Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer None More Black Vanilla Stout

[Budger]

I'm giving this a shot manana. I'm upping the grain bill a little, adding chocolate malt and a little melatoinin malt. Also found some wyeast pacman.

 

[TVarmy]

I have a ton of vanilla beans on my hands. Would it be better to add them to the secondary in place of the extract, or should I just use some of the extract I've already made?

 

[alaskajoe]

I am brewing the extract version of this tomorrow with a buddy. He wants to learn about homebrewing, so this will be his cherry-popper. He's excited, and I am too...hoping I can do the recipe justice!

 

[garyhood]

Can you explain the 35 minutes in the oven? I have never seen this technique before.. maybe.. because this is my first stout.. Any help would be great.Plus would there be any sub. for the cluster hops that I could use?
cheers
Gary

 

[SquareHeadBrew]

Have most of the ingredients on hand. This looks tasty and can't wait to make it. I'm trying the vanilla beans as well and also boosting it a bit.

anyone have a high-res photo of this???

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Masticon]

What do you think adding 1lb of oats to the mash would do?
I'm thinking of whipping this one up but I really want to come up with an oatmeal vanilla stout.

 

[SquareHeadBrew]

What do you think adding 1lb of oats to the mash would do?
I'm thinking of whipping this one up but I really want to come up with an oatmeal vanilla stout.

you may want to up that to 1.5 or more. this one comes out very dark with the 12oz of black patent.

also i never mentioned this, but this stuff blew the lid with the airlock off and hit the ceiling. then i transferred it into 2 pails and both lids blew off after an hour. haha. I must have done something :cross:

so i had to run a hose out from them and its good now. I am eager to try this crazy elixir now.

 

[drummerguysteve]

Great recipe. I did try it with some oatmeal added, and it really came out great! I'm going to add real beans soaked in bourbon next time.

 

[Masticon]

I just picked up the stuff yesterday and am starting today. I doctored with the recipe a bit based on some other recipes I've been looking at.

7 lbs Dark Liquid Extract
1/2 lb Chocolate Malt
1/2 lb Crystal 120
1/2 lb Roasted Barley
1/4/lb Black Patent
2 lbs Flaked Oats
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.0 60 min)
1 oz Fuggle (4.1 5 minutes)
Wyeast Irish Ale
4 vanilla beans into the secondary.

I'll let you know how it comes out.

 

[atwebb]

hey so I've got all the ingredients for this but it says steep grains in "oven"? so roast these things in the oven and leave them for the full boil or just steep them at 150 in the water for 35 minutes? sorry this is my first internet recipe attempt.

 

[BigBrew54]

I think he's merely implying to get your water up to temp at 150 on the stovetop and when your ready toss in your grain sack and if your pot can fit use your oven (pre-heated to 150) to help hold a consistent temp if you have trouble doing so on the stovetop/burner

 

[atwebb]

well got it brewed, moved to secondary two days ago and had about a 1/2 gallon extra, but hit the gravities pretty well so I sampled the leftovers and man is it good, even added a drop of vanilla for a hint of the taste. I like it smooth, even the wife who hates dark beers enjoyed it and was excited.

 

[drummerguysteve]

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[mlg5039]

Check it outttttt. I think I finally got it about right. Tell me what you guys think =] Suggestions?

Type: All Grain
Date: 3/24/2009
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: JonBRout
Boil Size: 6.34 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (12.5 gal) and Igloo Cooler (10 Gal)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00
Taste Notes: ~2.5 Tablespoons Vanilla extract added to Secondary.
Sparge at 180ish?

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.88 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 66.84 %
2.88 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 21.67 %
0.92 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 6.89 %
0.61 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.60 %
0.52 oz Cluster [7.00 %] (60 min) Hops 13.0 IBU
0.70 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.00 %] (20 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.054 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.21 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 19.0 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 43.1 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 13.29 lb
Sparge Water: 4.07 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F TunTemperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

I followed this and got an OG of about 1.062. I used pacman yeast I harvest. I have oak chips and vanilla soaking in bourbon as we speak and my mouth is watering.

8 weeks to go!!

 

[PuppetmanInBC]

I just picked up the stuff yesterday and am starting today. I doctored with the recipe a bit based on some other recipes I've been looking at.

7 lbs Dark Liquid Extract
1/2 lb Chocolate Malt
1/2 lb Crystal 120
1/2 lb Roasted Barley
1/4/lb Black Patent
2 lbs Flaked Oats
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.0 60 min)
1 oz Fuggle (4.1 5 minutes)
Wyeast Irish Ale
4 vanilla beans into the secondary.

