French Press and Randal Thread

[drgarage1]

My biggest success was using a scraped vanilla bean and a bit of cinnamon with Tart of Darkness in an Aeropress. Steeped for 2 minutes, then poured. It was absolutely delicious and makes me really excited for the vanilla/cherry variant of ToD coming out later this year.

 

[DougOLis]

My biggest success was using a scraped vanilla bean and a bit of cinnamon with Tart of Darkness in an Aeropress. Steeped for 2 minutes, then poured. It was absolutely delicious and makes me really excited for the vanilla/cherry variant of ToD coming out later this year.

Did you blend in any unblended ToD with it? Did it lose carbonation?

 

[drgarage1]

Did you blend in any unblended ToD with it? Did it lose carbonation?

It didn't lose carbonation. I found it very drinkable without blending. I only did about 5 oz, though.

 

[PeelBacks]

So after researching a bit of this to get times locked in, it seems like the following has worked for people:
Coconut - 30 mins
Coffee - 5 mins
Chocolate - ?
Raspberries - ?, 5, or simmer over heat

Going to try IRS w/ the above then blend, just trying to make sure steep times are correct.
Any suggestions? Thx

 

[salzar1]

2012 White Chocolate with Oreos, tasted like cookies n cream!!

 

[MarcatGSB1]

2012 White Chocolate with Oreos, tasted like cookies n cream!!

my god.

 

[Michigan1]

2012 White Chocolate with Oreos, tasted like cookies n cream!!

 

[drbenzo1]

New experiment... will report back tomorrow...

 

[ncaudle]

no pic but Rare Barrels SkusMe french pressed with raspberries and blackberries - oh so delicious!

 

[salzar1]

no pic but Rare Barrels SkusMe french pressed with raspberries and blackberries - oh so delicious!

Try adding a little bit of vanilla, it ended up fantastic!

 

[drbenzo1]

New experiment... will report back tomorrow...

What do you all think? 12 hours or 24+ hours? How much oxidization gain, and carb loss am I going to get in that head space?

 

[Chest Rockwell]

What do you all think? 12 hours or 24+ hours? How much oxidization gain, and carb loss am I going to get in that head space?

Assuming you just drop it in and recap immedietly you shouldn't really experience any noticeable carb loss or oxidation. I've never used a vanilla bean, but coffee beans I usually just put them in at night and drink it the next day.

 

[drbenzo1]

Assuming you just drop it in and recap immedietly you shouldn't really experience any noticeable carb loss or oxidation. I've never used a vanilla bean, but coffee beans I usually just put them in at night and drink it the next day.

thanks... will report back tomorrow as promised

 

[drbenzo1]

Macerated kumquats and raspberries.... NOPE

 

[drbenzo1]

So I opened the Vanilla bean soaked BCBS after 36 hours or so. It was not completely flat, but lost a lot of carbonation. It had zero head retention. But, the vanilla flavor was very nice and complimentary to the BCBS!

Then... I got a crazy idea...

I tried to blend it with a little Grey Monday... You would think that these two would work together, but they did not. opps...

The next step is to go buy some cocoa nibs and put a bunch in one bottle and a vanilla bean in another. And let then age longer, maybe a week. Then take the two concentrates and blend them back in to a fresh BCBS for recarb and blending. I will report back in a week or so Cheers!

 

[mborden1]

The next step is to go buy some cocoa nibs and put a bunch in one bottle and a vanilla bean in another. And let then age longer, maybe a week. Then take the two concentrates and blend them back in to a fresh BCBS for recarb and blending. I will report back in a week or so Cheers!

 

[drbenzo1]

 

[FishPondManager]

French pressed some black Tuesday and chocolate rain at a tasting last night.

BT with one cup of toasted coconut and a vanilla bean. It was ok. We should have timed it better so we could've added the coconut when warm.

CR was with 4oz each of raspberries and blackberries. It was ******* delicious.

 

[GoPokes1]

Just french pressed Hop Devil with jalapenos because I was bored. Let 3/4 of one steep for 20 minutes and blended it with a full fresh one for carbonation. I really like it actually, but I'm a whore for peppers.

 

[drbenzo1]

Just french pressed Hop Devil with jalapenos because I was bored. Let 3/4 of one steep for 20 minutes and blended it with a full fresh one for carbonation. I really like it actually, but I'm a whore for peppers.

A friend of mine put a sliver of a ghost pepper and cocoa nibs into a bottle of PD5 recapped and I am waiting for hime to report back...

 

[voldemortadella]

Anyone tried infusing a stout with some Speculoos Cookie Butter from Trader Joe's?

 

[justforrazors]

2013 backwoods bastard with 4 oz coffee beans and 5 mL vanilla extract. I only let this steep for 1 hour before pulling a sample, decided to drink up. I just poured another on top of the beans and added more extract. I'll report back with comparisons tomorrow.

 

[islandboi8204]

Cross post up in here

Proprietors.... SIKE.

 

[rstang13]

 

[seblp]

French pressed half the bottle with cinnamon. Awesome poor man Cinnamon Roll WnB, I can only imagine how good the real one is!

 

[FishPondManager]

Pressed 2013 BCBS with orange and vanilla last night at a March madness party. It turned out really great.

Then we pressed some 2014 uncle Jacobs with coffee. I can't ******* wait for barrel aged tweak.

No pics because my phone died from checking my bracket every 10 minutes.

 

[KWilk]

Simmer about 10 minutes

Then a bit of Rye and homemade vanilla extract


Soaked one one for about an hour then pressed and added into another.



Pretty friggin yummy

 

[genuinedisciple1]

*Nailed the Toasted Coconut BCBS measurements & taste...and the combo is splendid.

 

[Minnesotaryan]

Raspberry vanilla bean Cadbury white chocolate mini egg bcbs

 

[buzzword]

Raspberry vanilla bean Cadbury white chocolate mini egg bcbs