile
(none)

Water Profile
(none)

Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
(none)

Carbonation
(none)

Notes
Should be sweet creamy with a coffee flavor
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[masterblaster]

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[45thparallelhopper]

I wouldn't recommend boiling the coffee, you have a higher chance at getting a harsh flavor. Try cold brewing/extracting the coffee and then adding to secondary before bottling. Will give you coffee flavor without harshness from boiling for 60 mins

 

[JLem]

I agree about not boiling the coffee - there are better ways to add it - either as a secondary addition or even brew up some strong coffee and add it at bottling/kegging. You should be able to find threads about using coffee on the forum here.

I'd also get rid of the brown sugar. This is just going to thin out the beer, which is counter to what you are looking for. The lactose and crystal malt will add body...the brown sugar will remove it. If you want to increase the gravity, use some more extract. And flavorwise, the brown sugar is unnecessary with all the other ingredients in there.

 

[masterblaster]

I plan on cold brewing the coffe. Thanks for the info.