Coffee and Molasses

[Gopher40]

I am thinking of doing a Imperial Stout extract kit next brew. I would like to tweak by adding coffee and molasses. I think I know how I will do the coffee (cold brew and add when I bottle. I am not sure when the best time to add molasses would be. Anyone else added molasses before? If so, when and how much did you add (5 gal batch)?

 

[david_42]

You can add it any time during the boil. I used 8 oz in a barleywine and it was over a year before it mellowed. But, I'm not all that fond of the flavor and I used black strap.

 

[StoutFan]

Small amounts is all I can say! Boil=good, secondary=hold on! Tried that and ended up with a nice explosion when I got home. The yeasties took to it nicely! Added roughly 12 oz. and that was all I could taste in my brown suger beer. Supposed to be a brown ale, with a molasses flavor. Ended up being a molasses malt beverage flavored, ....beverage.

 

[Gopher40]

Molasses Malt beverage might be good over ice cream! Sounds like adding to the boil it is.