I brewed the Smokestra Porter detailed in the Jan/Feb 2021 Zymurgy. My grainbill was slightly lower than the 22 lbs noted in the recipe but the smoked malt was still at around 33% of the bill. I fermented it with Lutra for 2 weeks. Getting ready to cold-crash it. I took a sample to get FG readings and IT"S REALLY SMOKY!!! The aroma is like smelling liquid smoke! Surprisingly, the smoky nose does not over-power the flavor and I can still taste molasses/raisins.
As noted in the recipe, I will lager it for a couple of months. Will that be enough to mellow out this beer? If it doesn't, I'm looking for suggestions on what to add to the beer to counter-balance the smokiness. Cold-brewed coffee? Vanilla tincture? I'm open to suggestions.