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Fun and Flavorful Pastry Stouts with Great Notion (Audio)
Lara Hargrave, lead brewer at Great Notion in Portland, Oregon, takes us on a journey through the production of big, whimsical, indulgent, nostalgia-inducing dessert-inspired stouts.
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In this 39-minute audio course, lead brewer Lara Hargrave walks us through each step of Great Notion’s production of dessert-driven stouts—beers such as Double Stack, their imperial breakfast stout with coffee and maple syrup. Along the way, she discusses:
- recipe development, from grist to adjuncts
- selecting dark malts that support and balance flavor adjuncts without clashing
- how to ensure a smooth lauter
- long boils, dark sugars, and malt extracts for flavor and body
- using slaked lime to balance acidic ingredients
- managing fermentation in a hostile environment for yeast
- using an adjunct tank for ingredients such as coconut and peanuts
- tips on working with coffee, nuts, marshmallow, coconut, and more
- the careful use of flavor extracts
- experimenting with different flavor adjuncts
- adding flavor adjuncts to barrel-aged stouts
- oily ingredients, volatile aromas, and other pitfalls
- And more.
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