PB milk stout

[kid-brew]

Hey I'm gunna try and make a peanut butter stout and was looking into the whole peanut butter issue and was seeing that some people use actual good peanut butter and some use a powdered form of peanut butter called PB2? I guess it's 82% peanut anyone ever tried the powdered stuff? And how much?

 

[kcmobrewer]

I use pb2. Have had great results. I use 1 jar per 2 gallons. So 3 jars in 6 gals. I like it pretty peanut buttery though.


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[kid-brew]

Sweet thanks and did u put some in your boil and secondary? And what minute?

 

[m00ps]

I did a Reese's PB stout with 2 jars of PB2 in the secondary that was pretty popular.

There's tons of thread about people trying to get a good PB flavor and its difficult with beer. The amount of oils in real PB basically ruins fermentation. Extracts can be iffy and you need a crapload of the PB2 stuff to get noticeable flavor. After searching around here I also came across an awesome idea: add a box of PB Captain Crunch to the mash. Seriously. The amount of preservatives in that stuff keeps the flavor even after the boiling and fermentation. Plus then you get to tell people they are drinking their childhood breakfast cereal.

 

[kid-brew]

No way that sounds awesome did you soak it in the mash for the whole 60 min?

 

[m00ps]

yeah, just dump them in with all the grains. best smelling mash ever

 

[kid-brew]

Ohh man I bet! Did You still use pb2 in the secondary?

 

[m00ps]

yeah I read people had a hard time getting the flavor from the PB2 so I bought as many jars as the store had (which just turned out to be 2). But they also make a chocolate PB2 that I've been meaning to try if I make it again

 

[wxman73]

A friend if mine racked an imperial stout onto a pound of whole peanut butter flavored coffee beans. He did not grind or crush them. Just used the beans. One of the best beers I have had. I just ordered some peanut butter flavored coffee beans myself.


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[kid-brew]

Wow now that sounds good! Did he soak them in the primary the whole time? Or secondary?

 

[blizz81]

I was split between PB2 and Capella drops:

http://capellaflavordrops.com/peanutbutter.aspx


We ended up going a different route than peanut butter (Snickers) and used Capella drops. Ended up using 160 drops for a 5gal batch at bottling. I think it could have used a bit more. Some people are against concentrate flavor additions but at least in my first experience, it went well.

 

[kcmobrewer]

I just dump the pb2 onto the beer in the secondary. I've had great results with that.


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[smithabusa]

I just kegged a peanut butter chocolate milk stout. I added 13oz pb2 into secondary after boiling some water, letting it cool a little bit and stirring in the pb2. Was fun getting it into secondary. Turned out well, even some non beer drinkers surprisingly liked it at a party this weekend.

 

[wxman73]

Wow now that sounds good! Did he soak them in the primary the whole time? Or secondary?

He soaked them in the secondary


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[kid-brew]

At what miniute do you through lactose in?

 

[m00ps]

At what miniute do you through lactose in?

Do like 15 min or so to make sure it gets dissolved. Lactose doesnt have aromatic you want to preserve like honey or something. Though I;ve actually forgot it before and toss into primary and it still turned out ok with no clumps.

How much lactose are you using? I usually did 1 lb but more recently moved to 1/2lb because itt raises my FG too high for my tastes. Doing 1/2lb with some vanilla seems to work well for me to get that milky effect

 

[kid-brew]

Sweet ya I was going to use 1lb to start off seems to b the most popular but it's my first time doing a milk stout. But ya I think I'll go with the 15 min mark thanks. U guys rock!
Cheers