Thanks!
How successful/manageable would a double sach rest be if I do infusion mashes in my picnic cooler? It might be difficult to accommodate that much water if I have a protein rest, 2 sach rests and a MO.
I am having trouble wrapping my head around multi-rest mash schedules when using adjuncts.
I know that malted barley and flaked adjuncts do not need a cereal mash. I know that an acid rest is usually not necessary for pH purposes but might help in brews with high amounts of adjuncts...
I second that - the yeast might be your only ingredient you need to replace but it would definitely be worth it to do so.
As for your grains and hops, they should be fine provided they have been stored in a cool dry place. I actually have an old extract kit in my closet that was bought almost 2...
Thanks for the advice! I think I am going to use all of the bourbon in the secondary and discard the used beans and chips. I'll let you all know how it turns out!
Correction: I used 2 oz of oak chips- it was late last night and I was drinking the bourbon I used :)
Anyway, the beans were plump and juicy and smelled delicious. I think there should be some great flavor from that. Just worried about the volume of bourbon (5oz). My concern is that if I use...
So I recently brewed a spin-off of the popular Denny Conn's bourbon vanilla imperial porter as a partial extract/grain 5 gallon batch. It is currently in the primary fermentation bucket. I just made my vanilla bean / oak chip / bourbon concoction in a separate container to add to the beer when...