So who's brewing this weekend?

[dbj1515]

I have a Porter in the tail end of primary at the moment; planning on adding 2 oz. liquid vanilla extract to it this weekend. I hope that 2-oz vanilla will not overpower 5gal batch. I'm looking for a moderate vanilla flavor. Has anyone here used vanilla extract as a flavoring addition to secondary ? If so, how much did you use?


Best Regards,

PS: New to the forum and to brewing.

 

[gak27]

Two batches on deck (may not get both done this weekend):

- All grain vanilla porter w/ Northern Brewer and Fuggles (3 gallons)
- Partial mash rye IPA w/ Chinook and Tettnang (first wort)

 

[scrambledegg81]

Saison de Noel. Smack pack hath been smacked...charge!!!

 

[SPR-GRN]

I have a Porter in the tail end of primary at the moment; planning on adding 2 oz. liquid vanilla extract to it this weekend. I hope that 2-oz vanilla will not overpower 5gal batch. I'm looking for a moderate vanilla flavor. Has anyone here used vanilla extract as a flavoring addition to secondary ? If so, how much did you use?

Best Regards,

PS: New to the forum and to brewing.

I used vanilla extract in my spiced winter lager - I used 4oz real vanilla extract in secondary, was not too much.
I think 2oz may not be enough for your porter, but let it sit in secondary and taste it after a couple weeks, and adjust as you see fit - you can always add more at bottling, you cant take it back out. Start with the 2oz - my winter lager was 6.9%abv IIRC, so may have been bigger than your porter is going to be.

 

[KFH]

I was going to make an amber rye this weekend, but I'm getting sick, so that may have to wait a bit.

 

[dangerbrew]

making a starter today for my 60 shilling scottish ale on sunday.

 

[EdWort]

19 gallons of IPA Wort just beginning to boil.

I've added 1 oz. of Warrior first wort hops, and I'm going to do the rest all late. More Warrior at 20 min, then Centennial at 15 and 5.

 

[NewSoCalBrewer]

Janet's brown! First attempt at it.

Me too. It will be my first attempt at a full boil extract as well. I have my starter working now.

 

[BenS]

Wow. That's a big pot full of a lot of beer.

 

[b-boy]

doing a dead guy clone tomorrow. Got the pacman starter going. I just got a new grain mill so I'm expecting better conversion. I crushed my grains and they look nothing like what I've been buying 'pre-crushed'. I'm hoping this will help my beer.

 

[matt2778]

doing a dead guy clone tomorrow. Got the pacman starter going. I just got a new grain mill so I'm expecting better conversion. I crushed my grains and they look nothing like what I've been buying 'pre-crushed'. I'm hoping this will help my beer.

My eff. Went up ten points when my awesome wife bought me a mill for no reason. Never broke 70 with precrushed grains and now I average the upper 70's

 

[matt2778]

Chilling my imperial winter ale as we speak. Friday nights have become brew nights these days. Pretty sad what you look forward to when you spend your days chasing a two year old around the house. Getting a little bit brisk for brewing this time of year though. Think I'll throw in the towel when the hose starts freezing.

 

[Ibanous]

Sitting in my garage brewing my second batch ever(first still fermenting), drinking a decent store bought beer (can't wait to have some home brew to drink instead). Shaping up to be a good weekend!

 

[Ibanous]

Okay first off it's cold, I'm not quite sure that the trade off between quicker boil time and freezing my ass off is worth using my turkey fryer over my stove for a partial boil.

Next thing my garage is on an alley directly across from a bar. Not the best area of town, but i've met some intresting people tonight who come over wondering what i'm "cooking".

Last thing I bought some random beers from the store tonight (still waiting on first batch to ferment so no home brew available) and the german beer Spaten Optimator a Dopplebock was crazy fruity tasted like a banana runt, good thing I had a few before hand.

 

[osu6251]

Pliny the Elder clone brewing this weekend.......it will be a very Pliny Christmas this year

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

I am not brewing but bottling my Crazy Betty Sweet Potato Pie Ale when I get off work.

