Vanilla porter recipe please?

[OHIOSTEVE]

I make a robust porter that is pretty darn good. I made the Vanilla Bourbon Porter and it was great and awful. Meaning that for some reason it was VERY inconsistent in the bottles. Some were fantastic some were awful and I have NO CLUE why.

ANYWAY my son has asked me to try a vanilla porter and I would like to be pointed to a good recipe that has a lot of vanilla flavor OR can I simply take my robust recipe and add vanilla to it before bottling? Remember I ( and he) like the vanilla to be very prominent.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

Robust porter 7-3-10
10LB. PALE 2 ROW
.75 LB CHOCOLATE MALT
.5 LBS BLACK PATENT MALT
.5 LBS CRYSTAL 40
.25 LBS SPECIAL B
2 OZ GOLDINGS AT 45
.5 OZ FUGGLES AT 15
.5 OZ FUGGLES AT 0
Mashed at 153 for 60 minutes. pitched s-05 yeast

 

[breez7]

Make a recipe that you know is good, take all or half of it and get yourself some good fresh vanilla beans. Rack to secondary and drop the beans in, wait a few weeks and you're good to go. Some people will soak the beans in vodka or other alcohol to extract the flavors even more then poor it all in.



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[KoedBrew]

I'd be interested to see a good recipe...I enjoy Breckenridge Vanilla porter so I would like to make my own....probably just add some vanilla beans to the secondary would add some flavor and definitely aroma?

 

[HexKrak]

If you want strong vanilla flavors I'd suggest adding a split bean to the last 5 of the boil, then split and scrape another and add to vodka or a good spiced rum (I used captn's private stock last time). Start the soak on brew day and add to primary or in secondary after a week and 1/2.

I didn't add any to the boil and it ended up being a nice background flavor.
Here's the extract/specialty grains recipe I used.

http://beer.hexkrak.com/2010/12/13/vanilla-porter-recipe/

The all grain recipe would simply replace the extract with 8.75 lbs of 2 Row.
Mash 154*F 60 min.

 

[AggieChemDoc]

If you like your porter, I'd use that and then just add vanilla. Get a good madagascar vanilla bean or two, chop them up, sanitize in a little bourbon or vodka (depending on if you want the bourbon flavor or not) and chuck it into secondary for about a week.

 

[AggieChemDoc]

Also, I don't know if you've seen Denny Conn's Bourbon Vanilla Porter or not, but it is an excellent beer. I've brewed it several times to rave reviews.

 

[Runyanka]

Your robust porter recipe looks like a good base. Maybe kill the hop addition at flame out if your going to add some vanilla. Now for the vanilla, I would get two dried vanilla beans, cut down the center, scrap the insides out, and put all of that (including bean hull) into a small narrow glass (i used an old white labs vial) and fill with makers mark. Let the beans sit in the liquor for a week, then add to secondary and rack on top. Let the beer sit on the vanilla for 10-14 days.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

Also, I don't know if you've seen Denny Conn's Bourbon Vanilla Porter or not, but it is an excellent beer. I've brewed it several times to rave reviews.

Thats the one I made using pure vanilla extract. the good ones were awesome.. the others...not so much.
ALSO when you guys say to scrape out the insides of the beans, do you put EVERYTHING in the beer or JUST the outsides or just the scraped out insides???

 

[HexKrak]

Thats the one I made using pure vanilla extract. the good ones were awesome.. the others...not so much.
ALSO when you guys say to scrape out the insides of the beans, do you put EVERYTHING in the beer or JUST the outsides or just the scraped out insides???

All of it.