Coffee Porter

Beer_belly · Oct 13, 2015

I recently cracked open a coffee porter that I had recently brewed and noticed it doesn't quite taste like it did before bottling. Before adding priming sugar and bottling, it had a distinct coffee flavor that I no longer get. First bottle was tried at about two weeks and haven't opened since. Is this normal for the beers to lose a little flavor from carbonation?

Sailingeric · Oct 13, 2015

Flavor can change due to carbonation or aging. What did you use for the coffee flavor??

Beer_belly · Oct 13, 2015

I want to say we added 4 cups of cold brew coffee for 3 days before bottling.

arbadarchi · Oct 21, 2015

Coffee can be finicky. I'm new to brewing but not to coffee. My guess is the coffee tasted fresh but after aging a while lost the freshness and receded into the background?

mrorange38 · Oct 24, 2015

arbadarchi said:
Coffee can be finicky. I'm new to brewing but not to coffee. My guess is the coffee tasted fresh but after aging a while lost the freshness and receded into the background?

Good point. Not sure what OP meant by "cold brewed", but lately I've been keeping my french press in the fridge after I've had a morning cup hot. Sitting in the grounds all day, and sometimes for more than a day , can really make a nice strong cup for iced coffee. Also, some coffees are stronger than others. I've found that these "unknown" columbian coffees sold at a local columbian grocery story make some of the strongest and smoothest cold coffees. If I was doing a coffee beer, I'd probably use one of those. There is one I picked up, but I can't remember the brand. I can post it as I'll be getting it again when I get my haircut. Stuff is relatively cheap too, at about $3/bag.

arbadarchi · Oct 25, 2015

mrorange38 said:
Good point. Not sure what OP meant by "cold brewed", but lately I've been keeping my french press in the fridge after I've had a morning cup hot. Sitting in the grounds all day, and sometimes for more than a day , can really make a nice strong cup for iced coffee. Also, some coffees are stronger than others. I've found that these "unknown" columbian coffees sold at a local columbian grocery story make some of the strongest and smoothest cold coffees. If I was doing a coffee beer, I'd probably use one of those. There is one I picked up, but I can't remember the brand. I can post it as I'll be getting it again when I get my haircut. Stuff is relatively cheap too, at about $3/bag.

Cold brewed coffee is coffee that is brewed with room or cold temperature water for 8+ hours