I love stouts and porters, but the only one I've brewed this winter was the export stout that came out way too carbonated. I would think that would be something I would always have on hand, but as it turns out, the last successful stout was the dry Irish stout I did for last St. Patrick's Day. It's about time I changed that.
There are lots of things I want to try, but the recipe I settled on is Denny Conn's Bourbon Vanilla Porter recipe. Denny Conn is something of a homebrewing legend, author of a few homebrewing books, and a member of the AHA governing committee. His recipes have made the rounds of the internet as they are made specifically for the homebrew scale. This one caught my eye when I first started brewing--as did descriptions of his favorite yeast, Wyeast 1450--so it's been on my to do list for awhile.The recipe itself is a bold robust porter, with vanilla bean and a touch of bourbon added to secondary. I love big barrel aged beers (as does everybody apparently) so if I can make something comparable and save the $12 a bottle, I'll be a happy camper. I have no thoughts to add on the recipe composition since it's not mine, the only tweak is to use hops I have on hand and scale it up to 8 gal so I can do a split batch to try the Wyeast 1450 head to head against good old Chico.
Denny Conn's Bourbon Vanilla Porter -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 8.00 gal Estimated ABV: 8.2 % Estimated OG: 1.078 SG Estimated FG: 1.016 SG Estimated Color: 37.1 SRM Estimated IBU: 31.8 IBUs Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 % Boil Time: 120 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name %/IBU 17 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 64.2 % 4 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) 14.7 % 2 lbs Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) 7.3 % 1 lbs 12.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) 6.4 % 1 lbs 6.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 120L (120.0 SRM) 5.0 % 10.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) 2.3 % 1.00 oz Columbus [16.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min 27.2 IBUs 1.00 oz Willamette [7.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min 4.6 IBUs 1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) - 1.0 pkg Denny's Favorite (Wyeast Labs #1450) - 3.00 Items Vanilla Bean (Secondary 14.0 days) - 12.00 oz Bourbon (Bottling) - Mash Schedule: Single Infusion @150F, No Mash Out, 2x Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 27 lbs 4.0 oz Estimated Cost: $63.92
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