I had same issue (I referred to the trub as a milkshake). I bottle 2 weekends ago and just tried one after 1 week in bottle. It was very light with a lot of residue at bottom of bottle. it had a fairly good pop when opening (used 4oz of prime sugar). The end result was a thin light beer with...
I just added the bourbon, oak, n vanilla bean this weekend. The oak was sitting in 8 oz of bourbon for 1 month. The vanilla bean in another jar for about 2 weeks. After placing the oak and bean in my secondary, I remeasured the bourbon and had to add another 2.5oz of fresh spirt to make the full...
Brewed this over the weekend. The roasted sorghum had a real nice aroma to the partial mash. I did try to strain this and like I was warned, wouldn't flow through even a large strainer. Consistency of a McDonald's milk shake. Sitting in primary waiting...
Where did you purchase the sorghum? Was it malted? I can not find sorghum grain anywhere other then in my neighborhood grocery store. Is this the same, hence why it is roasted?
So I plan on brewing the NB BBP this weekend. I'm more of a scotch guy vs. a bourbon guy so I did some research and picked up some Jefferson's Kentucky bourbon. I stayed away from Beam products because of the heavy oak aging they already submit their bourbon to. I believe this may be why some...