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I've brewed an imperial stout and it has a very complex flavour, however there is a finishing flavour of alcohol. If I said this is a barleywine I could probably get away with it, but I want to keep it as an imperial stout if possible. Is there a way to get rid of/cover up the alcoholic flavour? I was thinking of adding orange extract anyway and could add more cocoa nibs.
 
Is it harsh/solvent alcohol? If so, I've heard that some fusels will oxidise into esters over time. In that case, unless you're in a hurry, why not just give it time?

If you're trying to get this beer ready for a competition or something you could try fruit. I once racked a slightly alcoholic imp stout on to a load of tinned figs and the result was amazing.

Not sure if orange or cocoa would have a similar effect as I've never tried it.
 
JonBrew said:
Is it harsh/solvent alcohol? If so, I've heard that some fusels will oxidise into esters over time. In that case, unless you're in a hurry, why not just give it time?

If you're trying to get this beer ready for a competition or something you could try fruit. I once racked a slightly alcoholic imp stout on to a load of tinned figs and the result was amazing.

Not sure if orange or cocoa would have a similar effect as I've never tried it.
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It's not too harsh, it actually sits quite well overall, first sip it's a bit in your face but subsides the more I drink. I gave some to my wife to drink who said the same pretty much. Good to hear fruit solved it for you, was the taste of figs strong?
 
jceg316 said:
It's not too harsh, it actually sits quite well overall, first sip it's a bit in your face but subsides the more I drink. I gave some to my wife to drink who said the same pretty much. Good to hear fruit solved it for you, was the taste of figs strong?
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Yeah the figs came through really clearly in both aroma and flavour. I did a split batch - think it was about 7 litres on maybe 7 tins of figs. These:

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/baldjis-kalamata-figs-in-syrup/375679-147887-147888

Maybe try a split batch? Put half on fruit or something else and leave the rest to condition out. If the alcohol isn't harsh I imagine it will age out quite well
 

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