Adding tea bags to IPAs.

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  1. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    Perhaps I'm in a minority of a small minority.
     
    #41 marquis, Jun 2, 2015
  2. 5thOhio

    5thOhio Pooh-Bah (1,571) May 13, 2007 South Carolina
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    But then you're watering the beer down.
     
    #42 5thOhio, Jun 2, 2015
  3. LaneMeyer

    LaneMeyer Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2011 California

    Hey if you got a better method then let's hear it.
     
    #43 LaneMeyer, Jun 2, 2015
  4. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    just put the warm teabag in the beer, leave the tea water out
     
    #44 hopnado, Jun 2, 2015
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  5. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    how do you know?
     
    #45 hopnado, Jun 2, 2015
  6. SerialTicker

    SerialTicker Pooh-Bah (2,851) Jun 18, 2012 Missouri
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    ...mind's basically blown that a fair number of people act like it's sacrilege to add a tea bag to beer. It's a safe assumption to make that all of these people have had at least one beer in their life that was brewed with an ingredient not normally found in beer and wound up enjoying it.
     
    #46 SerialTicker, Jun 2, 2015
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  7. cyrushire

    cyrushire Initiate (0) May 25, 2012 Florida

    Ill teabag anything I can.
     
    #47 cyrushire, Jun 2, 2015
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  8. seth27

    seth27 Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2015 Pennsylvania

    I think chai tea in a stout could be kinda interesting. Its got a little bit of a chocolate like flavor to it. Next time I brew a stout I might save a gallon to mess with
     
    #48 seth27, Jun 2, 2015
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  9. SerialTicker

    SerialTicker Pooh-Bah (2,851) Jun 18, 2012 Missouri
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    Stone chai'd their imperial stout this year and I thought it was very good, even though the chai sort of overpowered all else.
     
    #49 SerialTicker, Jun 2, 2015
  10. jdoncbus

    jdoncbus Pundit (919) Jun 17, 2006 Ohio

    I've never been a bourbon barrel aged fan (though I like bourbon on it's own) and adding Earl Grey to a delicious IPA? I guess it's all about one's palate.
     
    #50 jdoncbus, Jun 2, 2015
  11. 5thOhio

    5thOhio Pooh-Bah (1,571) May 13, 2007 South Carolina
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    How's that?
     
    #51 5thOhio, Jun 3, 2015
  12. LaneMeyer

    LaneMeyer Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2011 California

    That what I suggested. I'm not suggesting pouring tea water into the beer.
     
    #52 LaneMeyer, Jun 3, 2015
  13. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    how's what?
     
    #53 hopnado, Jun 3, 2015
  14. blues_fever

    blues_fever Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2015 California
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    This sounds like a recipe for disaster. Why would anyone want to add a foreign substance to something that took time and effort to perfect. Thats just blasphemy and a slap to the brewers, basically saying your beer isnt good enough, I had to add my own ingredient.
     
    #54 blues_fever, Jun 3, 2015
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  15. doktorhops

    doktorhops Pooh-Bah (2,065) Jan 12, 2011 Australia
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    Get your hands on this awesome NZ Earl Grey infused IPA: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23246/81643/?ba=doktorhops
     
    #55 doktorhops, Jun 3, 2015
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  16. deleted_user_950283

    deleted_user_950283 Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2015
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    lol you said 'tea bag'
     
    #56 deleted_user_950283, Jun 3, 2015
  17. Will_Edgar

    Will_Edgar Zealot (704) Oct 23, 2013 Iowa
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    #57 Will_Edgar, Jun 3, 2015
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  18. dleigh

    dleigh Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2010 California

    #58 dleigh, Jun 3, 2015
  19. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

    @Alextricity Surly does cask beers with tea. I've had tea bagged furious on cask at Great Taste of the Midwest before and it looks like bender and overrated have gotten the same treatment.
     
    #59 jRocco2021, Jun 3, 2015
  20. CB_Michigan

    CB_Michigan Pooh-Bah (1,552) Sep 4, 2014 Illinois
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    I've heard this argument before, but how is adding something to a beer any different than adding salt or pepper to a dish at a restaurant?
     
    #60 CB_Michigan, Jun 3, 2015
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