- Steeped (30 min; started at 164F)
- 1.25 lb Chocolate
- 1.0 lb Crystal 120L
- 0.5 lb Black Patent
- 0.5 lb Roasted Barley
- 1.0 lb Flaked Oats
- Fermentables
- 10.0 lb Golden Light LME (60 min)
- Hops
- 2.0 oz Summit (60 min)
- 1.0 oz Willamette (15 min)
- 1.0 oz East Kent Goldings (0 min)
- Misc
- 10 min: Irish Moss / Whirlfloc
- Yeast
- 2x Safale US-05
- Secondary
- 2 bourbon-soaked vanilla beans in secondary
- 2.0 oz bourbon-soaked oak chips in secondary
- Primary: 8 days
- Secondary: 47 days
- OG: 1.072 @ 73
- FG: 1.018 @ 71
- ABV: 7.2%
- Calories: 252
- Cost: $73.64
- Cost/12oz: $1.38
On 2019-08-12 I submersed 2 oz of oak chips in about 1 cup of Ezra Brooks bourbon in a 2 cup pyrex container. On 2019-08-16 I submersed 2 vanilla beans in about 3/4 cup of Ezra Brooks bourbon in a 4 cup pyrex container. Used the large nylon brew bag to steep the grains and oats. When removing it it removed so much water (about 2“ below rivets) that I added more to bring up to about 1” below rivets. On 2019-08-26 I transferred to secondary and racked onto the vanilla beans, bourbon, and oak chips. Gravity measured 1.020 at 72 before transferring and about 1.018 after transferring. Kegged on 2019-10-12. Gravity measured 1.018 at 71. It tasted great during kegging. This one tasted excellent. I could have used even more vanilla. The oak was plenty though.
A couple weeks after kegging, this one is very good. Although it turned out excellent, it could have used more vanilla, and probably a little less aging on oak chips. Next time I would try maybe adding the oak chips later to the secondary.