insanim8er
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So I pulled a pint out of the keg and added some flavor tinctures to it. I made a tincture from two Madagascar vanilla beans, and I made another one from orange peels. They've been sitting in the vodka for a while now and are pretty strong.
I added about 10-15 or so drops of each... I didn't really measure it.
I did the vanilla first, and it made the milk stout taste very much like milk chocolate. It kind of rounded off the roasted coffee notes and gave it a very smooth chocolate flavor. Before I added the vanilla, I thought "coffee" after, it's definitely chocolate.
I then added the orange. At first it was hard to notice, but I didn't want to overwhelm the beer with orange. After the beer had warmed up some, it came out... It tastes like one of those chocolate orange candies you get during christmas. The ones you get in foil and smash it to break the pieces. It wasn't too overwhelming or sweet, but it was definitely chocolate orange.
My original idea was "Orange cream stout" but now it's definitely chocolate orange stout. I think I might bottle some for christmas gifts. I bet it will only get better if it sat for a few weeks with the flavors in it.
Next I'm going to get some creme de menthe extract to see how well it would do as an andes mint beer. I may also add vanilla to bring out that chocolate mint vs coffee mint.
I added about 10-15 or so drops of each... I didn't really measure it.
I did the vanilla first, and it made the milk stout taste very much like milk chocolate. It kind of rounded off the roasted coffee notes and gave it a very smooth chocolate flavor. Before I added the vanilla, I thought "coffee" after, it's definitely chocolate.
I then added the orange. At first it was hard to notice, but I didn't want to overwhelm the beer with orange. After the beer had warmed up some, it came out... It tastes like one of those chocolate orange candies you get during christmas. The ones you get in foil and smash it to break the pieces. It wasn't too overwhelming or sweet, but it was definitely chocolate orange.
My original idea was "Orange cream stout" but now it's definitely chocolate orange stout. I think I might bottle some for christmas gifts. I bet it will only get better if it sat for a few weeks with the flavors in it.
Next I'm going to get some creme de menthe extract to see how well it would do as an andes mint beer. I may also add vanilla to bring out that chocolate mint vs coffee mint.