cjever19

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Boil the water first, let it cool in a sealed or covered containter, then cold steep.

StittsvilleJames

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I'm drinking the first coffee porter i have ever tried (it's a commercial beer, Mill St. Coffee Porter) and it is f-in amazing!

I am going to try this soon, so i was wondering what kind of coffee I should use? I have some finely ground espresso coffee (ethiopian I think) and I have some regular old Tim Hortons fine ground normal coffee grind.

I am going to cold steep it, in pre-boiled and chllled water, and was also wondering, do you filter the grounds out, or just let them settle in the secondary with the rest of the trub?

Thanks for any input! Going to go finish this Mill St and then hope the rest of the beer in the sampler pack is just as good (Had the ESB earlier, also friggin wonderful, for the record).

Torchiest

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I filtered the grounds. I'm not 100% certain, but I think leaving them in could lead to unwanted bitterness. EDIT: Or maybe a burnt flavor, actually.

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Hang Glider

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just cracked a year-old coffee porter I had made with the flame-out hot steep method, and another with the cold steep that my brother made.

his had wimped out big time, but I will certainly be making mine again. Flavor was still strong, and plenty of head (argument against hot-steep says the oils release cause head loss...)

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GUZ808

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Was the coffee the same style and amount? Was it the same recipe? just wanna make sure because I will be making my first coffee porter and wondering which way to add it to the brew

Hang Glider

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good question -
the amount was the same, but the cold press (brother) was Seattle's Best something or another... and the hot steep was Starbucks French Roast.

That said, however, he was making what he liked, and I was making what I liked. Side by side wouldn't be fair on that - but essentially, on mine (hot steep) the flavor was still there. His was more mild when he made it, but even milder a year later. (we were together for this taste-rememberance -and he was not happy with his.)

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BmillaTheBrewzilla

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Wanting to make a coffee stout soon... leaning towards the hot steep method...