Vanilla Cinnamon Cream Porter
Robust Porter • Extract • 3 gal
A porter with a hint of vanilla and cinnamon, perfect for the holiday season.
October 30, 2011 pm 05:35pm
Ingredients (Extract, 3 gal)
- 0.15 lbs
American Black Patent
American Black Patent
Provides color and sharp flavor in stouts and porters.
- 0.30 lbs
Dark Chocolate Malt; Briess
Dark Chocolate Malt; Briess
Rich roasted coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Dark Chocolate Malt is used in all beer styles for color adjustment with minor or no flavor contribution. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout Beer. • The chocolate flavor is very complementary when used in higher percentages in Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts and other Dark Beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 0.30 lbs
Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans
Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans
The darkest of the Belgian crystal malts, Dingemans Special B will impart a heavy caramel taste and is often credited with the raisin-like flavors of some Belgian Abbey ales. Larger percentages (greater than 5%) will contribute a dark brown-black color and fuller body.
- 0.30 lbs
Crystal Malt 40°L
Crystal Malt 40°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- 5.00 lbs
Liquid Dark Extract
Liquid Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- .30 lbs
Oats Flaked
Oats Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 1.0 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 0.5 oz
Willamette - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 0.5 oz
Willamette - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 2 ea
Vanilla (whole bean) - (omitted from calculations)
Vanilla (whole bean)
Vanilla Beans have a sweet, perfumed aroma with a woody or smoky flavor. Pure Vanilla Extract has a similar aroma. Vanilla Beans are the long, greenish-yellow seed pods of the tropical orchid plant, Vanilla planifolia. Before the plant flowers, the pods are picked, unripe, and cured until they're dark brown. The process takes up to six months.
- 1 ea
Cinnamon (stick) - (omitted from calculations)
Cinnamon (stick)
Cinnamon is the dried bark of various laurel trees in the cinnamomun family. One of the more common trees from which Cinnamon is derived is the cassia. Ground cinnamon is perhaps the most common baking spice. Cinnamon sticks are made from long pieces of bark that are rolled, pressed, and dried.
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Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Used commercially for several classic American ales. This strain ferments dry, finishes soft, smooth and dean, and is very well balanced.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: B - Robust Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.061 | 1.048 - 1.065 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 1.012 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 31.5 SRM | 22 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.2% ABV | 4.8% - 6.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 39.0 IBU | 25 - 50 |
Discussion
Nice and Thick!
2011-12-12 12:34pm
My brother and I brewed this beer about a month and a half ago. It turned out great! Great taste and very thick. We'll definitely brew this one again.
question
2011-12-12 7:42pm
Recipe looks really good. When did you add the vanilla bean and cinnamon? Also how did you prepare the vanilla bean? Thanks
Answer to Brew Time's question.
2011-12-13 2:11pm
We actually doubled the vanilla bean and cinnamon stick. We used 2 whole vanilla beans & 1 cinnamon stick in the carboy. We then added the same when we moved it to the secondary fermenter after about a week. Just slit the vanilla beans and bring them and the cinnamon stick to a boil in a small amount of water and add them (but not the water). We also added one ground up nutmeg to the primary, if you want to go that route.
