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Guiness Style Homebrew?
I was wondering if anyone makes a brew that pours and settles like Guinness?
I think that's a large part of its appeal.
Great question! I love Guinness and all types of stout and it is the only thing I have brewed successfully. I tried my hand at certain home brewing kits, I didn't like most but I always made a good stout!
I'd be interested to hear of one similar to Guinness
Wendy
The only way that I know of to get the creamy head and pour of a Guinness is to shell out for a nitrogen tank. Unfortunately, these run about $300 from what I have seen, plus I think you need a special tap to fully harness the power of nitrogen.
That being said, I have at least two clone recipes for Guinness; one offers the "spoil a bit" version (I have heard that Guinness brewery infects a small percentage of their product with a "spoiler" bacteria, which imparts lactic acid, which gives Guinness that special "snap")
The other version I have claims to accomplish the same thing with a small addition of acid malt. To date I have not tried either one, because I would have an uncontrollable urge to go buy a nitro kit.
If anyone wants a recipe let me know!
I want a recipe! Could you post it in the recipes section?
Posted!
http://www.brewingkb.com/recipes/guinne … ml#msg1259
Hopefull that works!
Cant say I'm 100% sure on this, however I do know that Guinness is not a vegetarian product. They include fish oil in their recipe, which I have heard is why the head is a bit insane on a Guinness.
I'd love some tips on how to get as creamy of a head as possible tho, after all that's how I found this ancient post.
e_mott09 wrote:
Cant say I'm 100% sure on this, however I do know that Guinness is not a vegetarian product. They include fish oil in their recipe, which I have heard is why the head is a bit insane on a Guinness.
I'd love some tips on how to get as creamy of a head as possible tho, after all that's how I found this ancient post.
There is no way that fish oil is an ingredient in Guinness, maybe everyone thinks that because they use isinglass? Like someone said way back in 2006, the way to get the head and texture of Guinness is to use nitrogen instead of carbon dioxide to make it fizzy.
Eight ounces of flaked barley in a five gallon batch, with a little extra priming sugar will give you a Guinness like pour. It wont equal a true nitro pour, I don't think there is any way to duplicate that, but it is similar.
Fish oil? I doubt that... I think it would taste horrible, and oils will destroy the head retention of a beer. Isinglass is made from fish, and is used to help clarify beer, but I'm pretty sure there's not much oil in it.
The head is insane because of the nitrogen and special faucet it gets poured through. You can get the guiness effect with pretty much any style of beer at home. You just need the N2 tank and the proper faucet to pour it out of.
There is no fish oil in guiness. Its just a simple dry stout with a small portion of the mash soured. Mmm good.
Hmm. I heard of the fish oil through the vegetarian grape vine, not the beer world, so I should have figured. It is the Isinglass that isn't veg friendly, and yes, after doing my own research it is just used to clear the beer.. I guess they'd rather use by product than a nice cold crash to do the same thing.
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