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Bourbon Vanilla Porter

208 calories 21 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Robust Porter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 4.75 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Personal
Calories: 208 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday May 25th 2015
1.063
1.015
6.3%
55.2
36.8
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 lb United Kingdom - Pale 2-Row4 lb Pale 2-Row 38 2.5 53.3%
1.25 lb United Kingdom - Munich1.25 lb Munich 37 6 16.7%
0.75 lb United Kingdom - Brown0.75 lb Brown 32 65 10%
0.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 120L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 120L 33 120 6.7%
0.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 6.7%
0.50 lb American - Chocolate0.5 lb Chocolate 29 350 6.7%
7.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Magnum0.5 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 15 Boil 60 min 52.06 66.7%
0.25 oz East Kent Goldings0.25 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 10 min 3.15 33.3%
0.75 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 oz Bourbon soaked wood chips (medium toast) Flavor Primary 0 min.
2 each Vanilla bean Flavor Secondary 0 min.
1 tsp Irish moss Fining Boil 45 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
No
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume (equipment estimates 5.72 g | 22.9 qt) 5.94 23.8  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 6.32 g | 25.3 qt) 6.54 26.2  
Grain absorption losses -0.94 -3.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 4.53 g | 18.1 qt) 4.75 19  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 3 12  
Volume into fermentor 3 12  
Total: 5.94 23.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes
  1. Used center burner to bring it to 170F but it took too long; moved it to outer burner and it shot up to 200F pretty quick. Took off towels/insulation and at the end of 80m, it was down to 160F. Not sure how this'll affect the flavor.
  2. Soaked medium toast oak chips in bourbon overnight, then decided to add them, along with vanilla pods, to the secondary. (6 Jun)

    1SG: 1.062
    2SG: 1.027
    FSG: 1.025 (4.86%)

    Calculated amount of 45% bourbon to add; 2.75 gal of 4.86% beer + 1 cup 45% bourbon = 5.7% beer.
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  • Last Updated: 2015-06-15 00:53 UTC