Thanks to my kids, I have a ton of marshmallows at the house that nobody is going to use. Anyone ever brewed with them? If so, what style and at what point in the brewing process? How do you account for them in your recipe ( in terms of sugar)? Thank you in advance.
They won’t add a lot of flavor in me experience. Marshmallow extract flavoring is all IU ever found that works.
No hands-on experience, but I listened to a podcast once (if they said it in a podcast, it must be true, right?) where they described brewing a marshmallow stout with real marshmallows. Expect them to expand and take forever to mix in when you add them to the hot wort – a big sticky mess IIRC – but it did work.
smores stout
A ProMash Recipe Report
BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
13-B Stout, Sweet Stout
Min OG: 1.042 Max OG: 1.056
Min IBU: 25 Max IBU: 48
Min Clr: 30 Max Clr: 60 Color in SRM, Lovibond
Recipe Specifics
Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.25
Anticipated OG: 1.050 Plato: 12.43
Anticipated SRM: 49.0
Anticipated IBU: 39.4
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Pre-Boil Amounts
Evaporation Rate: 1.50 Gallons Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 6.50 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.039 SG 9.65 Plato
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
14.6 1.50 lbs. Pale Malt(6-row) America 1.035 2
24.4 2.50 lbs. Victory Malt America 1.034 25
14.6 1.50 lbs. Golden Naked Oats UK 1.034 10
19.5 2.00 lbs. Honey Malt Canada 1.030 18
14.6 1.50 lbs. Roasted Barley America 1.028 450
9.8 1.00 lbs. Flaked Barley America 1.032 2
3.00 boxes graham crackers Other (mash)
4.0 Oz cocoa nibs Other (mash)
2.4 0.25 lbs. Molasses (boil) 5 min 1.036 80
4.00 Oz cocoa nibs (boil) 5 min
3 bags marsh mallows toasted (boil) 5 min
4.00 Unit(s) Cinnamon stick (boil) 5 min
4.00 Oz cocoa powder (boil) 5 min
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
0.50 oz. Warrior Pellet 16.00 39.4 60 min.
Yeast
White Labs WLP002 English Ale
Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Single Step
Grain Lbs: 10.00
Water Qts: 20.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 5.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 2.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Saccharification Rest Temp : 153 Time: 0
Mash-out Rest Temp : 168 Time: 0
Sparge Temp : 0 Time: 0
Total Mash Volume Gal: 5.80 - Dough-In Infusion Only
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
Notes
3 boxes of graham crackers and 4 ounces cocoa nibs in mash
last 5 minutes of boil add 3 bags marsh mallows toasted, 4 cinnamon sticks, 4 ounces molasses, 4 ounces cocoa powder, 4 ounces cocoa nibs
Recreate the experience, not the ingredients. You will get nothing from marshmallows.
Maybe if you toasted the marshmallows that toasted marshmallow flavor would be present? I think untoasted marshmallows would be like adding table sugar.
As are toasted. The main flavor in marshmallow is vanilla.
Article in Craft Beer & Brewing about exactly this. Consensus is that if you can deal with the mess they create with equipment then try them but as Denny said, mostly vanilla flavor is what you are really after.
Been seeing a lot of these around lately. Maybe look into weldwerks bubble wrap variants.
I was going to suggest vanilla.
Maybe prime with meadowfoam honey.
Seems like the general takeaway is big mess, low value. I’ll compost them. Thank you!
This is what I think about marshmallows in general anyway. They’re gross.