I am going to brew a 5 gallon pale ale batch. After primary fermentation I am going to age one gallon on vanilla beans. One gallon will get pure vanilla extract at bottling time. The remaining three will just be bottled as a pale ale. Going for a toasty, earthy pale ale with not a lot of sweetness (until i add the vanilla in). Grains: 6 lbs of Light Dry Extract 2 lbs of 2-row .75 lbs Crystal 40 .75 lbs Aromatic Malt .5 lbs Carapils .25 lbs Biscuit Hops: .3 oz Chinook (13%) at 60 .5 oz Glacier (5.6%) at 60 .5 oz Nugget (13%) at 25 1 oz Nugget (13%) at 5 Yeast: American Ale II Wyeast 1272 Any thoughts on how much vanilla extract to use for one gallon at bottling time?
Maybe 1/2 an ounce for a gallon of pale ale. There won't be any sweetness from vanilla extract though. Odd that you're using 2-row and DME. if you're mashing anyhow, why not do all grain?
