New Member from WI!!! Looking for advise

[amarkmtu]

Hey all,

I am a new member but have been brewing for a little while (5th batch). Right now I am working on a Cream Stout and I want to make it a vanilla cream stout by adding extract into my secondary. Do you have a good recipie for an amount to add and not have it be too potent? Any advise would be great.

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amarkmtu

 

[glenn514]

amarkmtu...

Welcome to this little corner of insanity on the Web we call HomeBrewTalk! Good to have you all the way from Titletown! [First response was a real screw-up so I deleted it.]

glenn514

 

[amarkmtu]

no problem... i decided to add 2 oz of vanilla extract to the secondary today... and now i will let it sit for two weeks... maybe more... what do you think would be best for a length of time to let it sit?

 

[DragonTail]

Welcome from down by Kenosha.

 

[Garyx]

Hello fellow Wisconsonite! Greetings from LaX.

 

[Kaotica]

Welcome from a former Wisconsonite. For info on Vanilla in secondary, check some of the stout recipes in the recipe section. I have not done it, but I have seen several references to people slicing a fresh bean open lengthwise and then cutting it into one-inch pieces and putting into secondary. Probably lots of right ways to do it. GL.

 

[2thumbsup]

Welcome from Shevegas!!! You'll find this forum to be extremely helpful and a wealth of knowledge.

Sounds like you like the stouts. Are you brewing AG or extract, because I've got a pretty good oatmeal stout just about ready to bottle up that i just can't wait to get into that I'd like to see someone else try too.

Welcome aboard.

 

[amarkmtu]

I am a dark beer fan, and it was a partial mash kit that I used.