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Adding Flavors to Beer - Coffee, Chiles, Spice

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.

23 chapters · 56 lessons · 38m

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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.

Your instructor

Jay Montez

Jay Montez

Cellar Operations Lead, Odell Brewing

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

5.0 from 3 reviews
  • Excellent, concise overview of the best practices related to the addition of the various flavorings available for homebrewers.
    Christopher Buccheri
  • This course was very informative and starts to get your brain moving and thinking about what additions can and should be added to beer.
    Joseph Crawford
  • 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!
    Josh Ganz