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Making Stout

Recently I made a really nice Coopers Stout (using a kit). After fermenting I transferred to a Keg and threw in a bottle of Ginger Wine for added flavour. To begin with this tasted great (day I put it in). After a couple of weeks the Ginger flavour disappeared and only left a faint scent.

This time round I want to add a bottle of Sambuca to give a nice liquorice flavour. I plan to rack to secondary first and then after a couple of weeks transfer to the keg adding the Sambuca at this point.

Anyway, the question is, how much priming sugar should I use since the Sambuca (will a standard 0.75 litre bottle) is a liquor so contains a lot of sugar.....

Thanks.

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PieOPah
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How long is a piece of string?

What litre-age is the sambuca and what is it's gravity? I'm assuming that you're going to dump it into 20+ litres of stout?

My guess is, you probably wouldn't want to add any carbonation sugar. I'm not a stout drinker as such but recall it as being non-gassy compared to lighter drinks.

Mike

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Mike

Rather than the Sambuca, you might try a couple of inches of brewer's licorice in the boil.

_Randal

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Randal

Wouldn't know where to get anything like this. My local 'Brew Shop' is a small selection of stuff in the back of an Off License. They have very little available. Also, I am using a Kit so would this be added at the same time as the Wort?

I could order online but the P&P is ridiculous for homebrew stuff....

Thanks,

BTW I am in the UK.... Seems like there is a lot less available to us for some reason!

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PieOPah

You add it in the boil. Also, you may be able to find an alternative source for it just called "licorice root" and not the candy. Good luck!

_Randal

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Randal

Yeah I'll be adding it to about 20 Litres of Stout. Have no idea what the gravity is (haven't bought the bottle yet - or the extract for that matter). Will give it a go with no added sugar. The stuff is like syrup so full of sugar!

Thanks

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PieOPah

Liquorice root. That's the stuff that's like a twig isn't it? I can get that quite easily:D

Being that I use a Kit, There isn't a point that I do a boil. I have 6 pints boiling water which I add to the Wort, disolve my sugar in this and top up with cold water.

Thanks anyway, will play around with this idea.

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PieOPah

Howdy Man ......I don't suppose you could post a photo of yourself cobber , I would dearly love to know what you look like . Cheers Ian in Bendigo Oz.

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ian .at.bendigo

What a strange request....

Why would you want a pic of me????

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PieOPah

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