Adding Flavors to Beer - Coffee, Chiles, Spice

Learn the ins and outs of adding flavors to your beer. From coffee and spices to chiles and fruit, we'll teach you how to complement malt and hops with flavors that flagrantly violate the Reinheitsgebot.

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In this class, you'll learn how to fortify your homebrew's flavor with additions such as coffee, chiles, spices, and fruit. When you've completed this course, you'll have the information and tools you need to confidently experiment with your favorite flavor additions and create beer that is uniquely your own.

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Welcome
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Addition Basics
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- Addition Basics
- Test the Waters
- Addition Basics
- Evaluating Ingredients
- Divide & Conquer
- Getting Started
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Be bold, but be cautious
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- Targeting Flavors
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When to Add Flavorings
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- Stages of Additions
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Mash Additions
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- Mash Additions
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Kettle Additions
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- Kettle Additions
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Knockout
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- Knockout
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Primary Fermentation
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- Primary Fermentation
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Conditioning (secondary)
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- Secondary
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Packaging
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- Packaging
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How to Add Flavorings
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- Infusions
- Direct Infusion
- Indirect Infusion
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What Flavorings to Add
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- What Flavorings to Add
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Coffee
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- Coffee
- Bitterness
- Adding Coffee
- Cold Water Extraction
- Trial & Errors
- Types of Coffee
- Coffee Types
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Spices
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- Spices
- Commonly Used Spices
- Spices Intro
- Freshly Ground Spices
- Whole Spice
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Fruit
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- Fruit
- Fruit Flavors
- Fruit Prep
- When to Add Fruit
- Fruit When & How
- Fruit Juice
- Fruit Juice
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Chiles
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- Chiles
- Addition of Chiles
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Herbs
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- Herbs
- Addition of Herbs
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Extracts
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- Specialty Extracts
- Addition of Extracts
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Chocolate
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- Chocolate
- Addition of Chocolate
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Distilled Spirits and Other Alcohols
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- Distilled Spirits
- Addition of Spirits
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Sourcing Ingredients
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- Freshness is Key!
- Freshness
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Evaluate Your Beer
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- Sensory Evaluation
- Sensory
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Thank you!
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- Close
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Adding Flavors to Beer - Coffee, Chiles, Spice

Learn the ins and outs of adding flavors to your beer. From coffee and spices to chiles and fruit, we'll teach you how to complement malt and hops with flavors that flagrantly violate the Reinheitsgebot.

About This Course

Course curriculum

Welcome

Addition Basics

Be bold, but be cautious

When to Add Flavorings

Mash Additions

Kettle Additions

Knockout

Primary Fermentation

Conditioning (secondary)

Packaging

How to Add Flavorings

What Flavorings to Add

Coffee

Spices

Fruit

Chiles

Herbs

Extracts

Chocolate

Distilled Spirits and Other Alcohols

Sourcing Ingredients

Evaluate Your Beer

Thank you!

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