I was thinking of brewing something for the new presidency. Depending upon your political persuasion, you will either be celebrating or drowning your sorrows with this beer. The base recipe was adapted from a fruit beer recipe in Palmer & Zainasheff's "Brewing Classic Styles," but it could be classified as a flavored robust porter. "White House Cherry" is a classic ice cream flavor of vanilla ice cream with bits of marachino cherries in it. I couldn't find any 'cherry vanilla porter' recipes online or in books, yet because of the polical winds of change, this one seems like a natural....."one for the books," as they say....
OG-1064
FG-? (still fermenting)
Boil-60min
Fermentables-
11.75lbs American 2-row malt
1.5lbs Munich malt
1lb Crystal (40L)
0.75lbs choc malt
0.5lbs black patent malt
Mash for 1 hour at 154'F
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Hops- Kent Goldings 4.8%AA, 1.6oz (60min)
Yeast- White Labs WLP001 California Ale (make a starter)
1 Whirlfloc tablet (15min)
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Extras- Sweet cherry puree, 3lb can
Five vanilla beans, sliced lengthwise then cut into 1/2" pieces and covered in bourbon for 2-3 days.
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Ferment at around 65-67'F. When primary fermentation winds down, rack to secondary fermenter on top of the Extras. Give about 2-3 more weeks in the secondary. I'll update the recipe after it's finished and tasted!!