 

[corkybstewart]

If my oatmeal stout is finished and I can keg it out of my conical I'll do a 10 gallon batch of Belgian strong dark, along the lines of a Chimay Gran Reserve. I've been working on the starter for 2 weeks now, I have 1/2 inch of slurry in a 2L flask. I'll refresh the wort tonight so that tomorrow it's roaring when I'm ready to pitch it.

 

[seatbelt123]

AHS Sierra Nevada Celebration mini mash clone. Also picked up a 12 pack of Celebration this am at Target.

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[dbj1515]

I used vanilla extract in my spiced winter lager - I used 4oz real vanilla extract in secondary, was not too much.
I think 2oz may not be enough for your porter, but let it sit in secondary and taste it after a couple weeks, and adjust as you see fit - you can always add more at bottling, you cant take it back out. Start with the 2oz - my winter lager was 6.9%abv IIRC, so may have been bigger than your porter is going to be.

Ahh, ok. Sound advice, I'll go with the 2oz for now and add more if I need it in a couple of weeks.

Thanks.

 

[adejesus]

I just started my very first brew yesterday its a batch of Apfelwein I cant wait to see how it comes out. My next batch will be beer either an IPA or Porter

 

[Pearlsnappro]

Brewing an English Brown with some oats added. Also using my harvested yeast.

 

[stubbornman]

Wee Heavy with ECY07. Going to add light roast oak chips 7 to 10 days before kegging.

 

[teddy4xp]

Brewing a Falconers Flight IPA this afternoon

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[unionrdr]

Looks like I'll be bottling my Burton ale tomorrow,as it's spent a week at FG 1.018. & that's after rousing it from 1.020 a couple weeks ago. Should be great by Christmas.

 

[Pommy]

Brewing my NZ Dark with pacific gem and windsor

 

[crummycook]

What a weekend. My Dubbel is ready to drink, I just bottled a Berlin Wheat partial mash, and now I'm brewing a partial Trappist Ale. God, I so love this hobby...oh yeah, and weekends when SWMBO is off scrapbooking! I'm also sampling an Ambergeddon, an amber ale brewed by the Ale Asylum out of Madison, WI. They also brew Bedlam ale which is all Citra hops. Outstanding! My next clone!

 

[Bubba]

Vienna / Amarillo SmaSh

 

[amingo]

IIPA (OG: 1.094) and Amarillo IPA (OG: 1.066)

 

[djfriesen]

Planning on putting together a 5er of EdWort's Haus PA. Real excited.

 

[ZamaMan]

I'm brewing jamils west coast amber ale =] love that beer

 

[rossi46]

Brewin up a cranberry wheat.

 

[Barnstormer]

I too am doing a batch of Ed's haus ale. Can't wait!

 

[Agent]

Working up a batch of Cherry Wheat featuring this years Flathead Montana Cherries! I then have to wait and compare it to the cherry wheat using Door County Wisconsin Cherries. I predict this to be a tough call...

 

[nrock74]

Brewin up a cranberry wheat.

I racked my cranberry wheat off 3lbs of fresh cranberries this weekend, the beer is bright red!

 

[tobrew]

did a cranberry apple cider..cranberries came fresh from the bogs and watched them press the cider can't wait....

 

[mobly99]

Brewed a Chocolate Pecan Porter.

 

[punkrockdave]

Brewed my first all grain batch, came as a kit, pre measured ingredients. It is an OPS, a b-day gift. Only a gallon of beer, but was a good test to see how it goes.

 

[punkrockdave]

Brewed my first all grain batch, came as a kit, pre measured ingredients. It is an OPS, a b-day gift. Only a gallon of beer, but was a good test to see how it goes.

That was an IPA, man I hate spell check on my phone.

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Made 10 gallons today and bottled 5 more.

 

[unionrdr]

I bottled my Burton ale yesterday after 5 weeks in primary. 63 bottles of Victorian goodness.