pava
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I 'Dry Beaned' a stout with coffee beans for the first time recently and think I may have overdone it. I used about 2.5 ounces of French Roast beans crushed with a rolling pin and put them in with the beer for almost a week.
I then kegged and now 2.5 weeks later the coffee flavor is over bearing. It literally tastes like cold carbonated coffee. I know that 2+ wks is not a long time when it comes to flavors changing/melding together in a beer, but I am just wondering what to expect when it comes to coffee flavor imparted this way. Will it fade over time or is this flavor pretty much what I can expect. I like the coffee/stout flavor combo, but there is a bit too much coffee going on in this one for me.
I then kegged and now 2.5 weeks later the coffee flavor is over bearing. It literally tastes like cold carbonated coffee. I know that 2+ wks is not a long time when it comes to flavors changing/melding together in a beer, but I am just wondering what to expect when it comes to coffee flavor imparted this way. Will it fade over time or is this flavor pretty much what I can expect. I like the coffee/stout flavor combo, but there is a bit too much coffee going on in this one for me.