Recipe Critique - Bananas Foster

[debaniel]

for the real vanilla extract, i was able to find it at my local grocery store... in the baking aisle - it's in a little glass bottle, a 2 oz. bottle.

and for the sugar - that's the tricky thing about this recipe... it all depends on how much rum you want to add. Rum has quite a bit of sugar on it's own - Big Kahuna was saying that for his next batch, he was going to try a full bottle (750 ml) without adding any extra sugar at all. The batch that he used a full 750 + one cup was over-carbed, I believe...

i did a half bottle and used about a 1/4 cup of brown sugar, and it seems about right... it's been about 2 weeks in the bottle, so time will tell, and i'll keep you updated.

if anyone knows how to figure out how much actual residual sugar is in rum, that would help a lot...

 

[BigKahuna]

yep, certainly not for everyone. Good for me!

ME TOO!!!

I would recommend this to anyone that even thinks it'd be good.

I did NOT use the vanilla in mine, but it's still one of my favorite "Flavored" beers.

 

[Bigsnake]

for the real vanilla extract, i was able to find it at my local grocery store... in the baking aisle - it's in a little glass bottle, a 2 oz. bottle.

and for the sugar - that's the tricky thing about this recipe... it all depends on how much rum you want to add. Rum has quite a bit of sugar on it's own - Big Kahuna was saying that for his next batch, he was going to try a full bottle (750 ml) without adding any extra sugar at all. The batch that he used a full 750 + one cup was over-carbed, I believe...

i did a half bottle and used about a 1/4 cup of brown sugar, and it seems about right... it's been about 2 weeks in the bottle, so time will tell, and i'll keep you updated.

if anyone knows how to figure out how much actual residual sugar is in rum, that would help a lot...

I might try a full bottle with no sugar. If it doesn't carb properly, I have some carb tabs I keep around for a no carb event, which will remedy the problem.

 

[Bigsnake]

sounds good... *snip snip*


1 lbs. American Caramel 120°L
0.25 lbs. Belgian Special B
6.4 lbs. Liquid Wheat Extract
1 lbs. Candi Sugar Dark

1.5 oz. East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min.
0.50 oz. Fuggle (Pellets, 4.75 %AA) boiled 15 min.

Yeast : WYeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen

Just did the recipe and it's sitting in the fermenter. Wow, extract is a LOT less work than all-grain

Tastes GREAT!!! right now.

I put 1.5 lbs of dark candi sugar in there that I made. Beersmith was giving me 1053 gravity and I measured 1054, but, no clue what final volume was. The tape I was using on my carboy to show 5 gallons fell off. Tasting now it is tasting a little more bitter than I think I would want but I'll see how it comes out in the end. Really excited about this beer. G/f said it tasted like caramel tea.

 

[debaniel]

alright, so my latest batch has been sitting in bottles long enough (about six weeks) to taste right where it should.

on opening, a candy rum-soaked banana smell was very apparent...

as i tilted my glass back to take my first sip, the full aroma combination hit me - vanilla, caramel, banana and rum... it was so distinct that i could even picture a bowl of bananas foster in front of me for a brief moment... very nice!

so, at 2 weeks in the bottles it was pretty good, but not a lot like a bananas foster... at 6 weeks, i'd say it's there!


carbonation, by the way, was perfect with 1/4 cup of brown sugar and 375ml of Captain Morgan's.

 

[debaniel]

how did everyone else's turn out?

 

[BigKahuna]

I still LOVE mine. It's over carbonated, but I'm coveting the last few bottles....until I get it back into the rotation. I keg now, but I'm pretty sure this would = about 3 good hangovers from the keg!

I'll do it Extract, and I'll do it again....but I'll not use any priming sugar.....

 

[Bigsnake]

I'm about to put mine into bottles. Sitting here trying to decide how much Rum and sugar to add

 

[Bigsnake]

Brew is bottled up. I went with 375ml of Captain Morgan and 1/4 cup brown sugar. We'll see how it goes. I'm excited.

 

[one8tvw]

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