French Press and Randal Thread

[SSTroller]

I only used about a spoonful of grounds. Steeped it for 20 min or so, and pressed. Came out too bitter. It was some Costa Rican coffee. Strong ****

Others can chime in too, but I usually use a few tablespoons of grounds and steep for an hour or more. Another thing to remember is to make sure you're using a coarser grind. If the coffee is ground too fine, it'll pass thru the mesh in the press.

 

[drbenzo1]

Trying my hand at this.

Its delicious. CTC14KBS

Finally found a reason to drink my unintentionally aged KAYBUS

 

[CatsUnderTheStars]

Oude Geuze Mûre

Recipe:

Pureed a whole 6oz package of blackberries, added this jam to the french press..
Added ~375ml of 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze to the mixture; steeped for 1 hour..
Final result was intensely purple, fresh blackberry really compliments the flavor of this Geuze.
With 6oz of blackberry puree added to 375ml, this blend is nearly 4 lbs of fruit per gallon! JAM!

Them tonez!

 

[apatrick17]

My first time ****ing around with beer in the French press. 2x KBS with Reese's peanut butter cups, to the dome. I'm into it!

 

[Marksy]

Long time listener, first time caller. Felt compelled to share b/c this is just incredible - blew away expectations.

Poor Man's KBBS

1 Bourbon County Brand Stout (2015)
1 whole Madagascar vanilla bean; split, scraped and chopped
1 oz (1/4 bar) Ghirardelli 100% Cacao Unsweetened Chocolate: chopped
1 oz Crown Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup
.5 oz Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
2 Tbsp fresh Philz Tesora coffee beans; halved

Add chopped chocolate and vanilla to french press
Pour in 1/2 bottle BCBS
Gently stir in maple syrup and bourbon
Steep for one hour
Gently stir in coffee beans
Steep for another hour
Blend with other 1/2 bottle BCBS

Every flavor is there and can be picked out individually, but it all meshes perfectly. If I were to do anything differently, I may back off the vanilla to 1/2 bean, but that would be it. This is pretty damn close to perfect IMO.

Cheers!

 

[ExPimp]

Long time listener, first time caller. Felt compelled to share b/c this is just incredible - blew away expectations.

Poor Man's KBBS

1 Bourbon County Brand Stout (2015)
1 whole Madagascar vanilla bean; split, scraped and chopped
1 oz (1/4 bar) Ghirardelli 100% Cacao Unsweetened Chocolate: chopped
1 oz Crown Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup
.5 oz Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
2 Tbsp fresh Philz Tesora coffee beans; halved

Add chopped chocolate and vanilla to french press
Pour in 1/2 bottle BCBS
Gently stir in maple syrup and bourbon
Steep for one hour
Gently stir in coffee beans
Steep for another hour
Blend with other 1/2 bottle BCBS

Every flavor is there and can be picked out individually, but it all meshes perfectly. If I were to do anything differently, I may back off the vanilla to 1/2 bean, but that would be it. This is pretty damn close to perfect IMO.

Cheers!

Solid work, but I like fresh 2015 BCBS way more than a KBS, so this is lost on me.

 

[Marksy]

Solid work, but I like fresh 2015 BCBS way more than a KBS, so this is lost on me.

 

[ExPimp]

Sorry, can't read, already had 3 hopslam this afternoon....

 

[Ziggy]

Was gonna attempt to french press some terrapin cinnamon toasted wake and bake stout with cinnamon toast crunch. Ended up get shitfaced and ate the cinnamon toast crunch instead straight out the box.

 

[PepeSylvia1]

Love me some cinnamon toast crunch. I might try to press that with some homebrewed RIS.

 

[AynRandWasRight]

omgrr made some hot chocolate Darkness...

It was a terrible, terrible decision.
Tuna Coors was better.

I poured egg nog into a Bell's Java stout while pretty sauced one night. Realized as I was pouring that it would curdle, chugged it right away. No ragrets, **** was pretty tasty.

 

[BuckTuckian]

Was gonna attempt to french press some terrapin cinnamon toasted wake and bake stout with cinnamon toast crunch. Ended up get shitfaced and ate the cinnamon toast crunch instead straight out the box.

Great combo.
Put the dregs over some vanilla ice cream.
Amiright JulianB ?

 

[Farnsworth]

egg nog into a Bell's Java stout

omgrr

 

[omgrr]

omgrr

 

[Sobchak]

Solid. Would press again.

 

[JulianB1]

Cross-post from DDT:

1/4 cup coconut (toasted in a pan) and 1/4 cup coffee beans (ground as coarsely as possible in my blade grinder). Steeped with 3/4 of the bottle for 30 minutes, poured and topped off with the remainder. Need to get some cinnamon and try something like a CC BBomb clone.

 

[Nivek43]

Has anyone tried using an Aeropress with beer? I tried using coffee with a plead the fifth, but it didn't turn out great. I'm not sure if this is due to my inexperience of pressing or it's the Aeropress.

Otherwise, anyone have recommendations on cheap french presses?

 

[wuntrikpony]

Has anyone tried using an Aeropress with beer? I tried using coffee with a plead the fifth, but it didn't turn out great. I'm not sure if this is due to my inexperience of pressing or it's the Aeropress.

Otherwise, anyone have recommendations on cheap french presses?

I have never successfully done anything with my aeropress because the filter is too fine. It always gets clogged up. I use a metal filter, not one of the disposable paper ones.

The Bodum Brazil 3 cup would be good for beer.

 

[ASak10]

Has anyone tried using an Aeropress with beer? I tried using coffee with a plead the fifth, but it didn't turn out great. I'm not sure if this is due to my inexperience of pressing or it's the Aeropress.

