Laikacosmonaut
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
So I was considering doing one of those mythical "S'Mores" stouts, trying to incorporate all those wonderful flavors into a nice oatmeal sweet stout. I am not an expert in brewing sciences by any means, but I'd like to think I know the basics...so I am posing my question to you, the experts!
To get that campfire caramelized marshmallow flavor, I was thinking about pulling a decoction, but adding my simple sugars to the decoction. I was hoping not only to get a little carmelization of those sugars, but also maybe introduce a little extra maillard reactions via the proteins in the grain?
Does this sound like a viable option? Will these flavors carry through if I slave over that decoction for a nice long time? Will they even make it past fermentation blow-off??? Another option is to skip the decoction and just carmelize the sugars alone, but I figured why not kill two birds with one stone--a decoction never killed anyone (right?)
Thanks in advance for your sage advice, and telling me how stupid an idea this is!!
So I was considering doing one of those mythical "S'Mores" stouts, trying to incorporate all those wonderful flavors into a nice oatmeal sweet stout. I am not an expert in brewing sciences by any means, but I'd like to think I know the basics...so I am posing my question to you, the experts!
To get that campfire caramelized marshmallow flavor, I was thinking about pulling a decoction, but adding my simple sugars to the decoction. I was hoping not only to get a little carmelization of those sugars, but also maybe introduce a little extra maillard reactions via the proteins in the grain?
Does this sound like a viable option? Will these flavors carry through if I slave over that decoction for a nice long time? Will they even make it past fermentation blow-off??? Another option is to skip the decoction and just carmelize the sugars alone, but I figured why not kill two birds with one stone--a decoction never killed anyone (right?)
Thanks in advance for your sage advice, and telling me how stupid an idea this is!!