French Press and Randal Thread

[tikk]

My buddy brought me some great coffee from Vietnam, but I think it's top finely ground for the filter in my randall. Otherwise I'd joint you guys

 

[Brubaker1]

You may have answered this already, but I couldn't find it as I skimmed through just now: why did you have to curve the wall around that corner? Was there a bigass rock buried there, or a water main or something?

Literally just made mine.... and now we wait. That Ninja ******* obliterated those beans, way more so than I was expecting.

I'm finally getting around to using the intelligentsia beans someone bif'd me.

What volume of beans did you use? I'm thinking I'll use the mallet approach that was suggested.

 

[Arsenal0328]

I decided to throw a bunch of **** in a french press with a BCS



Not nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be tbh. I can clearly get the coffee, peanuts, Oreos, vanilla, fruit, and chili in the taste. There's a general sweetness from the fruit and maple syrup, and damn I can get a ton of pappy on the nose, but not much extra in the flavor.

 

[Brubaker1]

I went with a '14 BCBS with 7g of crushed intelligentsia beans. I was afraid of overdoing the coffee. This really, really good. The coffee is way subtle though. Next time I'll do 15g or so.

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[Brubaker1]

Scratch that. Subtle coffee was perfect.

 

[Arsenal0328]

pressed with blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries. This is fan. tastic.

 

[RayP]

I'm finally getting around to using the intelligentsia beans someone bif'd me.

What volume of beans did you use? I'm thinking I'll use the mallet approach that was suggested.

I was drunk and literally just grabbed a handful out of the bag, and tossed in the ninja. After they were ground up I'd say it was about a 1/4 maybe...? Also drunkenly poured by hand directly into French press probably closer to 2oz of syrup.

It ended up being a delicious as **** coffee bomb. And man... I prefer that to an actual BCBCS. The high quality coffee really made a big difference, way more so than I was expecting to. Still shocked how well that turned out.

 

[nodamagedone]

6oz French pressed with 1/4 cup toasted coconut for 30 mins. Mixed in with remaining 6oz from fridge for carb & chill.

Quite nice.

 

[Drootz]

I just wanted to mention that if you live in California Drake's Black Robusto Porter really works great for french pressing.

It really seems to absorb and take on the flavors of the adjuncts quite well through pressing.

Plus at about $4 a bomber it's really affordable to use & to come up with some great pressing combinations.

 

[agrippin]

About 10g of coffee with half a bottle of BCS and a bit of vanilla. We'll see how it is in about 20 minutes.

 

[agrippin]

Turned out awesome. Haven't blended back in any of the original bottle. Straight up marshmallow, coffee, and bourbon.

 

[caaam]

2013 BCBW French pressed with coconut (equivalent of 3" by 5" spread flat on foil and toasted), BBA maple syrup (about 2tsp) and coffee (about 2tbsp ground coarse). Half bottle on adjuncts for 45ish minutes, blended other half for carb

So good. Can smell everything. Only downside is straight diabetes finish

 

[Ziggy]

About 10g of coffee with half a bottle of BCS and a bit of vanilla. We'll see how it is in about 20 minutes.

Add a shot of vinegar and you'll get that new yet rustic infected bourbon county flavor

 

[agrippin]

Blackberry and raspberry. Testing out some ideas for my next saison I want to make.

 

[StevonHanby]

I was thinking about taking a Black Tuesday and cutting open a vanilla bean and place it back in the bottle with shredded coconut and recap it for over night.

Should I toast the coconut or just as is?

Suggestions welcomed.

 

[wuntrikpony]

I was thinking about taking a Black Tuesday and cutting open a vanilla bean and place it back in the bottle with shredded coconut and recap it for over night.

Should I toast the coconut or just as is?

Suggestions welcomed.

Definitely toast

 

[Sage1]

I was thinking about taking a Black Tuesday and cutting open a vanilla bean and place it back in the bottle with shredded coconut and recap it for over night.

Should I toast the coconut or just as is?

Suggestions welcomed.

Always toast. And here are my suggestions: http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/french-press-and-randal-thread.3427/page-10#post-557139

 

[HeadytheElder]

Turned out awesome. Haven't blended back in any of the original bottle. Straight up marshmallow, coffee, and bourbon.

Do you remember how long you steeped it for?

 

[tikk]

2013 BCBS experiment #1. Randalled 1/2 a Tahitian vanilla bean with a shot of Willet rye. Let it sit for 60 minutes. Added fresh BCBS to the glass for carbonation.
First sip, not so great. rye clashes with the bourbon. as it warms up it gets a bit better.

May try to soak the bean in rye for 24 hours before adding to bcbs. Worked out much better with white oak chips soaked in rye.

 

[agrippin]

Do you remember how long you steeped it for?

I did it for about a half hour, fairly coarse grind.

 

[wuntrikpony]

Damn this thread needs more love.

Working on a new technique to infuse fruit flavors with short contact time. I'm use a neutral gose as the base. The idea is to purée the fruit(in a magic bullet) with just enough gose to keep it luiquid. Then using an Aeropress, press the liquid out through a fine metal filter. Blend back with the unfruited beer to get proper carb.

So far I've done raspberry and mango/coconut with great success. As I get volumes right, I'll start posting photos.

 

[wuntrikpony]

I also pressed chunky peanut butter through Veil Oreo Hornswoggler last night and it was magical, but looked revolting.

 

[drbenzo1]

I also pressed chunky peanut butter through Veil Oreo Hornswoggler last night and it was magical, but looked revolting.

WTF is Veil Oreo Hornswoggler?

 

[wuntrikpony]

WTF is Veil Oreo Hornswoggler?

https://untappd.com/b/the-veil-brewing-co-hornswoggler-w-oreos/1920423

 

[drbenzo1]

https://untappd.com/b/the-veil-brewing-co-hornswoggler-w-oreos/1920423

Sounds good!
ISO

 

[broost3r]

coffee bender with coconut. was going for an imitation last snow. pretty good but the coconut is very subtle. i should have blitzed the toasted chips in my spice grinder first

next time going try the coconut steps Sage posted upthread

 

[rcubed1]

coffee bender with coconut. was going for an imitation last snow. pretty good but the coconut is very subtle. i should have blitzed the toasted chips in my spice grinder first

next time going try the coconut steps Sage posted upthread

Yes, grind them up or get the finer coconut (I recommend Bob's Red Mill macaroon style coconut).

 

[NAD1983]

THE recipe:
22 oz BA beer (hopefully something better than Wednesday... holy **** that beer was bad before coconut)
3/4 cup on sweetened coconut flakes (must be sweetened)

• Toast ~ 10 min on medium. There should be a few burnt pieces, most golden brown.
• Add coconut to mason jar, along with 2/3 of the bomber and seal.
• Recap other 1/3 in bottle.
• Wait 20 - 30 minutes. and double strain coconut mixture.
• Back blend the base and bask in the glory.

 

[FTowne1]

The Ten Fidy was from 2015. This was ******* awesome. Thanks for the tip, thebandit1

 

[cornboy]

Used NAD1983 's recipe/ratios for this. ******* incredible.