Might be late to this discussion, but I had read the same thing. So, when I’ve cloned Guinness, I pour one into a glass and let it sit at rt for a week or more and then add it before fermentation. Have no idea if this does anything or not, but I “feel” it does, and that’s what matters in the end.I've heard they add a small percentage of old soured beer to each new batch. Something like that anyway. I can't remember where I heard that so take it with a grain of salt. Anyway... I guess it's one of the reasons it's so hard to reproduce.
InterestingMight be late to this discussion, but I had read the same thing. So, when I’ve cloned Guinness, I pour one into a glass and let it sit at rt for a week or more and then add it before fermentation. Have no idea if this does anything or not, but I “feel” it does, and that’s what matters in the end.
I absolutely love this beer! Last year (or some time ago, can't remember as time seems to be weird living in a pandemic lol) I bought a 4 pack in my local craft beer store for $18! There were 5 4 packs in there at the time. Tried one and absolutely fell in love! I love bourbon flavor that accentuates the beer, but I don't like drinking beer and tasting nothing but bourbon. This one has that excellent balance and that bourbon is smooth as hell with zero bite!. about two months after I bought that 4 pack I noticed there were still 2 4packs left in the store and bought them both lol.View attachment 744037
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Wow, this one is crazy good. $20 for four.
Edit: has anyone tried this one? First time I've seen/heard of it.
Do you pasteurize before adding?Might be late to this discussion, but I had read the same thing. So, when I’ve cloned Guinness, I pour one into a glass and let it sit at rt for a week or more and then add it before fermentation. Have no idea if this does anything or not, but I “feel” it does, and that’s what matters in the end.
Should have been more specific. I add the beer just after flameout so it’s in the 190-200 F range.Do you pasteurize before adding?
If you do it on your phone, click edit. Then click the little frame thing at the bottom. That is the crop tool. Then you will see the rotate tool appear at the top. The square with the little arrow. Clicking that rotates the picture 90 degrees with each click.I'm not sure why, but every time I select the medium sized picture format, the forum software decides to flip it 90 degrees. I'm too dumb to figure out how to rotate it, so I've just decided that that's gonna be my thing. I'm okay with being the sideways beer guy.