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Video Tip: Using Flavor Extracts and Natural Ingredients in Pastry Stouts | Craft Beer & Brewing

Great Notion lead brewer Lara Hargrave offers some useful advice for using flavor extracts, graham crackers, almonds, and more in your pastry- and dessert-inspired beers.

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At Great Notion Brewing in in Portland, Oregon, the philosophy when it comes to flavor is "go big, or go home." Founded 2016, Great Notion has won a strong following among beer enthusiasts on the West Coast and across the country for its characterful hazy IPAs, fruit beers, and dessert stouts. Subtlety is rarely part of the equation, and the Great Notion team has long been proud of how far they can push the envelope in the pursuit of crowd-pleasing, culinary-inspired flavors.

In this 39-minute video course, lead brewer Lara Hargrave walks us through each step of Great Notion’s production of dessert-driven stouts—beers such as Double Stack, their imperial breakfast stout with coffee and maple syrup. Along the way, she discusses:

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