How to get a creamier porter

[Mr. No-Tip]

I'll dig up the recipe when I get back to Aus next week. I probably wouldn't repeat the recipe as an SHV because of the lack of flavour, but maybe as a "cream substitute" strategy. I'd need to do it at least once more to truly suggest causation I guess!

 

[panzerd18]

It was already mentioned but lactose.

 

[pat86]

I've had limited experience drinking beers with lactose and haven't brewed with it - but when I tried beer with it, I actually thought it left a slightly weird mouthfeel. This probably isn't the best way to describe it but I thought it felt a tad oily... or at the very least, weird - not the same as a nitro guinness/kilkenny which I feel are smooth due to the creamy head or some porters which have more body.

I will be playing around with oats and other stuff but not lactose.

 

[TheBlackAdder]

Hi pat,

As others have explained, its going to be hard to get something like what you get from a nitro tap and grain choice will play a big part in this.

A note on the lactose though, the beers you've tried might have used too much. Try 50g or 100g which will make a difference but wont have a risk of overpowering or making it oily. A little bit of chocolate grain might help as well (color and smell have a big affect on how we percieve taste)

be brave and give it a try