Adding mint to a chocolate stout?

[Willbrew]

Has anyone ever done this and what was the outcome...i was pondering wacky ideas and this popped up. It sounds great in theory but i need confirmation.

 

[frazier]

Well, I typed "mint chocolate stout" into the search bar of the forum, got multi recipes.

Here's one: mint chocolate stout.

 

[DubbelDach]

Peppermint tea. It's just dried peppermint leaves. I did a porter and added 10 bags to the end of the boil and steeped the other 10 in vodka. Added to taste when bottling.

 

[bovineblitz]

I just did this with a high quality mint extract I got from a local spice shop. I was going to make my own extract by steeping fresh peppermint in vodka but figured I may as well purchase the same thing that someone else did more professionally. I found that one drop in 150ml resulted in a light mint presence. I was doing a 3.5gal batch so I scaled it up, 80 drops went into the bottling bucket immediately before bottling.

It tasted great then, I'm expecting good things when it comes time to drink it.

I thought about going the tea route too but thought extract would allow me to be more exact, plus alcohol is a better solvent than water.

 

[ao125]

I seem to recall having a "minted" beer at the Dogfish Head Alehouse.

It was not unlike drinking cold medicine.

 

[BuriedCastle]

here's the chocolate mint i made

http://www.buriedcastle.com/beer/mossy-mire

this is a extract+grains recipe. i used fresh mint very late in the boil and continued into the primary then added spearmint and peppermint extracts to taste at bottling time. i was hoping for a sweeter chocolate flavor but otherwise not disappointed in the results.

 

[BuriedCastle]

I tried posting from the ipad app, but i don't know what happened, so if two copies show up, i'm sorry.

I made an extract + specialty grains chocolate mint stout. It was at my roommate's request because those are his two favorite flavors in general. I couldn't find a recipe and made my own up.

I added fresh mint (in a bag) late in the boil and left it in the primary. At bottling time I added some mint and peppermint extract to flavor. I was hoping for a sweeter chocolate taste, but otherwise was happy with the results.

http://www.buriedcastle.com/beer/mossy-mire

 

[Daybis]

I just did this with a high quality mint extract I got from a local spice shop. I was going to make my own extract by steeping fresh peppermint in vodka but figured I may as well purchase the same thing that someone else did more professionally. I found that one drop in 150ml resulted in a light mint presence. I was doing a 3.5gal batch so I scaled it up, 80 drops went into the bottling bucket immediately before bottling.

It tasted great then, I'm expecting good things when it comes time to drink it.

I thought about going the tea route too but thought extract would allow me to be more exact, plus alcohol is a better solvent than water.

Can you recall which brand of extract you used? I plan on doing this in the near future. I picked up a dram of LorAnn Oil' creme de menthe extract (it's made with alcohol, so it's water soluble) to stick into a chocolate stout.

 

[modernlifeisANDY]

I've brewed my chocolate mint stout a few times. I used peppermint extract the first time but found it overpowering. I have since swapped to peppermint tea bags. I use 10 in the boil at the last 10 minutes for a 5 gallon batch, and a "dry hop" of an additional 10 bags at kegging. Works great. My recipe is here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/andes-mint-chocolate-stout-207277/

 

[Hoodweisen]

I seem to recall having a "minted" beer at the Dogfish Head Alehouse.

It was not unlike drinking cold medicine.

Gotta get me som' that DRANK!

lol

 

[bovineblitz]

Can you recall which brand of extract you used? I plan on doing this in the near future. I picked up a dram of LorAnn Oil' creme de menthe extract (it's made with alcohol, so it's water soluble) to stick into a chocolate stout.

It's not branded, the spice shop I go to doesn't have any brands at all.

 

[JasonToews]

i had great results just adding fresh mint leaves after fermentation.

 

[robegero]

I made one by dissolving Altoids in vodka. It turned out great!