I'm making a porter, pretty by the books stylisticly. I don't want it to be super pronounced. I have 1 oz of licorice root but am wondering how much I should put in the boil and for how long.
I have no idea if I should be thinking 1 tsp, or .5 oz. I'm thinking 15 minutes is good for time. Thanks!!!
There doesn't seem to be a great deal of info on the tronz about this. I found some about licorice stick, but not root. What I have found generally seems like 1/4 - 1/2 oz for 15 minutes will make it present, but not too much. I'll brew and post soon with what I did, and the results...a bit down the line.
If anyone wants to chime in with any useful info that would be sweet!
I've never used it. However, BYO had an article a few issues back with different recommendations on various brewing herbs. For Licorice root, it says 0.5 oz (per 5-gal batch) for 60 minutes of boil.
Interesting. Yea I'm set on doing .5 oz. The 60 minute idea is definitely interesting, I was kind of thinking 15 minutes. I'll have to think on that/wait for any more info people want to share! I ain't stressing though!
I make a version of Charlie Papazian's tumultuous porter annually.
Last year I used 1/3 oz licorice stick and 1/4 oz licorice root along with ginger, spruce tips, and juniper. It worked just fine in essentially a robust porter.
This year I used 6 gm licorice stick and 0.6 oz licorice root. I bottle tomorrow.
I always use them with 60 minutes to go in the boil.
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