Greetings---I brewed a 7.5 gallon stout split into 2 car boys (5 gallon in one 2.5 in other). I plan on adding a habanero tincture to my 5 gallon batch. The habaneros are currently soaking in 2 airplane bottles of vodka (4oz). Does anybody have a recommendation of how much of the liquid extract to put in? I plan on starting small, trying it and going from there. However, if anybody has recommendations I'm open to hear them. Cheers and BrewOn!!
Since you're doing a tincture, I'd go with your original idea and add it at bottling/kegging time to taste.
I've dosed a 6oz sample and scaled up with consistent success. But that only works when you have a really good idea of your total volume. Otherwise, dose the total and taste as you go. If you have the time, wait a few hours between dosing and sampling.
I normally add just enough to cover whatever adjunct I'm throwing in. It's normally between 3-5 ounces. In your case, I think it matters a lot on how many habaneros you're resting in the tincture. Add half and then taste? However, I think you'll end up having to add about 5 ounces of the tincture. I would toss the habanero into the beer as well.
Great ideas. Add half as much as you think you need at first. Dose it up as you need to. While @VikeMan has a good idea in that you can add this as late as the keg or bottle, (or even to each glass of beer you pour), I prefer to add things like this to late primary or secondary. I like to see what the addition is doing to the full batch before I lock it down with crown caps. I don't want to stir the beer, and taking a taste or two off the top is less disturbing than mad scientisting over the top of a bottling bucket for 15 minutes. It's totally up to you, and both methods should work well. Prost!