I'll let you know how it comes out.

And how did it come out?

I made this a few weeks back - there were some hiccups, but nothing serious. I stuck with extract. My dad drank about 4 and said he wanted to start making beer, and my wife really liked it too. I would like to make another batch, and I am interested in more grains (including oats)....

So I'll ask again - what was the verdict?

 

[SquareHeadBrew]

Just want to chime in again and say that this was by far the best beer I've ever had. I have tried alot of beers since making this too. I believe it only lasted 2 weeks till all were gone (50 Bottles) after carbonating in bottles for 2 weeks. Even got the same response from friends and family that love craft beer as well.

So with all that said. I will update with my new recipe list of this as I just made it again but tried a scottish yeast.
Ill try and dig up some pics as well.

 

[decendent]

Looking forward to this one, just ordered all the parts. How strong of a vanilla favor/aroma does this have? I'm looking for med-strong. I ordered vanilla beans and going to try to tea them in so to say. I am going to boil them for a couple min and pour the cooled tea into the primary

 

[Barnzy02]

Brewed this Sunday night, hydro sample was delicious.

Looking forward to the final product!

 

[pearljammin89]

just curious about about the bourbon soaking oak chips and vanilla beans. does anyone have any tips I have never done it before and am curious about how long it all needs to soak and how much bourbon to use. any help would be great thanks.

 

[JDennis]

Brewed this tonight. Looking forward to drinking it.

 

[Barnzy02]

going to be racking and adding the vanilla sometime this week. Slowly getting there.

I tried adding a bit of vanilla to the hydro sample i took over the weekend, TASTY!

 

[decendent]

going to be racking and adding the vanilla sometime this week. Slowly getting there.

I tried adding a bit of vanilla to the hydro sample i took over the weekend, TASTY!

Did you use bean or extract?

 

[Barnzy02]

I'm using an extract my brother gave to me. Pure Madagascar Bourbon vanilla or something like that. He picked it up at a Kitchen/Cooking supply store.

 

[specialkaye]

6 lb. Dark Liquid Malt Extract
1 lb. Dark Dry Malt Extract
.75 lb. Black Patent Malt
.25 lb. Roasted Barley
1 oz Cluster (7.00%) at 60 minutes
1 oz East Kent Goldings (4.00) at 20 minutes
1 tsp Irish moss at 15 minutes
2.5 Tablespoons of Vanilla Extract (add to secondary)
1 White Labs Irish Ale Yeast

Okay, I'm adding this to my queue and Beersmith. I'm wondering, is this an American Stout (13E) because of the OG, even though the color is a bit low? Or, a Specialty Beer (23A)? Which is just a catch-all category. Or a Sweet Stout (13B), but again, the SRM is low?

 

[jarod7736]

Just brewed up an all grain version of this today. Tasted great going into the fermenter. can't wait to try it.

 

[Barnzy02]

Just bottled on saturday, after a 3 week primary and a week with the vanilla in secondary. I used 2.5-3 tablespoons of vanilla extract. The vanilla smell is strong, and lays on the tongue nicely as an aftertaste ... from what i tasted of what was left in the bottling bucket. All in all, i can't wait to open the first one.

 

[DeutschBag23]

The guy at my brew supply store said I can just add the vanilla extract to my bottling bucket and bottle from there. Will that hurt the flavor? Will the yeast in the bottle eat the extract? Is secondary fermenting the only way to get the vanilla taste you're talking about. I also added a pound of oatmeal to the recipe to smooth it about a bit. Hope that won't bite me in the bum.

 

[bran]

I bottled this on the 28th of November. I cracked one open this past Friday to make sure everything was carbing right and even under a week in the bottle this stuff was amazing. I only put in 1.5 tbsp of vanilla because I ran out and you could still taste the vanilla. This is definitely going into my normal rotation.

 

[Barnzy02]

has been bottled for just over a week now, i tried one very prematurely about 3 days after bottling. The vanilla overwhelmed me, i was worried i had added too much vanilla.

I opened one last night, and to my pleasure, the vanilla has begun to mellow out very nicely. Comes on as a nice afterthought now, as well the aroma of the vanilla is strong.

I won't open the next one for another week, as the carbonation was obviously still lacking. I was just very happy to see the vanilla mellowing out nicely, and the profile of the beer coming through and meshing now.

Looks like this is gonna be a good one!

 

[jarod7736]

I'm going to rack this to secondary tomorrow, I have 3 vanilla beans soaking in a 1/2 pint of Makers. Would adding coffee & chocolate to this in addition to the bourbon & vanilla be too much?