Monday, January 3, 2011

Beer Experiments

I guess some people call them "beer cocktails" but that just sounds too frou-frou for true beer geeks. I call them "beer experiments".

Experiment One
An experiment will be carried out where a shot of cold-brewed coffee is added to a glass of Dieu du ciel! Péché Mortel. Will the result be more like the casked version of this ambrosia?

Details will be posted.


To cold brew coffee (my super easy way):
  1. In a Bodum, add one cup of course freshly ground coffee, cover grounds with water.
  2. Set the Bodum plunger just at the top of the water in the Bodum and leave overnight at room temperature.
  3. The next day, plunge the coffee.
  4. Using a manual one-cup drip coffee maker and filter, pour the coffee through the filter in order to completely filter out all grounds and sediment. (of course, put something under the coffee maker to catch the filtered coffee.

If you wish to drink this coffee, you can either mix a shot with water and ice or milk and ice. I plan to add mine to my beer.