Adding tea bags to IPAs.

If it sounds good to you go for it. I was just trying to think of the reaction I would get from my friends if I pulled out a couple tea bags and started dunking them in my beer. But to each his own.

 

I'll teabag Uranus if I want to

 

Hmm... Would you teabag Old Rasputin?

 

You managed to make teabagging IPAs sound way better. I'll pass though, thanks. lol

 

absolutely. I did my teabaggin at home, alone, with a little bit of shame. I just tried it because of this thread

 

Interesting. Most tea requires warm or hot water to steep though. You could brew tea in cold water, but it would take at least an hour. Cold liquids also have a lower capacity for dissolved solids. All if that aside, I have had IPA's that were brewed with green tea, and they were delicious.

 

could it be possible the alcohol or maybe the carbonation of the beer brought out the tea flavor? I'm not a brewer but the beer turned brown and was full of tea flavor and like I mentioned earlier, the head became thick

 

I don't have a glass with a wide enough rim..

 

The fuck?

 

I have never tried it, but it doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. You never know, it could be the next big thing.

* putting tea in beer, not my anus or Uranus or anywhere else for that matter!

 

From a serious standpoint I love the idea of playing with/enhancing flavors whenever possible, but the 13 year old part of me can't stop giggling at this thread.
I did love the Stone Green Tea, and yea I think this idea has some potential.

 

Well, the thick head probably resulted from a rapid release of CO2 due to the surfaces on the tea bag and tea itself. Rough surfaces allow carbonation to come out of solution at a much faster rate, this is why glasses with etched bottoms release a constant stream if bubbles. As for the release of the color, maybe the carbonation did speed up the steeping process. Possibly agitated the surrounding beer enough to "stir" it in. The alcohol probably didn't hurt either, as alcohol will soak up almost anything put into it. I'm not familiar with the beer that you used, but I'm assuming that it's ~7% ABV.

 

the description is a session pale ale at 4.5% but it's just as hoppy as your average IPA. I think peoples main problem with this is the addition after the fact. If the beer was brewed initially with tea there would be less resistance. Kinda like adding salt and pepper to a steak AFTER it is cooked. Glad alextricity posted this because it gave me an idea to add some rocky mountain mint pouches to my next stout. These pouches are tobacco free that come in a chew can

 

agreed. What kind of tea do you think would enhance a Safety Meeting? I might give it a go tomorrow(today).

 

A friend of mine recently brewed a mint chocolate stout. It's a nice flavor combination.

 

Adding a teabag to a great IPA is like punching God in the face

 

Or more often they have been tried and discarded. Fact is that after all this time nothing better than malt, hops and yeast has been found.And many of us find that gives us all we want , after all I don't look at the Mona Lisa and wonder what improvements I could make. Perhaps add a beard or glasses?