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Date: 08 Oct 2006 07:32:23
From: Melville
Subject: Vanilla Oatmeal Stout
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I am thinking of making my usual all-grain oatmeal stout and then
adding a scored vanilla bean to the secondary. What do you all think
of this? Has anyone else tried it? Will the oil from the bean (and
oats) cause the beer to have no foam?
I just want the slightest vanilla taste. Is one bean too little or too
much?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a bit timid about adding
"strange" stuff to my homebrew, but the vanilla/oatmeal combo sounds
pretty good.
Thanks,
M
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Date: 08 Oct 2006 16:26:21
From: Duke
Subject: Re: Vanilla Oatmeal Stout
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"Melville" <separ@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:1160317943.230355.13390@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>I am thinking of making my usual all-grain oatmeal stout and then
> adding a scored vanilla bean to the secondary. What do you all think
> of this? Has anyone else tried it? Will the oil from the bean (and
> oats) cause the beer to have no foam?
>
> I just want the slightest vanilla taste. Is one bean too little or too
> much?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a bit timid about adding
> "strange" stuff to my homebrew, but the vanilla/oatmeal combo sounds
> pretty good.
>
> Thanks,
>
> M
>
I add two vanilla beans to my stout, in secondary, and usually age for about
2 months. This usually gives me the desired affect of just a slight taste
of the vanilla. I just cut the beans into 1/2" pieces, soak them in a 1/2
cup of bourbon (or whatever I have on hand) for a bit and then dump it all
into the stout.
Good luck,
Duke
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Date: 08 Oct 2006 15:54:23
From: Adam Preble
Subject: Re: Vanilla Oatmeal Stout
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Melville wrote:
> I am thinking of making my usual all-grain oatmeal stout and then
> adding a scored vanilla bean to the secondary. What do you all think
> of this? Has anyone else tried it? Will the oil from the bean (and
> oats) cause the beer to have no foam?
I have put vanilla in a pumpkie pie ale once. It had no detrimental
effect on the head.
> I just want the slightest vanilla taste. Is one bean too little or too
> much?
That's tricky because I've seen single vanilla beans that are roughly
twice the size of others. I think I used to 5" beans in the pumpkin
beer without much change. I'm trying to add vanilla to a stout now and
have aged it for over a month already with a single 8" bean; I cannot
pull out its contribution when I test it. I did a mead with 3 6" beans
and it was certainly present there. Mind that I was aging for a very
short amount of time, so I added a little extra to get the flavor quicker.
My own experience suggests a single bean is a waste of $5 or whatever
they cost you.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a bit timid about adding
> "strange" stuff to my homebrew, but the vanilla/oatmeal combo sounds
> pretty good.
If you can wait a month, I'm tossing another bean in the oatmeal stout
today. I think the best results came from grinding up the bean in a
coffee grinder with a touch of sugar. The sugar keeps the grinder from
making sounds like it's about to explode.
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