Milkshake IPA Recipe Help

[MelbBrew]

Hello all.

I'm going to do a Milkshake IPA from BYO (Nov. 2017). It's the Urban Family Brewing Co. Limesicle Clone.

I've never done fruit additions etc in my brewing however the recipe calls for a tincture of vanilla bean and lime zest to be made. The recipe calls for the zest of 2 limes and 1 vanilla bean split and chopped. Soak in vodka from brew day until time of dry hopping. I quote from the magazine,

"Add tincture of lime zest and vanilla bean at the time of dry hopping."

Having never done such an addition, do I simply add the results of the steeped fruit/vanilla, or do I add the whole lot fruit and all to the fermenter?

Thanks heaps in advance for the help. Any other tips for a beer of this ilk would be great.

Recipe as below:

5kg 2 row pale
1.13kg flaked oats
450g rice hulls (any recommendations for using hulls in the mash are appreciated)
113g acidulated malt
790g lactose

4.75 AAU Centennial @60

113g Citra dry hop (contemplating doing these at F/O and whirlpooling)

tincture of lime/vanilla

your favourite English yeast (I've chosen WY1335)

Cheers,

Garrett

 

[kh54s10]

You need to grate the lime peel. Use the outer part, if you get down into the white part of the peel it will be tart. Soak it in just enough vodka to cover it all. When fermentation is done add it all, wait 5-7 days then package.

The rice hulls are to keep from getting a stuck sparge. The oats could create a stuck sparge. My rig would not need it. They don't do anything else and do not change the flavor.

 

[MelbBrew]

Thanks heaps mate. Quite excited to see how this goes