Misc addition
Vanilla Bean
Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.
- Type
- Spice
- Added at
- secondary
- Form
- solid
- Formula
- n/a
- Concentration
- sold as the pure compound
- Typical dose
- 1–2 beans per 20 L of beer
- Timing
- Split and steeped in the conditioning beer for about a week, tasting as it goes.
Before you use it
Boiling destroys the aroma, so this belongs in the fermenter. Split the pod, scrape the seeds and soak everything in a little neutral spirit first — it both sanitizes and pulls out far more flavor.
Description
Split pods added on the cold side lend a creamy sweetness and round out roast and alcohol. Almost obligatory in imperial stouts and a common partner to coffee or cacao.