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Shawnylocks · 03-05-2013, 10:22 AM

when i made this i did use a secondary. i have 6.5 gallon bucket and a 6 gallon carboy that i used for the secondary. as far as the beans goes. i used 1/2 cup jim beam with 3 vanilla beans opened up and scraped. every day i would shake up the bourbon extract to help agitate it. i let the extract sit for 2 weeks while the primary fermentation was going and once it was done i racked into the secondary and poured just the liquid from the extract i made in. i let it sit for about 4-5 weeks in the secondary and we just bottled it on 3/3. the first samplings tasted amazing. good bourbon smell with an up front bourbon taste finishing off smooth and vanillaish.

thatshowyougetants · 03-19-2013, 06:58 PM

I bought the ingredients for this, and put them in Hopville. It's predicting an OG of only 1.05, 30.3 IBU, and ABV of 4.8%.

The OP had 1.054 OG, 19 IBU... I wonder what could be different.

I used 7 lb Dark LME (no DME) but otherwise my recipe I put into Hopville matches the OP's recipe.

The OG is lower than I had hoped... 4.8% ABV sounds lower than I like.

Edit: I think I'm going to add 1 lb of Dark DME to bring it up to 1.058 OG / 5.6% abv.

johnsnownw · 03-26-2013, 03:04 AM

Just thought I'd come here to thank the OP. I brewed a modified version of this recipe and entered into a local homebrew competition. I ended up winning 2nd place. So, while I didn't brew this exact recipe, it was certainly my inspiration. So, I'd like to show my appreciation.

Thank you, sir!

helimech · 04-02-2013, 06:18 AM

i made this stout and man is it good. i tried one after only 12 days and im hooked. i cant wait for more aging time! i used 7 lbs of malt and not 6. the local shop sells it in 7 lb batches for some reason.