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Anyone ever brew with Agave Extract?

Discussion in 'Recipes/Ingredients' started by Airlock_Sniffer, Oct 21, 2009.

 

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    Airlock_Sniffer

    Member

    Posted Oct 21, 2009
    I was at the local country market today and came across Agave Extract.
    As you are prolly aware Blue Agave is a central ingredient to making some of the finest Tequilas. Has anyone ever used this in their brewing?
    :mug:
    Ian
     
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    PintOfBitter

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 21, 2009
    I've used it. 2 lbs in a pale ale - no flavor whatsoever.
     
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    McKBrew

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 21, 2009
    I just used 3/4 of a cup to boost gravity in an IPA since I lost a bunch of wort due to the mega butt ton of hops I put in it. Don't know about flavor.
     
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    Oldsock

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 21, 2009
    It gave a nice grapefruit quality to a belgian pale when young, but it faded pretty quickly. Certainly worth playing with, but don't expect more than a complexity.
     
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    Cpt_Kirks

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 21, 2009
    I have a Tequiza clone on tap now.

    I used about a pound of raw agave syrup in a light, wheat heavy ale. I added the zest of 2 limes, soaked in vodka for a week, at kegging.

    The lime comes through very clear, but there is NO agave taste at all.

    I added the agave at flame out. It did jack up the OG, though.
     
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    Edcculus

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 21, 2009
    I tasted an American Wheat with agave extract at my last club meeting. There was a little aroma, if you really concentrated. I couldn't detect any flavor from the agave either.
     
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    CaptYesterday

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 22, 2009
    I can attest to this as well. The agave was completely fermentable and contributed no real flavor or aroma to the beer.
     
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    New-B-Brewer

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 6, 2010
    what if you used the agave syrup to prime with? Do you think it would contribute more flavor?
     
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    Yuri_Rage

    Gritty.  

    Posted Jan 6, 2010
    Agave syrup does not provide agave flavor. It is a sweetener, containing mostly sugar (sort of like corn sugar - it doesn't really taste like corn). I made a wine using amber agave syrup as the only ingredient other than water, yeast, and yeast nutrient. It tasted a lot like a sweet white dessert wine. I could probably serve it as a light digestif in place of a grape-based wine and few would know the difference.
     
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    Oldsock

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 6, 2010
    Agave syrup certainly has some agave flavor (agave just iosn't that flavorful), corn sugar doesn't taste like corn because it is treated with enzymes and refined to be 99.9% pure dextrose. Agave syrup is closer to something like raw cane sugar or maple syrup, mostly sugar, but not refined to remove the flavorful byproducts.
     
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