Denny's BVIP Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter (5 Gal)

All Grain Recipe

Submitted By: farr0095 (Shared)
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Brewer: Shannon
Batch Size: 5.00 gal	Style: Specialty Beer (23A)
Boil Size: 6.85 gal	Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 43.0 SRM	Equipment: Keggle and Cooler (5 Gal/19 L) - All Grain
Bitterness: 32.1 IBUs	Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.092 (22.1° P)	Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Est FG: 1.026 SG (6.6° P)	Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 8.8%	Taste Rating: 30.0

Ingredients
Amount	Name	Type	#
11 lbs	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	1
2 lbs 8.00 oz	Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)	Grain	2
1 lbs 8.00 oz	Brown Malt (65.0 SRM)	Grain	3
1 lbs 4.00 oz	Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)	Grain	4
1 lbs	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)	Grain	5
1 lbs	Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)	Grain	6
0.70 oz	Magnum [14.0%] - Boil 60 min	Hops	7
0.37 oz	Goldings, East Kent [5.0%] - Boil 60 min	Hops	8
0.25 tsp	Irish Moss (Boil 10 min)	Misc	9
1.0 pkgs	Denny's Favorite (Wyeast Labs #1450)	Yeast	10
2.00 items	Vanilla Bean (Secondary 0 min)	Misc	11
1.50 cup	Bourbon (Bottling 0 min)	Misc	12

Notes

For secondary, get 2 fresh, good quality vanilla beans...they're expensive, but get the best you can find. Spilt them lengthwise and scrape the seeds out of the pod. Chop the pod into a few pieces and add all the seed gunk and pods to secondary. Rack the beer on top of them. Taste after a week or so to see how the vanilla flavor develops. Let it get a little stronger than you think it should be since it's the first thing to fade in the beer. At bottling time, before adding priming sugar, pour several measured samples (2 or 4 oz.) of the beer and add a measured amount of Bourbon (I used Beam Black) to each sample. Taste and decide which one has the level of bourbon that suits your taste. Extrapolate that up to your full batch size and add to bottling bucket. I used the equivalent of 10 ml./pint. Yeah, I know, mixed measurements... Estimated O.G. 1.084, F.G. Should be around 1.026. SRM 45.2, IBU 32.5

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