Makin a coffee stout

[D-Boss]

What is the best way to get the coffee flavor i desire? I have heard some beans or ground coffee in the sec does the trick. It is a 5 gal batch and im just looking for a moderate amount of coffee flavor, not too much, not too little.

 

[Arneba28]

Try a mix of Chocolate malt and roasted barley. I added a pound of roasted barley and .5 of chocolate malt to my stout and it added a nice roasty but coffee taste to mine I think if I had pitched in some ground coffee or some brewed expresso it would of added a really potent coffee taste. Personally, if I did a coffee stout I would of just upped the chocolate malt to .75# and the roasted barley to 1.25#.

 

[nystevecf]

Ground coffee in the secondary is the way to go!

 

[mcaustin]

See my Mocha Stout recipe in my signature line. Cold brewed coffee added to secondary is really smooth and avoids coffee bitterness.

 

[BigKahuna]

Ground coffee in the secondary is the way to go!

In my Reindeere Fuel Stout, 1# of coffee in a growler with cold water left in the fridgerator over night and added to the secondary makes a VERY strong coffee flavor!
For a standard coffee stout...Plan your grains well, then use 1/4 # of ground coffee cold brewed in 1/2 gallon of water.

 

[sleepystevenson]

+1 for Big Kahuna's advise.