12 oz. Bottle + about 7 Scoops of Coffee Beans
First foray into French Pressing to add deeper complexities of flavors to beer, hopefully it turns out alright.
Pours black, dark espresso lacing for a head, some residual grounds visible on the side of the glass - these were too small to get filtered out and I'm hoping they won't effect the taste of the beer. Very strong raspberry on the nose, with the coffee and chocolate a little more subtle - both are definitely there though.
On the taste, there is really strong raspberry (which complements the dark fruit tartness of the beer by itself) and coffee, the chocolate is there as well (though again, the coffee and even more so the chocolate take a back seat to the strong dark fruit flavor, more prominent of which is the raspberry, though both add very nicely to the overall composition of the beer as it both warms and sits on the tongue). The flavor profile of the coffee beans works well with the style (Whiskey barrel aged Imperial Stout), though there is absolutely zero whiskey taste left to the beer (whereas it was very subtle in the beer pre-French press). There's a nice, pleasant, raspberry tart finish to the beer that I wish was complemented by a stronger coffee bitterness, but that is still delicious regardless.
The left over bits of grounds that didn't get filtered out are negligent taste and texture wise. I was pleasantly surprised however, to see that there was only a negligible loss of carbonation from french press as I expected the beer to be a little flat.
Next time I do this, I might alter the amount of flavoring components I add to the beer and the time spent seeping the beer with those components, as I think the coffee beans overpowered some of the original flavors of this beer (though I do think I'm enjoying this a little more than the original).
First foray into French Pressing to add deeper complexities of flavors to beer, hopefully it turns out alright.
Pours black, dark espresso lacing for a head, some residual grounds visible on the side of the glass - these were too small to get filtered out and I'm hoping they won't effect the taste of the beer. Very strong raspberry on the nose, with the coffee and chocolate a little more subtle - both are definitely there though.
On the taste, there is really strong raspberry (which complements the dark fruit tartness of the beer by itself) and coffee, the chocolate is there as well (though again, the coffee and even more so the chocolate take a back seat to the strong dark fruit flavor, more prominent of which is the raspberry, though both add very nicely to the overall composition of the beer as it both warms and sits on the tongue). The flavor profile of the coffee beans works well with the style (Whiskey barrel aged Imperial Stout), though there is absolutely zero whiskey taste left to the beer (whereas it was very subtle in the beer pre-French press). There's a nice, pleasant, raspberry tart finish to the beer that I wish was complemented by a stronger coffee bitterness, but that is still delicious regardless.
The left over bits of grounds that didn't get filtered out are negligent taste and texture wise. I was pleasantly surprised however, to see that there was only a negligible loss of carbonation from french press as I expected the beer to be a little flat.
Next time I do this, I might alter the amount of flavoring components I add to the beer and the time spent seeping the beer with those components, as I think the coffee beans overpowered some of the original flavors of this beer (though I do think I'm enjoying this a little more than the original).
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