Recent content by bkirsch

Brewed this over this last weekend scaling back the 2-row and adding the 2 lbs of Vienna. I tried a new technique of adding vanilla to it by mashing 4 vanilla beans and adding 2 as a "first wort bean". I pitched a starter of wlp001 and its bubbling away nicely right now. Hoping for a nice crisp...

Followed the recipe as originally posted and pitched a slurry of 05. A great beer even though I mashed a bit high. Thanks BM, have loved every recipe I've tried of yours!

Got my recipes confused and mashed this at 160, will that affect the beer badly?

Wanted to write an update on how this turned out. It is simply the best beer I've brewed and it's not lasting long. Had a couple friends over the other night and they couldn't get enough of it. I had to take a trip to the LHBS so I can get another batch going. This will be on tap in my house for...

Thanks for the reply, I'll give it a go. Can't wait for it to be ready

Have this in primary ready to secondary tomorrow morning before we leave for vacation. My question is I don't have a good strainer, think I could strain the vodka/vanilla bean through a hop or muslin bag in a pinch without any issues?

How much vodka are people using for soaking the vanilla bean?

I have been a lurker for awhile now and first off, thanks to everyone for their great knowledge. When I came across this recipe I thought what a great recipe for weekends at the lake. My question is that since I will be doing the extract version of this, do I just bring my water to a boil and...