Aussiekraut Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I 'm thinking about making a peanut butter porter. I have some peanut butter powder on order and looking at recipes, they all seem to add the powder to the boil. However they also mention that it makes a helluva mess in the kettle. Is it possible to put the peanut powder into the mash? Or will this cause even more dramas like stuck mash/sparge, with the powder turning into glue? I really don't want to mess up the recirc pump with caked in peanut butter powder. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 15 hours ago, Aussiekraut said: Any suggestions? Dare say mash or boil would do the same thing. Why not into the fermenter? Doen it need to be cooked? If so dump some wort into a pot and boil it on the stove. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 46 minutes ago, Ben 10 said: Dare say mash or boil would do the same thing. Why not into the fermenter? Doen it need to be cooked? If so dump some wort into a pot and boil it on the stove. Thanks Ben, that's not a bad idea. From what I gather it gets a short boil and then goes into the FV with the wort, so this probably not a bad way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Is it PB2? I used it in a Stout FWK once. I added it to the FV on Day 1. I'm not sure whether it was the powder or something else but it was one of the worst beers I have ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Just thinking out loud, could you not create that peanut character with real peanuts crushed as part of the mash much like what has been done successfully with hazelnuts? Just a thought. Lusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 30 minutes ago, Hairy said: Is it PB2? I used it in a Stout FWK once. I added it to the FV on Day 1. I'm not sure whether it was the powder or something else but it was one of the worst beers I have ever made. Yes, it is PB2. Why was it bad? I had a peanut butter porter a couple of weeks ago and loved it. So I thought I'd give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, Beerlust said: Just thinking out loud, could you not create that peanut character with real peanuts crushed as part of the mash much like what has been done successfully with hazelnuts? Just a thought. Lusty. That's what I thought too but apparently, there is too much oil in peanuts to use them in brewing. Peanut butter powder has most of the oil removed and is the better choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 If using the powder, then I like Ben's idea to mix it separately on the stove & combine post boil in the FV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Aussiekraut said: Yes, it is PB2. Why was it bad? I had a peanut butter porter a couple of weeks ago and loved it. So I thought I'd give it a try. I have had some peanut butter beers that were great. Unfortunately mine wasn’t. It had a really bad aftertaste; an artificial flavour thing. PB2 has been used successfully by others so I presume it was just something I did, or didn’t do. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Hairy said: I have had some peanut butter beers that were great. Unfortunately mine wasn’t. It had a really bad aftertaste; an artificial flavour thing. PB2 has been used successfully by others so I presume it was just something I did, or didn’t do. Did a hair fall in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Norris! said: Did a hair fall in? Perhaps some nuts did! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Norris! said: Did a hair fall in? Better than even chance of that for sure... 1 minute ago, Hairy said: Perhaps some nuts did! Ewwwww!! On another front, our former Coopers moderator/mentor would definitely not like being linked to this conversation one iota I would think! Lusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I looked into this myself for the Everything Stout but in the end didn’t want to for out for the stuff. I hope you have a use for what’s left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 12:53 PM, Aussiekraut said: That's what I thought too but apparently, there is too much oil in peanuts to use them in brewing. Peanut butter powder has most of the oil removed and is the better choice. Quote The fat content varies between 45% (cashews) and 75% (macadamias). Almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias and pistachios are good sources of monounsaturated fatty acids (> 55%). Peanuts and pecans are rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids (both > 40%), whereas Brazil nuts, pines and walnuts have the highest polyunsaturated fatty acid content (> 50 %). The mean total sterol composition (including campesterol, ergosterol, stigmasterol and β‐sitosterol) oscillated from 48 mg (Brazil nuts) to 139 mg (Pistachios) per 100 g nuts. Campesterol, ergosterol and stigmasterol were minor phytosterol components (< 10 mg). Taken from https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.721.5 Also information here http://www.containerhandbuch.de/chb_e/scha/index.html?/chb_e/scha/scha_17_03.html I'd roast and mash like I did in my porter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 8:05 PM, Hairy said: I have had some peanut butter beers that were great. Unfortunately mine wasn’t. It had a really bad aftertaste; an artificial flavour thing. Use Kraft peanut butter next time. "Never oily or dry". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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