Muad Dib Spice Ale - Page 2

**uwjester** · 09-16-2009, 04:24 PM

I used vanilla extract. It would be fun do use the bean, but I don't know enough about them to be able to judge how much to use. If you use vanilla extract, use real vanilla extract and not imitation vanilla extract. The real vanilla is more expensive, but the imitation will taste "weird" in beer. At least that is what I read in some other thread on this site.

elmetal · 10-06-2009, 06:27 PM

would 25 IBU be too high (Rager formula)

I ask because I want to go from 3 gallon boil to full boil. i could cut back on the hops I suppose

**uwjester** · 10-08-2009, 05:06 PM

I don't think 25 IBU would be too high, but I try not to feature the hops too much with this recipe. I hope it works out for you. I'm doing this one again in about a week.

**GilaMinumBeer** · 10-08-2009, 05:09 PM

Have your eyes turned Blue yet?

**uwjester** · 10-08-2009, 09:55 PM

I guess so.

elmetal · 10-19-2009, 01:09 AM

how many volumes should I go for at bottling this one?

**uwjester** · 10-19-2009, 05:25 PM

I try to keep most of my beers at around 2.2 - 2.4. I haven't really experimented with this variable too much. I tend to keep the summer beers a little more carbonated and the winter beers a little less, but I control that in the kegerator, not at bottling.

**Homercidal** · 10-19-2009, 08:25 PM

Awesome...

wookmaster · 12-26-2009, 06:50 PM

haha awesome, we were just watching the series version of Dune from Sci Fi, I got the DVD set for christmas. We have the spices and I am on my way to the brew store now to get the grain and hops.

durbanpoison · 03-30-2010, 04:35 PM

You should rename it "The Water of Life".