
Craft Beer & Brewing Course
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.
Course contents
23 chapters, 56 lessons, 38m of video
Chapter 2
Addition Basics
- Addition Basics
- Test the Waters
- Addition Basics2:09
- Evaluating Ingredients
- Divide & Conquer
- Getting Started1:38
Chapter 3
Be bold, but be cautious
- Targeting Flavors
Chapter 4
When to Add Flavorings
- Stages of Additions
Chapter 5
Mash Additions
- Mash Additions
Chapter 6
Kettle Additions
- Kettle Additions
Chapter 7
Knockout
- Knockout
Chapter 8
Primary Fermentation
- Primary Fermentation
Chapter 9
Conditioning (secondary)
- Secondary
Chapter 10
Packaging
- Packaging
Chapter 11
How to Add Flavorings
- Infusions
- Direct Infusion
- Indirect Infusion
Chapter 12
What Flavorings to Add
- What Flavorings to Add
Chapter 13
Coffee
- Coffee
- Bitterness
- Adding Coffee
- Cold Water Extraction
- Trial & Errors2:36
- Types of Coffee
- Coffee Types0:49
Chapter 14
Spices
- Spices
- Commonly Used Spices
- Spices Intro2:42
- Freshly Ground Spices
- Whole Spice0:57
Chapter 15
Fruit
- Fruit
- Fruit Flavors
- Fruit Prep3:08
- When to Add Fruit
- Fruit When & How2:22
- Fruit Juice
- Fruit Juice 1:07
Chapter 16
Chiles
- Chiles
- Addition of Chiles3:45
Chapter 17
Herbs
- Herbs
- Addition of Herbs1:48
Chapter 18
Extracts
- Specialty Extracts
- Addition of Extracts3:13
Chapter 19
Chocolate
- Chocolate
- Addition of Chocolate2:07
Chapter 20
Distilled Spirits and Other Alcohols
- Distilled Spirits
- Addition of Spirits3:20
Chapter 21
Sourcing Ingredients
- Freshness is Key!
- Freshness2:49
Chapter 22
Evaluate Your Beer
- Sensory Evaluation
- Sensory1:10
Chapter 23
Thank you!
- Close1:45
- Thank You!
What students say
Flavoring Beer
Excellent, concise overview of the best practices related to the addition of the various flavorings available for homebrewers.
Very Informative
This course was very informative and starts to get your brain moving and thinking about what additions can and should be added to beer.
Helpful Tips
The perspective and tips shared during this webinar were quite helpful and interesting. The presenter did a great job of conveying his passion on brewing with factual information regarding the addition of flavors. Thank you!
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Great Overview of Beer Additions
This course was very good at covering most of the flavors you would want to add to beer. Covers the techniques and amounts of flavorings to add.
its good knowlege about adding flavour
Great overview of adding flavors to beer
Great presentation
Dave was wonderful in this course. He introduced many ingredients, how and when to use them. With a focus on the freshest ingredients and taste, taste, taste... to get the flavors you want to add. Dave also covered some kitchen tools you can use to grind up spices. Great course! I highly recommend this one to anyone who want to flavors to their beer.
On the spot
Very good combination of talk and text.
Great Course
Great course for beginner beer homebrewers.
Very Informative
A lot of great tips and ideas to take my homebrews to the next level. Highly recommend if adjuncting is something you want to explore more.
amazing
Excellent course! I learned a lot
Adding Flavors to Beer - Coffee, Chiles, Spice
This is a great overview for someone like me who is ready to move beyond basic styles and wants to play with alternative flavorings and spices. It's very good that we get a little practical "when to add" and "how much to add" and "at what point to add" - that's what stops most beginning brewers. Especially enjoyed the portion on Chocolate additions and specifically - What NOT to do.
Thank you!
Thanks Jay Montez. I picked up some great ideas.
A must for all beginners
I’ve been home brewing for a year and have had two batches that were off. These batches had additions and I now know where the mistakes were made. The presentation was very good, keep up the great work.
prefer details
Could be better if showing actual process / treatment of fruit addition. Such as how to use fresh orange or lemon peel or zest taking care of natural oils that hinder head retention.
Great Information
Really good but could have been a bit better
Really good overall.
flavor
Good hints how to start to add things
great
great, clear text.
Very informative
I thought all of it was very helpful. Great job giving the information out. Well spoken and knows his stuff.
Great Course
This was a very helpful course.
Great course...very informative
Loved it
Really well-put. Haven't even started brewing yet but this was a great foundation.
Really inspiring
The instructor was really informative and engaging. Can't wait to start experimenting!
Very informative
I truly learned a lot and I also liked how the teaching was down to earth an very simplified and motivating. Thanks!
very good
Whole presentation was excellent and covered lots of gaps i had
Great Course
Quick, easy to follow. Learned a lot in such a short time.
Great!
Going to try blueberries
Very informative. Thank you!
Very informational
There is a lot of things I will be changing . most importantly the way the way I add adjuncts to my homebrews.
Perfect
Great job!
Even better the second time around
I first took this course about 2 years ago. But now with additional brewing experience, it was even more useful and interesting to run through it again.
Great learning course
As a Newbie to all grain, it seemed like a huge learning curve, however these courses break it all down clearly to level it out and understand more about this great Hobby for homebrewers, many thank's
very interesting, part of homebrewing that
Excellent
Excellent introduction to the world of brewing with flavors. The courses where Jay is the instructor are always fun, enjoyable, and most of all, very informative...he's a star!
Awesome Advice!!
Really good
Great overview and guidelines for adding additional flavors to home brewed beers.
all that i have seen so far
Content is good but the segments are too short and too much clicking through. I can not set back and watch. It would help to be 10-20 min, not 1-3 min.
Feedback
Needs more detail and actual techniques. Too much experiment on your own recommendations.
Addition for Transition
This course really helped me. Showing when is best to add certain flavors, and what not to add is what I liked most about this course. Splitting a brew down to 1 gallon batches is also a great idea for tweaking recipes without losing 20 liters. Great course!
What an experience
I'm amazed at how easy and yet practical this course can be. I've been brewing for 5 years and I wouldn't imagine this was possible. Very intuitive yet direct and simple.
Approachable!
He presents the wide range of additives in a very understandable and approachable way.
Adding Flavors
Excellent Overview
I enjoyed this high level overview of adding flavors to beer. I even learned a thing or two!
Adding flavors
Informative, nicely done, thank you
A great deal learnt
Its great to have a professionals insight into this subject as it reduces the amount of experimentation needed to product the right level of flavour. Jay was very easy to understand and projected the content well.
Very informative. Watch twice there is a ton of info in this course.
Adding Flavors
Great information. Although some points seem obvious, it all needs to be said. A lot of great tips and Ideas.
Good overall opinion!
Nicely explained, with experience sharing. Well-developped. Maybe a bit repetitive between texts and videos and too much divided in the summary... I like much better the videos. Thx for the course.
Amazing
Great tips and ideas that I never thought of doing. I find myself going back to this course over and over
Good summary
Adding Flavors
Good overview and provided some very good ideas for flavoring beer
Very Informative
I got a lot out of this course. Jay is very good with his descriptions and ideas.
a great and informative course
Awesome job well prepared and presented
Excellent And Inspiring
This is a great introduction to adding flavors to your beer. The instructor does a great job of covering all of the bases including coffee, chiles, spices, extracts, and distilled spirits. It gave me a lot a inspiration and projects to add to my list. Highly recommend.