Makeing my porter creamier

[Ken DuBane]

Probably a dump question but what will give my chocolate porter a creamy flavor component.

 

[jmcnamara]

a few things you can do, depending on your setup

adding lactose, mashing with oats, mashing at a higher temp, using nitrogen to carbonate and serve, lowering the volumes of CO2 when you go to package

 

[jmcnamara]

if you can post a recipe, we can better troubleshoot

 

[Nosybear]

Agree with JC: Post a recipe. Meanwhile, oats are known for giving beer a "creamy" mouthfeel. If the beer is done, either lactose, as JC suggests, or maltodextrine. the advantage to maltodextrine is it's flavorless, while lactose is slightly sweet.

 

[Mase]

Just brewed an Oatmeal Milk Stout and used both oats and lactose. Took quality control sample during gravity check after 5 days... very creamy with a slight sweetness. But that could be that the gravity is at 1.020. Once it gets to 1.016 it might lose the little seeetness.

 

[chub1]

Lactose for a sweeter stout,could try flaked barley which should add some body or oats.

 

[J A]

Oats will be creamier...Flaked barley will be nice for a bigger body but slightly cleaner finish.
We're all assuming all-grain brewing.