Add vanilla bean tincture and roasted cacao nibs into fermenter after bottling several “straight” bottles.
Roast 8 oz cacao nibs on day of use: 350F for 15 min
BREW DAY (13-Dec-19):
7 mL hop shots at 120 min, whirlfloc and yeast nutrient at 5 min.
60 sec of O2 delivered. Ferment at 64F. Pitched at 75F, chill to ferm temp in fridge.
UPDATE (26-Dec-19):
Bottled 6 with coopers drops (Yakima caps). Added 6 oz toasted cacao nibs and ~1 oz of vanilla bean tincture (= 2.5 beans). Let sit for 3 days before kegging. Bottle remainder with two variant ideas below.
29-DEC-19:
Kegged 3 gal, after 24 hr in kegerator, carb at 30 psi for 24 hr
0.8 oz table sugar dissolves in 8 oz water to prime ~1 gal of remaining RIS, target ~2 vol CO2.
Added 5 oz cold brew (6 oz into quart of water, strained down into 1/2 quart, 24 hr in fridge). Bottled 6 beers (CCV). Added 2 oz of 3 oz total of cinnamon/ancho tincture (0.1 oz cinnamon stick and 0.5 oz ancho peppers (at least two years old) in ~4 oz vodka for two weeks. Bottled 5 beers (CMC).
12-JAN-20:
Added 0.3 oz cinnamon stick and 1.5 oz ancho peppers (both chopped up) to vodka. After 2 weeks, add to kegged RIS after straining solids.
22-JAN-20:
Strained solids and ended up with 6 oz vodka tincture. Added to almost full, cold 3 gal keg, purged headspace 5 times and shook up. Taste test after 24 hr and see where carbonation and flavor are at.
Tasted a bottle of CCV, carbonation was spot on, so moved all bottles to cellar temp. Dark chocolate and coffee flavor predominate, still want increases roastiness added next time (roasted barley).