Catfish

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You might want to back off on the spices. 7 tsp of spice in a 5 gallon batch seems very strong. Maybe try boiling some water and adding your spices to it to make a tea, then dose it in a keg.

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鯰 a.k.a. なまず a.k.a. Catfish

McTarnamins

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Actually I cut way back on the spices from the above recipe.

Here is what I put in the secondary. If the beer needs more than I'll add it to the keg.
1 Tablespoon Pure Vanilla
1/2 Tablespoon Black Walnut extract
1/2 Tablespoon Cinnamon

Thanks for everyone's input. I'd put it in the Keg tonight but I'm too tired.

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Keg 1 : Belgian IPA
Keg 2 : Oktoberfest Lager (currently lagering)
Keg 3 : Tap Cleaning Fluid
Keg 4 :
Conical Left:
Conical Right:American Wheat (7-day G2G)
On Deck: Pumpkin Ale, Apocalypso Ale (AHB)

"Save your sack; Brew in a Bag"

Catfish

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Tablespoons or teaspoons?

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鯰 a.k.a. なまず a.k.a. Catfish

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tablespoons.

Any thoughts???

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Keg 1 : Belgian IPA
Keg 2 : Oktoberfest Lager (currently lagering)
Keg 3 : Tap Cleaning Fluid
Keg 4 :
Conical Left:
Conical Right:American Wheat (7-day G2G)
On Deck: Pumpkin Ale, Apocalypso Ale (AHB)

"Save your sack; Brew in a Bag"

Funkenjaeger

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Here's one: keg it, taste it, and let us know how it's turned out!

McTarnamins

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I put this in the keg today and it smells wonderful.....it really does have a lot of banana bread smell. I fermented this at a really high temp to bring out more banana esters from the Weihenstephaner yeast. If fermented down to 1.008. I drank the hydrometer sample and it could probably use a little more vanilla. The taste was really smooth. Mellow bitterness and warm malt profile.

I'll wait and see how it tastes carbonated and chilled. I can always add more spice in the keg.

If you want to try something different, try this recipe. I think it will be great for the holidays

Cheers.

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Keg 1 : Belgian IPA
Keg 2 : Oktoberfest Lager (currently lagering)
Keg 3 : Tap Cleaning Fluid
Keg 4 :
Conical Left:
Conical Right:American Wheat (7-day G2G)
On Deck: Pumpkin Ale, Apocalypso Ale (AHB)

"Save your sack; Brew in a Bag"

lolo1484

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Any updates? really currious about how it turned out

mattjmac

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+1. I'm really interested in trying this out. Did it have the banana taste from the weisenstaphan yeast despite having no wheat in the recipe?

Dubcut

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I'm subscribing to this to see how it turns out. My next beer is going to be a chocolate peanut banana porter, I'm now thinking of maybe skipping on the bananas to use a heffe yeast with nottingham.

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on deck - Rum/Bourbon Porters, ipa
carboy - Oktoberfest lager
carboy - Oktoberfest S-05 (could be contaminated)
bucket -
keg 1 - Saison
keg 2 -
keg 3 -
keg 4 - Crappy Pilsner
keg 5 - Crappy Pilsner
keg 6 -

dirk_digler

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do any of you have any thoughts on adding bannanas to the secondary?