I am going to try a variation on this, by making a base unflavored brown ale and then adding bananas, vanilla, rum, to the secondary.
What do you mean unflavored Brown ale
I am going to try a variation on this, by making a base unflavored brown ale and then adding bananas, vanilla, rum, to the secondary.
What do you mean unflavored Brown ale
I bottled this up the other night and had an extra half bottle so I forded carbed it to get a sneak peak. It tastes pretty good. I did this as per the original recipe but only 2.5 gallons and used three pounds of bananas. Thus far I find the rum to be a bit hot and the banana to be be a touch faint. Hopefully the rum mellows a bit with time, but I think this is going to be a fine tasting beer.
tx-brewer said:It does, this ages very nicely, stash a couple bottles or a 6 pack for a couple months if you can
I brewed last Saturday an the og was 1.073. Checked it today when going to secondary with bananas.........1.010! ABV 8.3... Tastes great? I had the vanilla beans in the Sailor Jerry for a month. Anyone have an idea how much the abv will go up do to the rum?
i don't believe you'll be able to tell whether or not his math worked via a gravity reading, because by adding the rum you've gone off the predicted path. calculating ABV by looking at the difference between OG and FG works only if you don't add other sources of fermentable or alcohol. the reading you will get may not be indicative of 8.8% alcohol.So I will have to check the gravity again when I pull it off the bananas and I'll let you know if your math worked.
I believe changing yeast may help that; ESB 1968 has medium attenuation, and produces very clear beer.
Gonna make an extract version of this (small atlanta apartment, etc, etc.) and was wondering a bit about the conversion. Orig Recipe is:
10.00 lbs 71.43 % Briess 2-Row Brewers Malt 60 mins 1.037
1.00 lbs 7.14 % Oats, Flaked 60 mins 1.037
2.00 lbs 14.29 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L 60 mins 1.035
1.00 lbs 7.14 % Briess Corn, Flaked, Yellow 60 mins 1.039
Was going to go with 6lbs Golden Light LME and for the other grains, I usually steep them for 30 minutes around 150, do I need to do something different here? Is there a point of adding oats and corn if they are not mashed? It's listed at 60 minutes so could I toss them in a hop bag and let them dangle in the boil the whole time with the hops on the other side? I always though mashing was like a 30 minute thing so I might be a little off here. Thanks in advance!
Edit: Just found the partial mash post in here. So you mash for 60 minutes, sparge and start the boil, pouring the sparge water back in. Might make this leap then. Was going to try a Mr. Beer 2 gallon size batch of this but looks like i may just go all out.
You wanna mash the oats and corn. I would make a bigger batch if you can. This recipe is good and it gets even better after a few months in the bottle. You don't wanna drink your last bottles when its just hitting its prime
I wouldn't brew this again, at least not currently.
Banana I feel and everyone else who has tried it has said is too prevelent. The only person who has relaly enjoyed it is someone who doesn't like beer usually.
I brewed it back on 9/18.
I just took it out of my kegerator to let sit for another month or two in hopes it gets to where I want to drink it over most anything else I have.
I wouldn't classify it as a bad recipe or bad beer, just not something I would choose to make again nor suggest to others to make. I love banana also. Oh well, to each their own I guess.
What would you do differently? 3 lbs of banana?
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