Tried to reproduce Atwater Vanilla Java Porter
David Moore shared a recipe on Hopville.com called Batch 13 Vintage Hills Imperial Coffee Vanilla Porter.
Used coffee beans rather than grounds or cold brew, but found that the vanilla is plenty
Use Madagascar vanilla beans. Cut in half, scrap beans, and chop the pod. I have simply added the beans to the secondary and soaked the beans in bourbon before adding to the secondary. Found just adding the beans left a better taste.
Trying Nottingham yeast (dry) -or- Chico yeast 1056, OYL-004
STEEP DARK GRAINS
Black Patent Malt
Chocolate Rye
Chocolate Malt
Total Weight 1.81 lbs + 0.5 quart/lbs absoption = 4.5 quarts H20 = 9.4 lbs of H20
MASH GRAIN BILL WEIGHT 14.64 lbs
Water Weight 8.33 lbs/gallon: 9 gallons = 75 lbs; 8.5 gallongs = 70.8 lbs; 8 gallons = 67 lbs