A MUST Brew Beer! - Vanilla Porter Brew Day

[@georgeanglin4038]

made notes. Second time through. Ready to brew this on saturday

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Awesome! It's sooo good!! Let me know if you have questions along the way, and more importantly, let me know how it turns out! 🍻

[@GREEENZO]

Looks great! Also, it's really refreshing to see some old school homebrewers using cooler mash tuns and propane like me!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

I'm not changing anytime soon. I have friends with SS brew tanks and stainless everything and I make awesome beer out of Rubbermaid containers haha. More than one way to make great beer and I prefer cheap and easy! Thanks man 🍻

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

Sounds like a great recipe!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Thanks, It is really good. Solid beer with a very nice vanilla flavor from the beans in 5 days. I am going to do a follow up video on how it turned out. 🍻

[@RandRBrewwork]

Hey Dennis, Just wanted you to know that I jump the gun on this Porter recipe and brewing this beer on Sunday. Going to do a Hazelnut/Vanilla/Coffee Porter! Keep up the good work!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Nice! That sounds good. I like hazelnut porters too. Sounds delicious! 🍺

[@pnwliving9523]

Great stuff

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Thanks 🍻

[@ronbrown5722]

Got this puppy rolling in the Brewzilla as I right this..smells amazing..any problem putting this in a Fermzilla all rounder for the total fermentation adding the vanilla beans after 5-7 days

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Nice! Let me know how it turns out!! 🍻

[@ronbrown5722]

Turned out amazing.... think I'm going to bit another one down actually.... I love my dark beers any time of yr

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Nice! That's awesome! 🍻

[@raymondluna4975]

Just brewed this one today let's see how it comes out! 😎

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yum.... You're gonna love it. 💚🍻

[@samuelmann3257]

So you sanitize the vanilla but not the bag? Just curious.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yes, I sanitize the bag with star san prior to putting the vanilla in it. The vanilla tincture is because you can't use star san on the vanilla.

[@kestutisrukas6922]

Hi, Did i alone didnt find water profile ??

[@alfreddenny9200]

I am planning to brew your Vanilla Porter recipe in a couple of weeks. I have two questions. What was your batch size for this brew? I am thinking of trying a different yeast strain like WY1056 or WLP004. Do you think these are suitable for this recipe? Thanks for your video content. You have helped me navigate my first few brews as a new home brewer.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

it was a 6 gallon batch, so you may need to scale down if only doing 5 gallons. Both of those yeast strains would be just fine. I chose to go with a cleaner ale yeast just because I want the chocolate malt and vanilla to be the forward flavors. The two you listed are also clean Ale yeasts but they can have some fruitier flavors depending on fermentation temperature. It might turn out amazing though.. So I always encourage people to try different yeast, especially if you haven't used it before! Or on the other hand, it may not change the flavor that much at all... So I think you're safe to use either one really. At the end of the day, you'll still make a great drinkable beer! 🍻

[@alfreddenny9200]

I pulled my first draft off of the keg, and this is an amazing beer. The vanilla is very subtle and would like like a pronounced vanilla flavor profile in the future, but the chocolate notes are spot on. Thanks for the advice!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

I have found that it depends on the vanilla beans that you get. Using only two beans, my flavor was strong for the first few days. You can always add more for a few days in the keg to add more flavor if you like, just make sure to use a bag with fishing line or dental floss to pull after a day or two. 🍻