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| It smelled so good... |
For the past three summers a group of friends, that happen to homebrew meet up for a simple brew off. In the past we selected a BJCP category and people can brew whatever beer they like, as long as it fits into the chosen BJCP style. This year we decided to pick a special ingredient kinda like the "Iron Brewer" concept but on a local level. The base recipe could be anything the brewer wanted as long as the special ingredient stood out. As a group, we had eight brewers that tossed in 2 ideas each. Danny and I got together and picked one of them out of a bowl and send the video to each brewer. The winning ingredient? Coffee.
When the ingredient was picked, I was fired up. Knowing that I have a couple great coffee recipes worked out, this could be simple. My Coffee Porter or my Cucuy with Coffee would be ideal choices. Then I started to second guess the point of the challenge. Being a special ingredient category the purpose of the challenge was to create a beer that pushed my brewing outside the norm. I started looking at different ideas, creating a coffee beer that would have a clear coffee taste, staying away the normal stouts and porters.