seanf76

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I want to make a vanilla porter and am looking for a recipe. Also wondering if I should use vanilla beans in primary secondary or add pieces to bottles?

nasa258e

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nasa258e

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I would add vanilla to secondary

jknapp12105

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I got a Porter extract. Put 2 whole vanilla beans in boiled for 45 min. Last 10 min added 2.5 lbs bag of lactose sugar. Let sit in primary for one week, transferred to secondary added two more vanilla beans, let sit for one week. Then bottled for two weeks. It turned out amazing! I was so impressed with the vanilla flavoring. I am fixing to start another batch of it again because it didn't last long. I thought it was better then Breckenridge VP.

Haputanlas

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Check Out Denny Conn's Vanilla Porter. The recipe is everywhere and is considered one of the best.

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Primary: Hoppy Wheat, Porter
Kegged: Reaper's English Mild (OO), BBK Jr., Lagunitas IPA, Fireman's #4
Bottled: None
Notable Empties: Oaked Black IIPA, BBK I, Red IIPA, Burning Bush, Apophis "The Destroyer", Vanilla Porter
On-Deck: The Titan BW, Ale of Olympus

Haputanlas

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Here is a local HBT link.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f126/bourbon-vanilla-porter-ag-30185/

__________________
"There is no strong beer, only weak men"
"Pretty women make us BUY beer, ugly women make us DRINK beer" - Al Bundy
"Give a man a beer, he'll drink for a day. Teach a man to brew, he'll be drunk for the rest of his life."

Primary: Hoppy Wheat, Porter
Kegged: Reaper's English Mild (OO), BBK Jr., Lagunitas IPA, Fireman's #4
Bottled: None
Notable Empties: Oaked Black IIPA, BBK I, Red IIPA, Burning Bush, Apophis "The Destroyer", Vanilla Porter
On-Deck: The Titan BW, Ale of Olympus

seanf76

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What is full recipe grains hops ect

reno316

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I made a vanilla stout a while back from a kit. Instructions were to split the bean lengthwise, tie with a thread, and let hang in wort for 2 weeks during primary.

Turned out pretty OK, although the vanilla flavor was VERY subtle. If I was going to do it again, I'd get TWO vanilla beans. Maybe 3.

This was a "5 gallon batch", so about 4.5 gallons in the carboy.