Bourbon beer idea 👍

[Alside101]

Right i have an idea for a bourbon beer just thought id put it out there and see what you loverly people think. About a year ago i got an airstill and made some souther comfort like spirit from a small bottle of essance and it wasn't far off the real thing since then i have done ciders and started brewing bitter and ale kits and the otherday i went to my local B&M and bought a bottle of bourbon beer and a bottle for rum beer i really liked them and it hit me, why not use a essance in a ale kit see what comes out. I thought about just putting a bottle of jack daniels in a keg of ale bit id like to drink more than 2 pints and not end up a dribbling mess

Any thoughts on this?

 

[stevey]

Why not just add a shot of JD to your beer and see what its like. I'm guessing it ain't that nice, as I haven't seen anyone order a john smiths and Jd in the pub.

 

[Racinsnake]

You've never had a bottle of Dead crow then :drunk:

 

[Halfacrem]

All the spirit infused beers I've had have come from barrel ageing. Can you get whisky infused oak chips from old casks and infuse your beer with those? I would say that would be a better route, otherwise just pour yourself a chaser ;-)

 

[MyQul]

There's a receipe for bourbon vanilla beer in greg hughes' book. It's only £3 on Amazon if you want to buy it and there's plenty of other fantastic receipes

 

[DoctorMick]

There's a receipe for bourbon vanilla beer in greg hughes' book. It's only £3 on Amazon if you want to buy it and there's plenty of other fantastic receipes

Yep, stout isn't it? It's on my list of ones to try.

 

[MyQul]

Yep, stout isn't it? It's on my list of ones to try.

Yes it's the stout. I wasn't at home when I posted that earlier. Just looked at the receipe and it simple says for 23L add 400ml "just before bottling". So I think you could do that with any ale. Just put 400ml in a bottling bucket. Rack your beer on top of it then just bottle as normal