Beam Flavoured Beer!

[j1gsaw]

HI Gang.
I have just came up with a recipe (over a few beers)

This is my next weird or wonderful creation.
Im a fan of bourbon, so i got to thinking, i wonder if i could make a bourbon flavoured beer?
Im thinking an ale, possibly a Coopers prem sparkling can, plus dex/glucose, hop bag, maybe some malt annnd....
a packet of Jim beam flavoured wood chips...
I figure i could either boil the wood chips in with the hops!?!? Or just seal the chips in a small panti-hose satchel etc.
Then let them both merrily float around in the fermenter.

The concern i have is... i dont want a decent brew coming out with a ordinary stale bourbon smell /flavour. But i reckon if i keep the chips to a minimum, or such as to only just flavour slightly, it should be A - OK.

Has anyone done this? Keen to hear some thoughts... :icon_drunk:

 

[Frank]

Have not done what you are suggesting. But am thinking of a porter with a Bourbon (distill extract) added to the ferment. Not much Bourbon flavour will come through from the oak alone.

 

[FreemanDC]

have you ever mixed bourbon and beer in a glass ?
i did once , barffed everywhere.

Apart from that, i would say boil the wood chips and then put them in the ferm to sanitize first.

 

[rclemmett]

I would say sober up and think about it again................

These guys do an oak ale. Its got oak chip that you add to the fermenter. I made once..... It wasn't my cup of beer.
http://www.countrybrewer.com.au/category96_1.htm

 

[flattop]

There is a European beer called Adelscott that is based on a malt whiskey.
One stubbie is nice, really nice.
Two stubbies and i've had enough, the flavour is overpowering.
The concept is good but it may be a special occasion beer, one that you bring out on a saturday night.
I certainly couldn't stomach it every day.

 

[Pumpy]

Franko did one with Vanilla bean pods soaked in Bourbon .

it was Awesome .!!

It was only a delicate flavour,

the trick is not to go overboard .


Pumpy

 

[jonocarroll]

Hmmm.... Beam flavoured beer, eh? ... :icon_vomit: x100

Personal taste I guess.

If you're after a known beer along those lines, give this a go (Woo! Unibroue!). Beautiful balance between flavours. Someone's probably got something resembling a recipe.

 

[Franko]

Franko did one with Vanilla bean pods soaked in Bourbon .

it was Awesome .!!

It was only a delicate flavour,

the trick is not to go overboard .


Pumpy

Trick is to make a porter after fermentation then soak 2 vanilla beans in 250-300mls bourbon then dump it into a keg
Franko

 

[Franko]

Your best choice is to add Wild Turkey it tastes a whole lot better than beam in a porter
Franko

 

[Pumpy]

Your best choice is to add Wild Turkey it tastes a whole lot better than beam in a porter
Franko

That was it 'Wild Turkey Vanilla Bourbon Porter' It was great

Pumpy

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Rather Wild Turkey

Jim beam is the VB of Bourbon :icon_vomit:

And Woodstock is the West End equiv

 

[j1gsaw]

Jee, i dunno, BOOKERS bourbon is mighty fine.. at around 100$ a bottle it should be too!

 

[devo]

bourbon flavoured beer..... <_< I suggest you let yer taste buds grow up son.

 

[barls]

i dont know i had a bourbon barrel ale while in the states. it was pretty damn good. it was a cross red/ american ale aged in used barrels from a certain distillery.
im going to give it a go when i get a chance.

 

[boingk]

I also made the Oak Ale that Rob2 was referring to. First mouthful was weird. Second not so bad. Third onwards was good. I'd suggest anyone using the kit to maybe only use half the amount of chips provided to avoid overpowering oak flavours.

- boingk

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

http://www.brew365.com/beer_dennys_bourbon...illa_porter.php

 

[andrewl]

I'd personally be doing a darker beer than a sparkling ale... more suited to the bourbon flavour...
And the addition of the vanilla sounds quite good as well

 

[LexP]

Barrel aging beer is big in the states atm with loads of the breweries aging beers in bourborn, scotch, and wine barrels for added complexity.
Generally the beers are >6% and often darker (porters and stouts)

Give it a go man!

 

[SJW]

I did this years ago and it was great.

#25 Imperial Vanilla Bourbon Porter
Robust Porter


Type: All Grain
Date: 24/08/2005
Batch Size: 26.00 L
Brewer: Stephen Wright
Boil Size: 31.86 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 75 min Equipment: My Gear
Taste Rating(out of 50): 0.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6000.00 gm Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain 61.22 %
1500.00 gm Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 15.31 %
1000.00 gm Brown Malt (128.1 EBC) Grain 10.20 %
1000.00 gm Caramunich I (Weyermann) (100.5 EBC) Grain 10.20 %
300.00 gm Chocolate Malt Light(Thomas Fawcett) (475.0 EBC) Grain 3.06 %
40.00 gm Chinook [12.00 %] (60 min) Hops 35.1 IBU
30.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.087 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.084 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.022 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.021 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.52 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 8.25 %
Bitterness: 38.7 IBU Calories: 820 cal/l
Est Color: 54.0 EBC Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 9800.00 gm
Sparge Water: 18.56 L Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 22.2 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Single Infusion, Light Body Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 23.11 L of water at 71.9 C 65.0 C



Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Volumes of CO2: 2.2
Pressure/Weight: 139.7 gm Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 20.0 C Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 11.1 C

Notes

After primary, slit open 3 vanilla beans, scrape the insides, chop the pods into quarters, add to secondary and rack onto vanilla. Rack for 10-14 days. Prime with 95g Dex. & 10mls per pint of Jim Beam. (375ml bottle)
Needs higher carbonation!

 

[reviled]

I did a Bourbon Porter with about 500mls of Jim Beam Black Label, an espresso coffee shot, and 1 tsp vanilla essence into secondary..

Its really really tasty! I like a bourbon every now and then, but a nice rich malty porter with bourbon is ace! I got the recipe off of Screwtop and tweaked it due to lack of local ingrediants...

But as mentioned above, definately something I dont have all that often, just crack one on special occassions...