Coffee Beer History?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by bfields4, Oct 25, 2013.

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  1. bfields4

    bfields4 Savant (1,171) Dec 11, 2007 Colorado

    Hi All,

    I was curious if anybody knew anything about the history of coffee in beer. Is it a relatively recent thing, or was there any tradition of brewing beer with coffee from the old world? I'm was thinking the English would have maybe done it, but I guess they're not big coffee drinkers either. Just food for thought.

    Cheers,
    Ben
     
    #1 bfields4, Oct 25, 2013
  2. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    I'm pretty sure New Glarus Brewing made one of the first coffee infused beers in the US - their coffee stout. Think that was back in the early 90's.
     
    #2 BottleCaps80, Oct 25, 2013
  3. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    I'm pretty sure this is one of those ideas that came from the US homebrewing community in the 90s. Red Hook/Starbucks also had an early commercial version, but it was from the mid-90s.
     
    #3 TongoRad, Oct 25, 2013
  4. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
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    #4 Immortale25, Oct 25, 2013
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