Beer Recipe Brew
Recipe: Vanilla Cream Ale
Brewed as Vanilla Cream Ale on 05/06/2018
- Method:
- All Grain
- Boil Time:
- 75 min.
- Batch Size:
- 5 gal.
- Boil Size:
- 7.5 gal.
- Efficiency:
- 0
- Rating:
- Brewer:
- Blockhead Bob
- Asst Brewer:
- Notes:
- This is a good brew and came out a nice, light, easy drinking beer good for hot summer days. However, vanilla taste is lacking perhaps attributed to doubling on the hops using the extra Chinook hops, or soaking the vanilla beans in JD. For next brew, recommend original recipe hop amounts and splitting/scraping vanilla beans and soaking in a less amount of vodka instead of JD. This brew won a 1st Place ribbon for Light Beer at the 2018 Gilpin County Fair!
- Method:
- All Grain
- Boil Time:
- 75 min.
- Batch Size:
- 5 gal.
- Boil Size:
- 7.5 gal.
- Efficiency:
- 0
- Rating:
- Brewer:
- Blockhead Bob
- Asst Brewer:
- Notes:
- This is a good brew and came out a nice, light, easy drinking beer good for hot summer days. However, vanilla taste is lacking perhaps attributed to doubling on the hops using the extra Chinook hops, or soaking the vanilla beans in JD. For next brew, recommend original recipe hop amounts and splitting/scraping vanilla beans and soaking in a less amount of vodka instead of JD. This brew won a 1st Place ribbon for Light Beer at the 2018 Gilpin County Fair!
Brew Numbers
| OG | FG | ABV | SRM | IBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fermentables
| Name | Amount | Color | Supplier | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pale Malt - 2-Row | 5.25 lbs. | 0 | Malteurop 2 Row Pale Craft Blend | United States |
| White Wheat | 2 lbs. | 0 | Rahr (US/CA) | United States |
| Pale Malt - 6-Row | 2 lbs. | 0 | Rahr (US/CA) | United States |
| Dextrin Malt | 0.5 lbs. | 0 | Crisp (UK) | United Kingdom |
| Flaked Corn | 0.5 lbs. | 0 | OIO (US) | United States |
| Crystal / Caramel Malt 20 | 0.5 lbs. | 20 | Briess (US) | United States |
| Flaked Barley | 0.25 lbs. | 0 | Grain Millers (US) | United States |
Hops
| Name | Amount | Boil Time | Use | Form | AA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook | 0.5 oz. | 60 | Boil | Leaf | 0 |
| Notes: Murphy whole leaf hops; departure from recipe addition. | |||||
| Cascade | 0.5 oz. | 60 | Boil | Leaf | 8.1 |
| Notes: YCHHops whole, kiln dried hop cones whole leaf hops. Beta: 7.6%. | |||||
| Chinook | 0.5 oz. | 20 | Boil | Leaf | 0 |
| Notes: Murphy whole leaf hops; departure from recipe addition. | |||||
| Cascade | 0.5 oz. | 20 | Boil | Leaf | 8.1 |
| Notes: YCHHops whole, kiln dried hop cones whole leaf hops. Beta: 7.6%. | |||||
| Willamette | 0.5 oz. | 5 | Boil | Leaf | 6.2 |
| Notes: YCHHops whole, kiln dried hop cones whole leaf hops. Beta: 4.2%. | |||||
Yeast
| Name | Lab | Product | Manufactured | Starter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolsch | Wyeast | 2565 | 04/17/2018 | |
| Notes: Pitched to starter 4/5/18 at 2:51 pm and 67.5 F. | ||||
Mash Steps
| Step | Name | Target Temp | Actual Temp | Mash Time | Infuse Amount | Infuse Temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Single Infusion Mash | 150 | 151 | 0 | 4 | 165 |
| 2 | Single Infusion Mash | 150 | 150 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Single Infusion Mash | 150 | 147 | 40 | 0.5 | 196 |
| Notes: Added 0.5 gal boiling water to bring up to 150 F. | ||||||
| 4 | Single Infusion Mash | 150 | 148 | 60 | 0.5 | 196 |
| Notes: Added 0.5 boiling water to bring up to 150 F. | ||||||
| 5 | Single Infusion Mash | 150 | 150 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Fly Sparge | 170 | 170 | 15 | 5 | 180 |
| Notes: Sparge with 5 gal 180 F water start at 9:10 am to 7.5 gal at 9:25 am. | ||||||
Additional Steps
| Name | Start Date | End Date | Temp | PSI | Target CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 05/06/2018 | 68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Notes: Pitched yeast starter to wort at 68 F at 11:50 a.m. Fermentation observed at 12:50 p.m. Overfilled fermenter and vigorous fermenting resulted in blow off. | |||||
| Secondary | 05/13/2018 | 05/26/2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notes: 5/9/18 soak 5 vanilla beans in JD. 5/12/18 add 2 oz. oak chips to vanilla bean/JD mixture. 5/13/18 rack to secondary with vanilla beans/oak chips/some JD extract. | |||||
| Kegged | 05/26/2018 | 08/18/2018 | 36 | 12 | 2.29 |