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Just Brewed an Oatmeal Stout. (Mr. B Ye Auld Dubliner Recipe). I was considering adding an oz. of coffee or espresso to a few 12 oz. bottles. Also was considering adding a 1/2 oz. of Jamison's to a bottle or 2. has anyone done this?

Asked or the Mr. B site (didn't get many responses). Then realized the old gang is here. Just trying to spice up the inventory!

Haven't done that kind of addition, but wouldn't hurt to try it on a couple bottles. If it were me, I would do varying amounts of coffee or espresso on a couple bottles. Maybe 1/2oz and 1oz to see which one tastes better to you. Then you know for sure for the next batch.

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I did an Sumatra Stout using the old Mr. Beer Oatmeal Stout HME and at bottling time I actually batch primed it using 12 oz of coffee for about 20 bottles. I also added some baker's chocolate at priming. that wasn't the best way to add chocolate but the beer tasted great in the end. It really depends on how much coffee taste you want.

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I haven't added coffee to a batch yet but I have added some different grains such as honey malt and smoked malt where if you get to much in there it could be pretty overwhelming.
If this is a LBK size batch and a type of beer you think you would like to make often I would suggest adding the smallest amount that you feel would give you the flavors you are looking for and if you don't do so already keep notes about your recipe and your brew day. Once it is ready to drink pull your notes out and describe your first impressions of the flavor and what you might want to increase or decrease the next time you brew it.

The reason for this is if you over load any one ingredient you may decide that you just don't like that beer you may not try brewing again when all it needed was some tweaking.

As far as the adding the booze to a bottle I hope someone will chime in if they have done it before but I would be worried about the extra alcohol killing the yeast and thus preventing carbonation.