Surly Coffee Bender Clone Advice

[mtnagel]

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Anyone else have any advice on adding the coffee? Still cold brewing the way to go? I've seen a few mentions of adding whole beans into primary or secondary that seems to work well for people.

And what variety of coffee to use? I'm enjoy a cup a coffee as much as the next person, but I'm hardly a coffee aficionado.

 

[C-Rider]

I've done a coffee stout many times. I cold brew and use 8 oz in to the bottling bucket. This is for a 2 gallon batch. My advise is to add cold brewed at bottling time TO TASTE. That means don't just dump all you think is right at once. You can always add more but you can't take it out later if the coffee is to strong.

 

[mtnagel]

How much coffee though?

Adding at bottling (or kegging) to taste does seem like a great way to add it so you can dial it into the level you want. Thanks!

 

[Kopesetik]

I've gone with 1oz of coffee per gallon of beer. I've heard that too much coffee can just make it taste like cold press coffee rather than a coffee BEER. I bought a gourmet breakfast blend, whole bean, and put it in a 1gal plastic zip lock bag and used a rolling pin to crush the beans (not grind). I then steeped it cold water for 2 days and used a french press to filter out the crushed beans. As long as you add it to your bottling bucket or keg when you rack it, you'll get the coffee to mix well with the rest of the beer. I've made 2 batches of this in the last 4 months because it's a favorite of my crew.

 

[mtnagel]

Thanks for the advice.