Peppermint Porter

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  1. Scl2265

    Scl2265 Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2017 Rhode Island

    I am planning on brewing a 5 gallon batch of a Peppermint Baltic Porter this weekend to have for the holidays. I have never done something like this with flavoring additives. The recipe calls for 4 peppermint tea bags at flameout and some crushed peppermint candies post fermentation. What are your guys thoughts on these ways to add the flavor? Too much too little?

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    #1 Scl2265, Oct 6, 2017
  2. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I'd recommend "dry minting" with actual peppermint leaves (peppermint tea may be just that, I dunno) near end of primary, or in secondary, or in keg. Note: I've only minted in the keg, but the other two ways I mentioned would probably give similar results.
     
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  3. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    I'd probably skip the candies. Peppermint schnapps added to taste at packaging might yield nice results, there's a formula for doing that kind of stuff in Experimental Brewing.
     
    #3 MrOH, Oct 6, 2017
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  4. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

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  5. EvenMoreJesus

    EvenMoreJesus Initiate (0) Jun 8, 2017 Pennsylvania

    I'd use Peppermint Flavor from Simply Organic.

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    #5 EvenMoreJesus, Oct 9, 2017
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  6. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    The do it yourselfer in me says use fresh leafs, but I don't know how many.
     
    #6 GormBrewhouse, Oct 9, 2017
  7. Scl2265

    Scl2265 Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2017 Rhode Island

    Thanks for all the info everyone. I ended up talking to the owners of my Local Homebrew Store and he recommended adding dried peppermint leaves during the last 15 min on the boil so I added about a half ounce. We will see how it turns out
     
    #7 Scl2265, Oct 10, 2017
  8. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I won't say that your LHBS guy necessarily gave you bad advice in this case. But I will say that in general you'll tend to get better advice here than from most LHBS people. The sad fact is that a lot of us spend a whole lot more time learning and experimenting than the average LHBS dude. The problem with LHBS advice is that it doesn't get peer reviewed to weed out nonsense.
     
    #8 VikeMan, Oct 10, 2017
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  9. machalel

    machalel Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2012 Australia

    Let us know how you go. I've had disappointing and underwhelming results with peppermint - both using tea & fresh leaves.
     
    #9 machalel, Oct 24, 2017
  10. Scl2265

    Scl2265 Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2017 Rhode Island

    I ended up using about .5 ounce of dried peppermint which I added with 15 min left in the boil. When I took a sample to test the gravity after 2 weeks in the primary I gave it a taste and don’t really taste or smell any peppermint so I’m not very optimistic .5 ounce of dried leaves did anything.
     
    #10 Scl2265, Oct 25, 2017
  11. EvenMoreJesus

    EvenMoreJesus Initiate (0) Jun 8, 2017 Pennsylvania

    You can add some flavoring/oil at bottling to get the character that you wanted.
     
    #11 EvenMoreJesus, Oct 26, 2017
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