Mine has been in the primary for a bout 3.5 weeks. I have not taken a hydro reading yet. I am going to do it tomorrow when I bottle my double chocolate milk stout. If it is where it needs to be I want to bottle it up. The thing is I have not added the Vanilla extract yet. I am planning on adding 4-6 oz to the batch. Should I secondary it on the Vanilla for a few more weeks or should I just add the Vanilla and 2 cups of Makers Mark Bourbon to the bottling bucket with the priming sugar, rack the porter on top of it and bottle??
I would rack to secondary on the vanilla and bourbon. This beer needs to mellow for quite awhile before it really comes into its own. Why not let it sit in secondary for a couple weeks...
I would rack to secondary on the vanilla and bourbon. This beer needs to mellow for quite awhile before it really comes into its own. Why not let it sit in secondary for a couple weeks...
I agree in part. Think racking the beer onto the Bourbon is a good idea?
I don't see anything wrong with it. I did it, as have many in this thread.
Ok. Sounds good. I am a noob when it comes to adding alcohol to homebrew. The Vanilla extract has alcohol also so I was wondering if the combo of the 2 in the secondary would cause any issues.
I added both at bottling (except when using beans), but I don't see any problems at secondary if you're certain fermentation is complete. I wouldn't do it if you're racking to secondary after only 2 wks in primary.
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I dub this beer the Double Slutty Triple Nutty Bodacious Booty Brunette!
This brew has been continually pushed back due to finals for me, but my plan is when it's completely done fermenting is to split it into two three gallon kegs. From there I would add rum to one, bourbon to another, vanilla in both, and pretty much add to taste. Racking on top would only probably make a difference for the whole v-beans, it would seem that way anyways. The liquor is just going to disperse into concentration like any solution.
my 2nd batch came out good but not as ood as the first batch(first was partial match, 2nd was allgrain). I ended up using makers mark this time, theres not much of a difference but i think i like it with the jim beam black better.
mine has no detectable vanilla taste even though i left them in the secondary for 3 weeks. (but i did buy them last year so probably were to old by now). for some reason my partial mash version was much more roasty/coffee character
I've been sampling this recipe here and there for over a month now, having just officially "Tapped" it right before Christmas. Such an interesting beer. Actually had a half-gal of beer that wouldn't get into the keg so I aged it alongside the main batch sans the bourbon and vanilla additions. The base beer alone is delicious, but the vanilla and bourbon have been doing very interesting things.
At first, the vanilla was way overpowering (1 bean for 3 gal for 14 days). It mellows out week after week, and is now less noticeable as vanilla, and adds subtle overtones that play off the bourbon and enhance the chocolatiness of the roasted malts. Judging by how things are going, this beer really would benefit from a solid 6 months to a year. I'll have to start early next year if I want it ready for the holidays again.
One interesting thing is that 3 different friends have all separately described the flavor as "coconuty," which I certainly agree with. Anyone else get "coconut" with this beer?
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I would rack to secondary on the vanilla and bourbon. This beer needs to mellow for quite awhile before it really comes into its own. Why not let it sit in secondary for a couple weeks...
Just bottled it Sunday. It smelled really good. WE will see how it tastes in a month or so
I had gotten a bunch of parts for christmas to build "The Pol's" E-herms system. This recipe was the third one that I've done on it. They system is awesome, but so is the recpe. Everything smelled so good, I can't wait to try it.... Everything worked great, we hit 95% og. of 1.093 for 6.5 gallons.
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