Otherwise, anyone have recommendations on cheap french presses?

Use cold press coffee instead of trying to use fresh brewed coffee or grounds to infuse the beer.

 

[wuntrikpony]

Use cold press coffee instead of trying to use fresh brewed coffee or grounds to infuse the beer.

Grounds infused with the beer gives a very different flavor than dosing it cold pressed coffee IMO.

 

[ASak10]

Grounds infused with the beer gives a very different flavor than dosing it cold pressed coffee IMO.

Agree, but I've never been able to be successful with using grounds, something always goes wrong. Plus I think most coffee beers out there are made using cold press so if it's good enough for the pros, it's good enough for me.

 

[CatsUnderTheStars]

Strawberry Première

Recipe:
-750ml Bottle of De Garde 'Saison Première'
-1 lb package of strawberries puréed to liquid

1) Add 1 lb strawberry purée to the french press..
2) Add 750ml of Saison Première to the press; steep for 1 hour.. Pressing will be tough with so much fruit..
3) Final result was thick with pectin and GLOWING red. A perfect Valentines Day concoction!

With 1 lb of strawberry purée added to 750ml, this blend tops 5 lbs of fruit per gallon!
This probably isn't beer anymore.. drank like a smoothie with that classic degardebrewing acidity.
DELICIOUS!

 

[austinbridges]

Strawberry Première

Recipe:
-750ml Bottle of De Garde 'Saison Première'
-1 lb package of strawberries puréed to liquid

1) Add 1 lb strawberry purée to the french press..
2) Add 750ml of Saison Première to the press; steep for 1 hour.. Pressing will be tough with so much fruit..
3) Final result was thick with pectin and GLOWING red. A perfect Valentines Day concoction!

With 1 lb of strawberry purée added to 750ml, this blend tops 5 lbs of fruit per gallon!
This probably isn't beer anymore.. drank like a smoothie with that classic degardebrewing acidity.
DELICIOUS!

How did it taste when you used it as bong water?

 

[CatsUnderTheStars]

How did it taste when you used it as bong water?

 

[agrippin]

half a bottle of stickee monkee with 4oz of blueberries. Was great by itself, no need to blend.

 

[LSUPT]

I tried to use samoas in the French press with a brown ale today (wanted a trial run before wasting a BA stout). 2 cookies finely chopped 10oz of beer for about 45mins-1hr, I kind of forgot about it in the fridge. Not very successful so I'm glad I did the trial run.

Anyone have any experience with these or any other Girl Scout cookies? What works what doesn't?

 

[drbenzo1]

I tried to use samoas in the French press with a brown ale today (wanted a trial run before wasting a BA stout). 2 cookies finely chopped 10oz of beer for about 45mins-1hr, I kind of forgot about it in the fridge. Not very successful so I'm glad I did the trial run.

Anyone have any experience with these or any other Girl Scout cookies? What works what doesn't?

Did that last year and loved it

 

[drbenzo1]

I tried to use samoas in the French press with a brown ale today (wanted a trial run before wasting a BA stout). 2 cookies finely chopped 10oz of beer for about 45mins-1hr, I kind of forgot about it in the fridge. Not very successful so I'm glad I did the trial run.

Anyone have any experience with these or any other Girl Scout cookies? What works what doesn't?

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/french-press-and-randal-thread.3427/page-11#post-570476

 

[Hookemhops13]

Thin mint BCBS is pretty awesome. Did 3 thin mints choped up for about 20 min. Would do a bit more on the thin mint and let it sit longer next time so that adding the fresh BCBS doesn't dilute the addition as much.

 

[drbenzo1]

Thanks SSTroller !! Delicious!

Steeped a full bottle for 20 mins and added another bottle for blending. Cheers

 

[SSTroller]

Thanks SSTroller !! Delicious!

Steeped a full bottle for 20 mins and added another bottle for blending. Cheers

Love the collage!
Glad you enjoyed it Larry. Cheers!

 

[PepeSylvia1]

Yeah that was good. Cookies pulsed in a food processor then on the beer for for 20 mins in the fridge. Then blended in a fresh bottle for recarb. The extract beer was so good but flat. If they made this I would buy it all!

How many samoa's did you use for the 24 oz's of bcbs? I am going to try with a 2015 bcbs tomorrow....

 

[agrippin]

I'm not sure about the ratio, pour to taste.

 

[drbenzo1]

How many samoa's did you use for the 24 oz's of bcbs? I am going to try with a 2015 bcbs tomorrow....

Idk
Just threw some in and smashed

 

[drbenzo1]

I'm not sure about the ratio, pour to taste.

Where's the FP or Randal? Might want to take this to the blending thread

 

[agrippin]

Where's the FP or Randal? Might want to take this to the blending thread

I was going to also do coffee, but decided the last few scoops of beans would do me better the next morning.

 

[Marksy]

X-post w/ DDT.

Raspberry-Mango Cuvée René.

6oz pack of raspberries, mashed up all to hell.
3oz Bolthouse Farms Amazing Mango juice.

Steeped in the FP for about 45-50 minutes.

Holy ****.

 

[Beerly Departed]

I need to tweak the infusion a bit, but this did taste pretty damn close to KBBS. I need to source a better maple syrup for this to shine. The coffee was locally roasted and 3 days old. Hnnngghhh.

I get a lot more flavor from maple syrup by using grade b.

 

[agrippin]

Some Friday fun with Ispeakforthetrees and Orion

 

[JohnnyBags]

2 mangos and 1 kiwi muddled and steeped for 3.5 hours with about 60 % of a .375 of a St. Louis Gueuze then topped off with the rest. I've only had a few sips but I already wish I had more.