How to increase Alcohol Content in beer?
I love the “more alcohol please” posts! Anyway, what I’ve found is that simply adding more fermentables like sugar or honey tend to make the beer actually taste ‘alcoholy’. If you have a recipe that was developed to be around 4.5% or so, bumping it to 6% is definitely going to affect the flavor. I would personally increase the malt instead, and then adjust the hops accordingly. I actually just tapped a nice smoked porter that came out good, but there is just a bit of an alcohol warmth to it. I”m actually thinking of knocking the ABV by at least 1%.
