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So i found some sweet looking bourbon vanilla extract and came up with this recipe out of the blue. What do people think....does it make sense for a blonde ale? Malt 4 Pounds light DME 1 Pound Vienna 1 Pound 2-row Caramel 10 .5 pounds Carapils Hops .5 oz Perle (60 min) .5 oz Williamette (30...

Alright so I came up with a recipe for a Vanilla Blonde Ale...what do you guys think? Malt 4 Pounds light DME 1 Pound Vienna 1 Pound 2-row Caramel 10 .5 pounds Carapils Hops .5 oz Perle (60 min) .5 oz Williamette (30 min) .5 oz Williamette (10 min) Yeast - WLP008 (East Coast)...

Apparently that isnt a valid question (or just uninteresting). What hops might best compliment a vanilla flavored ale? I was thinking Williamette and maybe something else...

So I found some pure bourbon vanilla extract instead which I'm pretty happy with. Maybe vanilla beans for the next vanilla beer. Would it work to make a vanilla amber ale? I dont see any recipes for something like that.

Well yes I do have a hydrometer, temp gauge, and bottle filler. Really it seems like my clarity is about the only thing suffering from my lack of equipment. I seem to be getting good taste and aroma out of my beers, but yes I would say my beers are generally cloudy and darker than I'd want.

Ok, so because I have less than ideal equipment, I kinda of do things a bit different then they're supposed to be done. So I want to get some feedback on anything within my process that may be significantly hurting the quality of my beer. Ok so first, I do partial mashing...tend to steep my...

Holy crap, 2 vanilla beans at Harris Teeter costs 10 bucks! I hope two beans are enough to flavor 5 gallons of beer lol. I think maybe extract might be the way to go...

Hopefully Harris Teeter? Anyways, does anyone know for sure that using vanilla beans tends to net a more quality vanilla beer than just throwing a couple of oz of extract in the primary? If not, probably not going to try to find them.

So they general idea with the use of vanilla beans is to totally dissolve them? Is that possible? Seems like cellulose isn't something that likes to just fizzle away in a boil. I might be wrong, but I dont know if I can just find vanilla beans around anyway.

If I cant find vanilla beans and have to use vanilla extract...does it matter as to if I add it to the end of the boil, the primary, or the secondary?

How do you know the kit is no good? Here's what's in it... 3.3 lbs Northwestern Extra Light 3 lbs Northwestern Gold Dry Malt .5lb 2-row .5lb Pilsner malt 1 oz Cascade (60) 1 oz Saaz (20) WL Cali Ale

My next beer venture is a vanilla cream ale. The kit I'm buying is just a plain cream ale so I'm sprucing it up myself. Anyone have a good idea about the amount and time of addition for vanilla extract to get the best flavor? And as a side note I have some left over whole magnum hops...what...

If this has a meaning of some kind, I'm unaware of what it is. After about 3 weeks of bottling now many of my bottles are getting hard to open. Besides that, beer turned out great...best ive made so far. Next up is a vanilla cream ale.

Disaster averted, errr made up. Most of the bottles are now amply carbed and some a bit overboard. The soapyness from the iodophor seems to have cleaned out by the yeast thankfully. Is that something that the yeast is supposed to do over time? It seems that only the bottle I opened after 4 days...

Not THAT exciting, believe Dogfish Head also has a brew with 11% Pinot Noir juice as well...

Hey there again fellow Boone brewer! Funny I'm just about to get ready to start drinking my IPA. Glad others are getting into Simcoe, love Simcoe in Pales and IPAs. Mine's got Simcoe, Cascade, and Amarillo. I wanted to use Centennial but the Greensboro store didn't have any. Definitely...

Already posted this elsewhere, but would you guys consider 20 bucks for a case of Left Hand oktoberfest to be a deal that shouldnt be passed up? Seems like a good brew for the upcoming Super Bowl.

20 bucks for a case of Left Hand Oktoberfest for the super bowl? Should I go for it or no....reviews on ratebeer are mixed. Seems like it might be a good counterpoint to my India Red Ale.

It seems like hopefully the soapy bubbles was limited to a couple bottles. It's definitely going to be a good brew. That said, I seem to have an ongoing problem. My bottles tend to be quite variable in their carbonation (some are fine and others have some carb but no head at all). I figure...

Haha was thinking the same thing...thank god poor Bart didnt go blind.