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Dennys Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter
I might give this a whirl on my next brew day. Looks really interesting.
Recipe by Denny Conn:
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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64.7 11.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
8.8 1.50 lbs. Brown Malt Great Britain 1.032 70
14.7 2.50 lbs. Munich Malt(2-row) America 1.035 10
5.9 1.00 lbs. Crystal 120L America 1.034 120
2.9 0.50 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 40
2.9 1.25 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350
Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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0.80 oz. Magnum Whole 14.60 32.0 60 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 2.4 10 min.
Extras
Amount Name Type Time
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1.00 Tsp Irish Moss Fining 15 Min.(boil)
Yeast
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WYeast 1056 Amercan Ale/Chico
Mash Schedule
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Mash Name :
WYeast 1056 Amercan Ale/Chico
Total Grain LBS : 17.00
Grain Temp : 63.00 F
Total Water QTS : 23.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water GAL : 5.75
Tun Thermal Mass : 0.00
Step Rest Start Stop Direct/ Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Infuse Temp Amount Ratio
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sacc 0 60 154 154 Infuse 167 23.00 1.35
Total Water QTS : 23.00 - After Additional Infusions
Total Water GAL : 5.75 - After Additional Infusions
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
All infusion amounts are in quarts.
Notes
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After primary, slit open 2 vanilla beans. Scrape the insides, chop the pods into quarters, add to secondary fermenter, rack beer onto vanilla. Taste periodically for the correct balance. I left the beer in secondary for 11 days. Rack to bottling bucket and add 10 ml. per pint of Jim Beam Black Bourbon (or to your taste). Bottle, enjoy!
Recipe by Denny Conn
Need to find some Vanilla beans although vanilla extract can be substituted. Are Vanilla Beans different from Pods?
Wyeast are also now stocking "Dennys Favourite" yeast as a stock strand so may get some of that too.
What do you reckon? One to Brew now for next winter.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Responses
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Looks lovely Greg. That's a big grain bill, should have a lovely full taste.
I think vanilla beans and pods are the same thing. Saw that Sainsbury's are selling them in the baking section.
Should be nicely conditioned by next winter!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I need to put it into Beersmith to get the qty's etc which I'm going to do later. Comes out around 7.7%, its got nearly 1/2 a litre of whiskey in it too. The Vanilla in Varnish's Porter was really nice and I love bourbon so I'm hoping this should work out really well.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Christ, 10.30 in the morning and you've already made me thirsty!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I know, I can taste it now. Not literally unfortunately.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Okay, I've got the Green Light for brewday this weekend so this one is definitely going to get brewed.
Put the recipe into Beersmith and these are the results:
Recipe: Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter
Style: Imperial Porter
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.076 SG
Estimated Color: 88.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 33.2 IBU
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Est Abv: 7.44%
Ingredients:
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4900 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter
1130 gm Munich Malt
680 gm Brown Malt
570 gm Chocolate Malt
450 gm Dark Crystal Malt
220 gm Light Crystal Malt
23.00 gm Magnum [15.7%] (60 min)
33.86 gm East Kent Golding [4.6 %] (10 min)
EDIT - had extra hops on this earlier where I cut and paste, corrected now!
Yeast TBC Possibly Wyeast 1098 or 1028 or I may recover a 1056 from the Rocker Forum Brew.
Split 2 vanilla pods into secondary and rack. Leave until vanilla is to desired taste. Add 400ml of Jim Beam to bottling bucket with primer then bottle. I will then leave to bottle condition for 6 months.
Looking forward to this one as not made a Porter before.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Nice!
Is that ABV before you add all that Jim Beam? Not so sure about carrying anything after, more like you'll need to be carried!
:o)
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
That sounds really interesting mate, I bet it smells awesome
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Yes its ABV pre Bourbon. I haven't worked out how to put that into Beersmith, if its even possible.
Can't wait to get this one underway. I'm just trying to work out yeast pitching rates at that ABV. I've either got to make up a starter for an activator but I'm also looking into recovering some yeast from Rocker IPA as its the one they suggest. You know me, its a bit scientific but I'm struggling on.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Okay, I never got to make this in the end but planning on getting it underway this week for a Xmas brew. Can't believe its taken this long.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hey Greg, did you ever get round to doing this one? I'm tempted too, and just happen to have all the bits apart from pale malt which I'm ordering next week. I like a bit of vanilla and am partial to a bourbon or 4 at the end of an evening. Curious to hear if you thought it's a winner or not.
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Hi Stu, no I never actually got round to this one although still on my to do list. A lot of American forums rate it highly so I reckon it should be quite interesting.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 3 months ago by Member
This sounds amazing! I love Porter. I love vanilla. I love Bourbon. I can see the flavours going together very well.
I'll put this on my to do list for one day as well I think!
Have you gotten round to it yet, Greg?
Fermenting - Nothing!
Conditioning - Ale Mead, Quick Mead, Traditional Mead, Summer Ale, European Lager, Ancient mead, Christmas Stout, Harvest Bitter, Rocker APA
Drinking - Whatever I can get, Christmas Stout, Harvest Bitter, Ancient Mead
Posted 3 months ago by Moderator
Try Varnish's Vanilla Porter, I brewed it with Wyeast 1968, it was rather good...
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/vanilla-porter#post-238
Fermenting: Wheat beer
Maturing/Conditioning:
Drinking: Pseudo-Lager, Oatmeal stout & Shop bought stuff
Posted 3 months ago by Member
Thanks Hamish! That recipe looks great. I'm not quite AG yet, but when I get there I shall be doing that one!
Fermenting - Nothing!
Conditioning - Ale Mead, Quick Mead, Traditional Mead, Summer Ale, European Lager, Ancient mead, Christmas Stout, Harvest Bitter, Rocker APA
Drinking - Whatever I can get, Christmas Stout, Harvest Bitter, Ancient Mead
Posted 3 months ago by Member
Cheers guys.
That beer always came out well for me too.
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