Thin beer, Maltodextrin in bottling bucket?

[nuber]

I have a russian imperial stout that ended up with a FG of 1.20. It's a lot thinner than I like in a stout but it tastes absolutely amazing in its uncarbonated form.

Will carbonation add much mouthfeel? Will the beer get thicker at all with age?

I've done some reading and some people suggest adding maltodextrin to the bottling buck, about 8oz for a 5 gallon batch, to thicken it up.

Has anyone done this? What i've read states that it will add body but not any flavor, is this true?

Should I just live with this being a thin, delicious stout?

 

[Bensiff]

Carbing it will add mouthfeel and round out the thin character...I wouldn't bother trying to add malto

 

[JonM]

I'd also say leave it be. It'll be a totally different beer with carbonation and age. It's not worth it to monkey with it at this stage.

 

[RonPopeil]

I agree. Just carb and and see what happens. At this point it's more about considerations for the next time you brew it.

 

[Osedax]

As someone who has added maltodextrin to a finished beer... don't do it! First it is a pain to work with. It doesn't just mix with water. You have to boil and stir like crazy just to get it in solution. Second it stratified in my bottles. About halfway down the bottle it turned to this weird murkiness. To be fair I am not 100% that it was the malto. Still I am not taking that chance again. In the boil or not at all.

Like everyone else said, carbing adds mouthfeel. It should be good. Enjoy!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

+1 on carbing it as everyone said, but why not split off a gallon and add the malto to that to compare the effects between the two?

 

[nuber]

Thanks everyone . I let it carb up and the mouth feel is perfect. Not thin at all. Amazing how much it changed.

 

[mswebb]

If you have any way to try it on a nitro tap, you can get a creamier mouth feel than with CO2.

 

[solbes]

Glad it turned out! For future reference, 4 oz of malto makes quite a difference. I had an english bitter that was really thin, so I added 4 oz of malto and it completely changed the beer in a good way. I was very happy. 8 oz would have been too much I think.