Brew #60 – Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter
From a recipe from a recipe at Barley Dog Brewery
03/09/2014 – Created a WLP001 yeast starter on a stir plate
03/10/2014 – Brew Day
2.5 lbs – Munich Malt
2 lbs – 2-Row (Pale) Malt
1.5 lbs – Brown Malt
1 lb – 120L Crystal Malt
0.5 lbs – 40L Crystal Malt
0.5 lbs – Chocolate Malt
Mashed in a 5 gal Igloo drink cooler. 173 degrees F strike water, mashed at 153 degrees F. Calculated incorrectly, so needed to add a half gallon of cold water. Mashed for an hour.
Sparged in 2 batches through a grain bag and a colander with 1.5 gal of 170 degrees F spring water. Scooped the grain out of the cooler with a small pot.
6 lbs – Extra Pale LME
1.25 oz – US Magnum Hop Pellets (60 min)
1 tsp – Yeast Nutrient (15 min)
1 tsp – Irish Moss (15 min)
0.75 oz – East Kent Goldings (10 min)
O.G.: 1.074, 18.8 degrees Brix
Shook to aerate, then aerated with pure O2 through an air stone for 45 sec.
Fermented with White Labs California Ale Yeast (WLP001)
Fermented in the fermentation chamber at 68 degrees F
04/05/2014 – Racked to secondary
I.G.: 1.023, 9.0 degrees Brix
04/12/2014 – Started vanilla extract
Cut up 2 vanilla beans and covered them in vodka
05/07/2014 – Filtered vodka vanilla extract into secondary
Poured vodka through a coffee filter into the secondary. Added another ounce of vodka to the vanilla beans.
05/28/2014 – Kegged
Filtered the remaining vanilla extract through a coffee filter into the keg.
F.G.: 1.023, 10.8 degrees Brix
ABV: 6.7%
05/29/2014 – Added Bourbon
375 ml of Jim Beam Black Double Aged 8-year old Bourbon