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Brazilian Coffee Beer

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:50:58 +0000

My Sparkling Beer finished up a couple weeks ago and is already running low (summertime does that) so I started my 16th brew last weekend, which is a coffee beer from an adapted Porter recipe.

The coffee beers I made previously were all Stouts, which is darker, and more like a Guinness. I chose Porter this time to have a slightly lighter beer to compliment the lighter Brazilian coffee beans I had on hand. If all goes well, we will be bottling the beer this weekend and will end up with a dark amber, Brazilian coffee beer that has a bit of a nutty taste.

Over the 4th of July we took the new car on our first family roadtrip, which was a nice 14-hour car ride to Grand Lake, CO and back. Kaden didn’t mind the ride too much until the 13th hour or so each way. BEER mom has a vacation recap and pictures on his site and hers. I will post video once I covert the DVD.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Fresh Brewed Porter

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:01:54 +0000

Porter is done.

Let me know when you’re ready for a tasting.

Bottled Porter

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:07:20 +0000

I noticed yesterday our porter was ready for bottling, so we spent the evening sanitizing, priming, filling, and capping the bottles. It’s a lot of work, but worth it because we ended up with just under 70 bottles for only $30.

My porter now gets to condition for about a week before I raid it. You could drink some now, but it would be too sugary to enjoy. It will end up almost exactly 5% abv and slightly darker than the picture a few posts below.

Homebrew Porter (Brew #8)

admin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:52:58 +0000

We finally got those pesky hospital bills paid off so I was able to buy green coffee and brew beer again! It’s been about a month since I’ve had either, so I’m looking forward to when both are ready to drink.

We brewed the porter tonight, which was our 8th brew, using malt rather than corn sugar. This means it will have a more full body when it’s ready, which to me means more delicious.

I used a pre-hopped kit again because I’m still not brave enough to brew from scratch, and don’t have a big enough brew pot for grain brewing.

My coffee should arrive Tuesday and the porter will be ready to move into 72 bottles next weekend. It will be ready to drink about 8 days after that. The porter will be around 5% alcohol when ready.

Also good news: BEER dad has been renewed for another year of beer and parenting.