Comments on: Viennese Spiced Porter http://thedailyhomebrew.com/2010/10/14/viennese-spiced-porter/ The Daily Homebrew is a blog about beer, craftbeer and the process of homebrewing. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:11:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris http://thedailyhomebrew.com/2010/10/14/viennese-spiced-porter/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Chris Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:24:45 +0000 http://thedailyhomebrew.com/?p=12#comment-4 I used just enough to cover the vanilla beans completely. In this case it was about 100ml of vodka. The high alcohol of the vodka pulls the flavors of the vanilla bean out much better than the beer could. In essence I had created a fresh vanilla extract. You could use any liquor, however, vodka adds little to no flavors to the beer once added. I poured all the vanilla beans and vodka into the secondary. I used just enough to cover the vanilla beans completely. In this case it was about 100ml of vodka.

The high alcohol of the vodka pulls the flavors of the vanilla bean out much better than the beer could. In essence I had created a fresh vanilla extract.

You could use any liquor, however, vodka adds little to no flavors to the beer once added. I poured all the vanilla beans and vodka into the secondary.

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