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Licorice
I'm planning on making a stout using some licorice in it do i use root or stick or Star Anise?, how do i use it and how much is used?
I recently brewed a really great Oatmeal Stout with 1.5 ounces of licorice root (5 gallon batch). I liked the root as it ads a nice sweetness to the beer. I got a good touch of licorice flavor without any competition for the malt/hops balance. - I tried anise once and got a Vicks Formula 44 flavor. Very medicine like. Not sure how the stick goes. - Cheers.
thanks, how did you use it, boil? how long? or added it to the 2ndary?
I've made a stout using about an inch of brewer's licorice in the boil. It turned out pretty well with the licorice flavor a little understated. If you want the flavor more pronounced I'd use a little bit more but not much. I think I might try it using root if I can find it, sounds pretty good!
so i take it i boil the root, how long do i boil it, does it need to be ground or does it come preground
follow up:
i used one ounce of root boiled for 40min, the end result the flavor was hardly noticeable, will have to try more next time.
still came out as a good sweet stout
This is something I have talked about elsewhere. Quantities of fruit or other additions. You can't just go by what the recipe states or what someone else thinks it should be.
What is bitter or overpowering to one might be nothing to another. For example, my fruit beers, the majority of recipes I have seen only use 2-3# per 5 gallons. That is nowhere near enough in my batch! I add a MINIMUM of 6# to mine. So far, the only exception has been spruce essence. The bottle of concentrate I brought mentioned to use 1 oz per 5 gallons, and they weren't kidding.
I just made a vanilla mocha porter and used a little more of the flavoring than called for. Now you don't want to go overboard, but a little more doesn't necessarily hurt the recipe. Just like bittering. Bitter to one is not to the other.
here is another follow up on the use of Licorice Root,
when i purchased the root at this site, austin homebrew, this wasnt part of the items description:
Licorice Root 1 oz
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Do not confuse the flavor of licorice with that of anise, which is not related and is quite different when tasted side by side. Licorice has been used for everything from cough remedies to ulcer cures. The root imparts a very characteristic flavor and is surprisingly sweet and slightly woody. It contains glycyrrhizin, a substance 50 times sweeter than sugar, and it is often added to chocolate to enhance sweetness. It is used to make root beers, and also in some beer beers.
so the root is not intended for the flavor of licorice the candy.
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