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Draygon · 06-30-2012, 06:07 AM

Id mash at 157 IMO if you want to make it a session, like others said mostly for the mouth feel for me though.

**Lil' Sparky** · 07-01-2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeBronco

Took 2nd at BABO with my version of Dennys OAKED BVP for wood aged beers, i blended 4 different types of whiskeys and oaked for a month...

James - I was one of the judges for that competition (I judged Fruit and IPA's). You did VERY well. Your beer was discussed and regarded very highly. I was also a steward at the BOS table. Your BVP, if i remember correctly ALMOST won best of show. It was in the top 4 out of 250 entries, the judging panel was torn. GREAT JOB!

Score sheets go out next week.

Wow - that's awesome!

Great recipe + good techniques = mighty tasty brew!

Haputanlas · 07-04-2012, 02:44 AM

What a phenomenal beer. I can't believe how well this has turned out.

I used S-05 for the yeast and used Indonesian Vanilla Beans from Whole Foods (Too expensive though).

I was very shocked to taste the beer after only ~24 hours of vanilla exposure to find that it was already at the level I wanted. I see others with 2 weeks in secondary.

By the way, I used two Indonesian Vanilla Beans that I split down the middle, then chopped the beans into about 6 parts, and exposed the gooey mess. Then I used a paint straining bag from Home Depot and placed them in the keg.

After 24 hours, I removed the bag and couldn't be happier.

Haputanlas · 07-06-2012, 04:29 PM

After a few days and half a keg later, the Vanilla has died down quite a bit. I wonder if the Vanilla settles mostly at the bottom of the keg which would lend to much more Vanilla character at the beginning and less towards the end. Maybe I should shake up the keg before sampling while the beans are in suspension.

Either way, this is a great beer (Vanilla character or not).

wowbeeryum · 08-08-2012, 03:54 PM

I'm planning to make this as one of my Christmas/holiday beers and would like it ready to be popped on Christmas eve. I read that this doesn't age terribly well and is actually better younger, but I want to make sure it's done and carbed (bottled conditioned). From reading, it looks like:

primary: 3 weeks
secondary w/ vanilla: 1-2 weeks
bottle conditioning: 3 weeks + 1 week fridge
total: 8-9 weeks grain to glass

Does 9 weeks sound right? That would put brew date about October 20th. Sound realistic? Should I allow a few more weeks of cushion?

**ldbf** · 08-12-2012, 12:16 PM

I'm having the same slow priming issues that others are having... how long did this take? I only bottled two weeks ago, but I have absolutely zero carbonation. I'll wait another 2-4 weeks before trying again. Used 5 oz priming sugar for a 5 gallon brew.

Riseabovebb · 08-13-2012, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by njk

I'm having the same slow priming issues that others are having... how long did this take? I only bottled two weeks ago, but I have absolutely zero carbonation. I'll wait another 2-4 weeks before trying again. Used 5 oz priming sugar for a 5 gallon brew.

What's the temperature of the room where you are carbing the bottles? Somewhere in the 70-75 degree range I think is optimal.

I would probably gently 'shake' or at least disturb the bottles in some way (flip upsidedown) to rouse the yeast. I just bottled up a Zombie Dust clone and used a few growlers to 'speed up' the bottling day. I've been rolling the growlers every 2-3 days to make sure they carb up. Might be overkill, might help, who knows!

Good luck, Denny's VB Imp Porter was an excellent recipe. One I will definitely return to!

**ldbf** · 08-13-2012, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Riseabovebb

What's the temperature of the room where you are carbing the bottles? Somewhere in the 70-75 degree range I think is optimal.

The room is between 68-70 degrees, I can try to move them to a slightly warmer spot.

Also, thanks for the tip on disturbing the bottles!

wowbeeryum · 08-15-2012, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by wowbeeryum

I'm planning to make this as one of my Christmas/holiday beers and would like it ready to be popped on Christmas eve. I read that this doesn't age terribly well and is actually better younger, but I want to make sure it's done and carbed (bottled conditioned). From reading, it looks like:

primary: 3 weeks
secondary w/ vanilla: 1-2 weeks
bottle conditioning: 3 weeks + 1 week fridge
total: 8-9 weeks grain to glass

Does 9 weeks sound right? That would put brew date about October 20th. Sound realistic? Should I allow a few more weeks of cushion?

any input on this?

jigidyjim · 08-16-2012, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by wowbeeryum

any input on this?

I haven't read the part of this thread that says this beer doesn't age well, but I thought mine still tasted great 6 months later. I brewed it as an Xmas ale on Oct 8 and it was fine for Xmas... if you want to be sure you could allow an extra week or two in bottles, sometimes carbing big beers takes awhile.