Found at my house today....UPDATE Dec 31...first pour

[Skrimpy]

So I spent the day digging in a pile of grains today and this is what I found...

In 3-5 weeks it will be Vanilla-Cocoa Bean Porter. Ten gallons to be exact. I was hoping it would be ready for Christmas but it is looking like maybe I'll crack the first bottle on New Years Eve. If its not good enough yet, I'll wait another week and crack another.


UPDATE: Dec 26. So this thing didn't stop fermenting until Wednesday and on Thursday last week, I transferred these bad boys over to secondaries and measured the gravity. 1.020. Perfect. So then, of course I drank the beer from the hydrometer. Hands down, the best tasting porter I've ever had. Better than any store bought piece of crap beer...and that's not carbonated and the vanilla hasn't been added. The cocoa beans give it a really subtle, yet strong enough to tell that it's cocoa, taste. With the vanilla in it and carbonated it's going to be a KILLER. When I pour my first glass, I'll post pics.

UPDATE: Dec 31. Bottled it today. The vanilla is a really neat taste in a porter. Really good. Now the three week wait for the bottle condition.

UPDATE: Jan 18. Couldn't wait any longer. Poured the first glass. A little under carbonated and not a lot of head forming/retention. Still SOOOOOOOOOOO good. Two-three more weeks should do it. Next up, extract Irish Red for St Patty's day and then an AG Strawberry Blonde for spring.

 

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Re: Found at my house today

Hey Skrimpy, that nectar is going to be a bit thick for a while with that much grain. I think you will be drinking that one in about 90 to 180 days from now and you wont to to share that with anyone cause it will be darned tastey! I had a friend that made one of those heavy porters and I hid one from him for 5 months as he drank the rest before it had aged to its fullest robust flavor. He thanked me for it after he opened it as it was the smoothest beer we had ever tasted. I also noticed you have those carboys on a concrete floor from the looks of the picture. Oh grasshopper, one slip and bye, bye beer much sadness and wailing not a good thing. The Plumber,

They are not on that floor anymore. They are on the concrete in my basement which isn't slippery. 90-180 huh? I hope not...but at the same time...I hope it's as good as you say it is. My OG was 1.040. Maybe you're right. I made a mistake transcribing the recipe. it was two lbs of the carafa specialty grains...but they only steeped 15 minutes. We will see. I'll hit up the local HB store and see how long they think it will take. dang. I was hoping to bottle by Christmas because I have a sixer to give for a gift.

 

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MMMMMMM....i'll bet it'smuch better than the yeungling porter i currently sip ? cool beans brother.....hh