Blaqhat
Member
So, I'm about 7 days from the priming stage of my Quad.
I goofed and sent the spices in the kettle at the beginning of the boil instead of the last 10min. I'm sure the flavors have all but been eliminated. I have this super-great idea of making a tea to be dumped into the priming bucket at the time of adding the suger and dry yeast. Here is what I made to test.
1cup of boiling water
9 Coriander seeds,
star anise (1 point),
1/2tsp allspice,vanilla (I'll use a real bean for this for the final mix),
1/4 cup brown sugar
For a really cheap test, I boiled this for 10 min and added it to a wet hopped ale, just to see how the spices melded together. It was a very subtle flavor (which I enjoyed). I'm curious about everyones thoughts on this, and wondering how to translate it to a 5 gal batch.
Also: I also had an idea to test the same mixture with a cup of bourbon in lieu of water.
Thoughts?
/Blaqhat
I goofed and sent the spices in the kettle at the beginning of the boil instead of the last 10min. I'm sure the flavors have all but been eliminated. I have this super-great idea of making a tea to be dumped into the priming bucket at the time of adding the suger and dry yeast. Here is what I made to test.
1cup of boiling water
9 Coriander seeds,
star anise (1 point),
1/2tsp allspice,vanilla (I'll use a real bean for this for the final mix),
1/4 cup brown sugar
For a really cheap test, I boiled this for 10 min and added it to a wet hopped ale, just to see how the spices melded together. It was a very subtle flavor (which I enjoyed). I'm curious about everyones thoughts on this, and wondering how to translate it to a 5 gal batch.
Also: I also had an idea to test the same mixture with a cup of bourbon in lieu of water.
Thoughts?
/Blaqhat