Recent content by cmcclure4134

Excellent suggestions. Thank you. I had planned on thiefing sp? Lol a little off before bottling and I'll see what it tastes like after I use the hydrometer. Maybe I'll add a little more vanilla then. I did the same thing with the bourbon soaked oak chips. So on the same sheet of music there...

I am getting ready to do my first meade. I have been brewing beer for a while and thought I would try a meade. I have the ingredients on hand for a very basic 2 gal recipe I found here and want try it. I want to use my 5 gal glass carboy but I'm not sure if all of that extra air space is a bad...

Thanks for the input. I actually transferred it to secondary last night. I'm going to be busy for the next week so I thought I would go ahead. I added the bourbon and vanilla to the secondary as suggested. Although I just read your post so I didn't change the vanilla, but I did reduce it to only...

Wonder if I could add the bourbon and vanilla into secondary and then add priming sugar as usual during bottling. I just read on another thread about adding it earlier so the flavor will work its way throughout the beer. Suggestions? Ok. Thanks I will go with a lesser amount. I'm game for...

Here is the link. http://hopville.com/recipe/29615 Thanks!

I've only brewed 3 batches and I decided to go out on a limb and brew a recipe I found online that sounded good. It's a stout that calls for adding 8 oz Ol No 7 and 6 oz of vanilla extract to the bottling bucket and bottle. Doesn't call for any priming sugar. Will this work without the priming...

Just finished a HopNog!