Liquid smoke

[chainlife]

Just wondering if anyone who wants a smokey beer just uses a little bit of liquid smoke, say at the end of the boil, instead of buying smoked malt? Is there any reason not to? I'm kicking around the idea of using some in the barleywine portion of a parti gyle this weekend.

 

[Cyclman]

Don't do it, unless you want artificial chemical taste in your beer. You can easily smoke your own malt or buy smoked malt. It's like putting a pork butt in a crock pot with LS and calling it BBQ.

 

[BigEd]

If you try it make sure you use Wright's brand liquid smoke. It is an actual water extraction of real wood smoke.

 

[chainlife]

I thought all liquid smoke was just smoke flavored water...


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[headbanger]

I thought all liquid smoke was just smoke flavored water...


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That is correct, just extract from real smoked (charred) wood and water. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work but would definitely use it sparingly. You could even add some to a glass of your brew after it's fermented with an eyedropper to help gauge the correct amount, then just add it to the keg. I have a APA on tap right now that turned out too malty, I may just experiment with this tonight.

 

[WayFrae]

I know with food liquid smoke doesn't compare with actual smoke flavor. I would assume the same to be true with it in beer.

 

[BigEd]

I thought all liquid smoke was just smoke flavored water...


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Not necessarily. You need to read the label. Wright's brand is just that but some others may have soy sauce, salt, and other unwanted ingredients on their list.

 

[chainlife]

Hell yeah headbanger! Let me know how it goes! What bands are you into btw? I'm a metal head myself, been digging on mastodon and high spirits new joints as of late \m/


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[dtwhite]

I wouldn't apply barbeque to brewing. In other words, just because actually smoking meat provides better flavor than adding liquid smoke to meat doesn't mean adding liquid smoke to beer is a bad idea when compared to using smoked malts. There's a lot of stuff going on in meat smoking that isn't applicable to brewing and vice versa. I think the idea of adding it to a glass is a good one.

 

[WayFrae]

I wouldn't apply barbeque to brewing. In other words, just because actually smoking meat provides better flavor than adding liquid smoke to meat doesn't mean adding liquid smoke to beer is a bad idea when compared to using smoked malts. There's a lot of stuff going on in meat smoking that isn't applicable to brewing and vice versa. I think the idea of adding it to a glass is a good one.

Smoking grains seems to be very close to the same as smoking foods and meats to me.

 

[headbanger]

Hell yeah headbanger! Let me know how it goes! What bands are you into btw? I'm a metal head myself, been digging on mastodon and high spirits new joints as of late \m/


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Well, put a few drops of liquid smoke in the pint glass then poured a beer over it... Imparted a nice smokey flavor and aroma. I think this worked well enough for an easy way to get smoke into a brew after the fact but I can also see how too much would definitely not be a good thing.

Check out the metal thread here, lots of good stuff there. I've been really liking the new Lost Society, Falconer and Vanden Plas records lately.