Maple syrup

[junior1]

If anyone interested morrisons had good maple syrup for a £1 love to use this in my maple syrup and bourbon porter View attachment uploadfromtaptalk1454093010598.jpg

 

[wfr42]

Good spot - thanks.

The maple and bourbon porter sounds awesome, have you already shared the recipe? ;-)

 

[Notlaw]

Bourbon and maple sounds absolutely incredible. That recipe would be great.

Bourbon is my favourite spirit by a mile (Kentucky bourbon, not that Tennessee rubbish), I have several in cabinet and would love to get my favourite into a beer too.

 

[Sonnal]

I make a mean dessert with bourbon and maple syrup. Half a banana lengthwise. Add to melted butter in a small frying pan and heat through. Flambé in bourbon and add a splosh of maple syrup. Wait til the syrup bubbles and caramelises a bit and serve with vanilla ice cream. Yum.

 

[Motorhomebrew]

I make a mean dessert with bourbon and maple syrup. Half a banana lengthwise. Add to melted butter in a small frying pan and heat through. Flambé in bourbon and add a splosh of maple syrup. Wait til the syrup bubbles and caramelises a bit and serve with vanilla ice cream. Yum.

Now that sounds lush. A nice pint to accompany that dessert. Awesome

 

[junior1]

Ok guys a bit sober now.
I made this from an online recipe but it was AG homebrew which I hadn't done yet and didn't have all the equipment so I did it my way.
I used 1tin of porter extract
3kg Munich malt grain
1kg chocolate malt
1kg medium DME
20gm Northern brewer hops
180ml maple syrup b grade
Quarter bottle of bourbon soaked in wood chips (pre soak for a week)
Yeast wyeast 1028 London ale
The batch is 23 ltr 40pints
I boiled 16 liters water on stove (I had a stainless steel trivit in bottom of the pot to keep the grains in the muslin bag from scorching the grains
Once water boiled I put my grains in a muslin bag and boiled for 50 mins.
I then added my porter extract and stirred in well.
Then I added DME again stirring in well
Hops added and boiled for 15 mins and then 30 mins later I poured in my maple syrup.
Boiled for a further 15 mins and I poured my liquid into my fermenter typing up to 23ltrs, yes I know it was still a bit hot. I then put in my ice bath till the temperature came down to 20 degrees . I rolled the contents in my fermenter till it was well oxygenated. Pitching my yeast and stirring in well.
After it stopped fermenting I added my bourbon soaked wood chips and left them for about a week. When I began to bottle I had to use a nylon mesh bag to catch any chips from going in bottles.
And as any brewers knows we are ment to leave for a good few weeks till it conditions. But being noisy I opened a bottle after 10 days to see how it was carbonation was doing OMG the smell, taste and the head all the way down to the last sip was amazing.
I made this brew 4 months ago and I've been keeping 6 bottles from each brew I have done to keep for a year hopefully to see if it tastes better. I've had the odd bottle now and again and I must say I'm well chuffed and so are some of my friends who keep wanting more.
Oops sorry ment to mention it's ABV turned out at 6.3

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