Notes"As a homebrewer who also happens to be obsessed with coffee, I found that too many of the coffee or espresso flavored stout recipes I found seemed to consider coffee more of an afterthought than an important factor in the success of the beverage. I have always found it odd that brewers would take so much time to pick out just the right hops, yeast and perfect water chemistry, only to say something so general as, "Add a pound of cracked coffee to the brew pot." Lightly cracking coffee is supposed to compensate for the longer extraction time in the brew, but overextracted coffee is as undesirable in the beer as it would be on its own. Some homebrewer recipes even go as far as advising instant coffee as an ingredient. This is intolerable advice. Over a few years, I have tried several methods, and the one I most enjoyed is the one that I am about to share. "Unfurl
NotesSweet merciful crap do I love this beer. "The stout, loaded with coffee and chocolate and aged in oak bourbon barrels, is available in four packs ($20). The barrels sit underground in a gypsum mine before they are brought to the surface, returned to the tanks, finished and bottled. KalamaBrew hopes to have its video tour of the mines up on the blog soon. Check back, you don't want to miss it."FeedUnfurl
Wake up with Founders Brewing Company's Kentucky Breakfast Stout - KalamaBrew: Beer making, brewing and microbrews - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com