Caffeine and Coffee Stout

[treehouse]

I just helped my brother brew a coffee stout kit. I was surpised by the amount of coffee grounds included. The directions said to to rouse the yeast "when ever you feel like it". The stuff looks delicious, but I was wondering when would be the right time to drink such stuff. Breakfast seems a little early and later in the evening might just cause sleeplessness if you know what I mean. I'm sure it is going to taste great but when the heck do you drink this stuff???

 

[ScubaSteve]

That's easy....when you wanna party! BTW, I've seen liquid caffeine. It's clear and tasteless. You could pretty much add it to anything...such as a barleywine. That'd make for some interesting stories!

 

[brewt00l]

I never really noticed a problem...course, I will drink coffee up to about an hour before bed with out a problem getting to sleep.

 

[Foreigner]

you could always sub it out for some decaf. I like a commercial coffee porter and have never really noticed the caffeine though.

Enjoy!

 

[david_the_greek]

Or balance it with a higher alcohol content.... hah nothing like an upper with a downer. A friend recently brewed what I thought was an excellent coffee stout and I think I noticed the caffeine. I suppose drinking just those I might have been rockin and rollin a little longer than usual, eventually though the beer tiredness over ran the caffeine. I am also one who is not easily stimulated by caffeine. Coffee stouts seem to be an easy one for a lot of people to get into, a friends sister home from college tried one as her first 'real' beer and she seemed to love it.

 

[Nostrildamus]

I made a 5 gallon batch of espresso stout a while back and added 8 ozs of liquid(brewed) espresso to it. It tasted great but if I drank more than one I couldn't sleep.

However, I can't drink coffee after 3pm if I don't want it to affect my sleep.