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Hi iv just brewed a 25L batch of wheat beer and it's now fermenting nicely. I was thinking of adding earl grey tea to it can anyone tell me the best way to do this and around what quantity of tea would be needed to get a hint of flavour so it's not overpowering.

Thanks
 
Hi iv just brewed a 25L batch of wheat beer and it's now fermenting nicely. I was thinking of adding earl grey tea to it can anyone tell me the best way to do this and around what quantity of tea would be needed to get a hint of flavour so it's not overpowering.

Thanks

From my experience, it's best to add tea as a dry hop addition, basically treating the beer as a cold brew, but steeping at room temp. I dont use more than 2-3oz per 5 gallons.

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If you're worried about a possible infection, you can always pre-steep the loose leaf tea (within a muslin bag) in 205 degree water, chill it down...then add it as a dry hop or you could simply dip the muslin bag (with loose leaf tea inside) into starsan.

FYI, never had an infection dry hopping tea as is.
 
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From my experience, it's best to add tea as a dry hop addition, basically treating the beer as a cold brew, but steeping at room temp. I dont use more than 2-3oz per 5 gallons.

Edit:

If you're worried about a possible infection, you can always pre-steep the loose leaf tea (within a muslin bag) in 205 degree water, chill it down...then add it as a dry hop or you could simply dip the muslin bag (with loose leaf tea inside) into starsan.

FYI, never had an infection dry hopping tea as is.

Thanks for the advise it's very helpful, cheers
 
From my experience, it's best to add tea as a dry hop addition, basically treating the beer as a cold brew, but steeping at room temp. I dont use more than 2-3oz per 5 gallons.

Edit:

If you're worried about a possible infection, you can always pre-steep the loose leaf tea (within a muslin bag) in 205 degree water, chill it down...then add it as a dry hop or you could simply dip the muslin bag (with loose leaf tea inside) into starsan.

FYI, never had an infection dry hopping tea as is.

This is useful, I was thinking about doing a saison with tea on an upcoming brew day. Any thoughts on differences between styles of tea and quantity/concentration? I'm specifically lookin to use black tea in mine.
 
This is useful, I was thinking about doing a saison with tea on an upcoming brew day. Any thoughts on differences between styles of tea and quantity/concentration? I'm specifically lookin to use black tea in mine.

I use mainly botanicals and black teas. I've also used black teas for stouts. black teas are more sweeter and have a bigger flavor yield than botanicals/herbals and white teas. botanicals/herbals and whites have better aromatic properties...and are a bit delicate on taste.

2oz is money for me. Just pull samples to find your aroma/taste preferences. What I really love about using tea is the color yield it churns out. I love rishi tea. Their Earl Greys are killer.
 
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