Snickers stout recipe

[jceg316]

I met a friend last night and we decided to make a snickers stout, and was wondering if anyone has attempted this before? Was thinking of using carafa to get a chocolate flavour, light caramalt for a caramel flavour, lactose for sweetness, and peanut powder. I may also add cocoa nibs in secondary if needed, but find with carafa it's got a really good chocolate flavour on its own. Will probably ferment with a healthy dose of US05.

Once I've made a proper recipe I'll post it here.

 

[user 23602]

Be careful with peanut powder, a little goes a long way as I found out! PBfit is a great one to use.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Don't forget to deep fry it.

 

[Drunkula]

I made a peanut stout using peanut powder and it tasted like petrol. My friend tried it and asked me why I'd put parrafin and gravy browning in a sodastream.

 

[samale]

I had one last night for the first time and it was vile I couldn't drink it.

 

[samale]

Chocolate peanut butter stout.

 

[strange-steve]

I can't help with the recipe but what you're describing sounds a lot like this, which is great:

 

[JonBrew]

I've mostly heard the PB powder is very difficult to work with and doesn't give good results. You can go down the route of flavour extracts as per belching beaver.

If you wanted to do it without adding flavouring you could try a decent amount of toasted almonds in the secondary and some golden naked oats in the grist. I've used the latter a lot and in large quantities it comes through as a creamy, sugary sweetness. De-bittered chocolate malt and a good amount of medium crystal. Some lactose as you say for some extra sweet creamyness.

 

[LeeH]

The peanut oil from the Malt Miller is very effective, just bung it in the keg.

 

[BeerCat]

PB2 is only good for milkshakes. 850g gave a very underwhelming flavour. A total waste of time. I have tried loads of flavourings and i honestly don't think any of them taste like peanut butter. I have tried this popular essence a few times and its also horrible https://www.homebrewing.org/Natural-Peanut-Butter-Flavoring-4oz-_p_4316.html . Adds a nasty artificial flavour and an unpleasant bitterness. It could well be the one used in yellow belly. I would not be surprised if its a very low IBU beer with the bitterness coming from the flavouring.

 

[user 23602]

Look into Belching Beaver. Tailgate also do a fantastic PB beer.

 

[Ajhutch]

Can you get nut flavour from a vodka tincture?

 

[jceg316]

Thanks for all your replies. I have had peanut butter milk stouts before and I love them, but they usually lack the chocolatey punch and I've never thought any tasted like a snickers. Interesting about peanut powder, I think I read elsewhere it's good for beers, but interesting to hear from those who've used it.

I think I might use peanut oil as suggested by @LeeH . What I might do is brew a milk stout with carafa and caramalt and then add measured amounts of peanut and chocolate extract, when I get that right scale it up and add it to secondary.

 

[Urbangoose]

Hi @jceg316 - did you brew the PB Stout? Would be great to hear how you got on - thinking of making a similar brew

 

[jceg316]

Hi @jceg316 - did you brew the PB Stout? Would be great to hear how you got on - thinking of making a similar brew

I have made the base beer and it's fermenting away right now, still got a few gravity point to go. I forgot to add lactose to it.

I've made up about 100g cocoa nibs in gin which I'll put in secondary and I've also dissolved peanut powder in gin to make a sort of peanut tincture. I'll add those in for 5 days or so once the fermentation has finished.

 

[Urbangoose]

Sounds great - read so dodgy reports about off flavours from PB powder - but I was thinking along the same lines as you. Probs not going to brew for a month, so keep the posts coming

 

[jceg316]

I'll let you know how it turns out. I've had success making my own tinctures before so I thought I'd give it a god with PB powder. The pack I have says 80% less fat on it which is good for beer.

 

[Urbangoose]

Low fat, high protein and beer- what more could you want

 

[Cwrw666]

Getting this right might turn out to be a bit of a marathon.

 

[jceg316]

I've made the beer, it's in my FV right now sitting on ~200g PB extract for 7 days. Has a very faint peanut flavour. Last week my friend and I measured out amounts of chocolate and PB tincture to put in and with all measurements the PB was faint. I'm wondering whether to put another 200g in. Interestingly we found the cocoa nibs enhanced the peanut flavour to some degree.