Coffee Usage Guide

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• Coffee

• Available as

• Whole Beans

• Ground Beans

• Prepare for use in brewing of beer by

• Cold brewed in

• Hot water brewing

• Beer itself

• Water

• Place beans into a hop bag

• Put hop bag into your bright tank or fermenter

• Put ground coffee into a hop bag

• Pros & Cons

• + Desirable flavors & aromas of the coffee beans are imparted on the finished beer without the burnt/bitter flavors that can occur when brewing coffee with hot water.

• - Requires a greater amount of coffee per cup of water to achieve desired results, which can raise costs.

• How to Cold Brew Coffee

• Brew coffee as you typically would for immediate, hot consumption.

• Pour coffee into the secondary fermenter.

• In a sterilized container, combine course ground beans with cold, filtered water at a ratio of 1-2 oz of beans per 1 cup of water.

• Seal container & refrigerate for 12-24 hours.

• Strain coffee + water mixture through a cheese cloth.

• Monitor development of coffee aroma & flavor to determine when to remove the hop bag.

• - Burnt/bitter flavors can occur when brewing coffee with hot water

• Pros & Cons

• + Requires less coffee per cup of water, which can make it more cost effective when compared to cold brewing.