thinking about making an apple cinnamon stout for the holidays. worried about the stout flavor overpowering the apple. any ideas and how to get the apple flavor?
what exactly do you concider the ‘stout’ flavor? I don’t think this is the right type of beer to do apples and cinnamon… perhaps and amber would be a better combo?
Why don’t you try a spiced Cyser?
There’s one I did several years ago that the members of our brew club called “liquid apple pie.”
Or, is that off the flavor profile you seek?
A chocolate porter, might be a better match for the apples and cinnamon.
If you’re shooting for a lot of apple flavor, I’d recommended substituting a gallon of water with a gallon of cider.
Yeh probably not the best style to use apple and cinnamon. I second the amber ale idea, maybe with Burton Ale yeast? It has a subtle apple flavor to my taste buds.