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I have been researching this also trying to get a toffe flavor iPa. I spoke to brewer at Innes and gunn whose original beer tastes exactly like toffee with a touch I vanilla. He said sing British crystal malts possibly some oak chips too could help get the taste. The malt they use is golden...

Thanks colevet looks like I got me some reading to do!!!

Thanks Ghpeel your advice is extremely helpful and think i will follow your advice and attempt the ale before the IPA. and thanks Colevet for the tips on the oak chips. I had read to not put them in any starsan like stuff due to the chips soaking it in but that could be inaccurate. Someone...

your right the beer they refer to also has a very strong vanilla taste within it too which i am not against including but dont want it to overpower the toffee flavor i would like. Many thanks for your breakdown on the process stuff like this is invaluable to a noob like me and with your help an...

I reached out to the brewer at Scottish brewery Innes & Gunn as they make a great scottish beer that has a fantastic toffee taste to it. While he wouldnt divulge all the secrets he did give a few ideas as how to get toffee taste which is similar to what has been suggested using british crystal...

Thanks for the tips all much appreciated. I wanted to use highland toffee (as in Scottish) the particular brand is e using is also vegan friendly so should be no butter. I think the extract is likely to be a better shot than trying to use toffee bars melted down etc! I got a lot of homework to...

Hello So I have decided I want to take a crack at brewing a toffee ipa! I just wanted to ask the knowledgable hb forum people for any advice or things to avoid or watch out for. I'm thinking to brew a 5 gallon batch of a standard iPa then infuse the toffee flavor. In a noob and this is just...

I was thinking to work with 5 gallon batches but also not ruling out trying smaller batches especially if it saves on equipment costs. I definitely want to build up my gear as I go. I was reading Sam calgione book extreme brewing and he gives a list of equipment he believes is the fundamentals...

thanks for the input everyone and for the great break down of what I should source. I guess i will keep on truckin with the extract process for a while and see what it yields. Thanks for all the info everyone

Hello, I am an extreme noob in the home brew game. Been a fan of craft beer for couple years and now want to try my hand at it. I made a diablo iPa using the mr beer set up which was ok but didn't quite taste like an iPa. After doing some research I figure I will more likely get a beer I like...