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I'm making an Xmas brew. So far so good with the primary fermentation (this is my 4th beer so no worries there). It's an ale brewed with 2.5 lbs of grains and dry malt extract (only 8 AAU hops). I've bought the following ingredients for secondary fermentation:

  • madigascar bourbon vanilla beans
  • whole nutmeg
  • cinnamon sticks
  • 2oz oak wood chips (which have been soaking in bourbon for a week)

My batch is 5 gallons. What amounts of each of these ingredients should I place in the secondary to ensure that they don't overpower the beer? And how should I prepare each item for secondary? I read something about "scraping the vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks" - what does that mean?

Beer stats:

  • OG 1.054
  • FG 1.014
  • IBUs 20-25
  • SRM ~10

I'm making an Xmas brew. So far so good with the primary fermentation (this is my 4th beer so no worries there). It's an ale brewed with 2.5 lbs of grains and dry malt extract (only 8 AAU hops). I've bought the following ingredients for secondary fermentation:

  • madigascar bourbon vanilla beans
  • whole nutmeg
  • cinnamon sticks
  • 2oz oak wood chips (which have been soaking in bourbon for a week)

My batch is 5 gallons. What amounts of each of these ingredients should I place in the secondary to ensure that they don't overpower the beer? And how should I prepare each item for secondary? I read something about "scraping the vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks" - what does that mean?

I'm making an Xmas brew. So far so good with the primary fermentation (this is my 4th beer so no worries there). It's an ale brewed with 2.5 lbs of grains and dry malt extract (only 8 AAU hops). I've bought the following ingredients for secondary fermentation:

  • madigascar bourbon vanilla beans
  • whole nutmeg
  • cinnamon sticks
  • 2oz oak wood chips (which have been soaking in bourbon for a week)

My batch is 5 gallons. What amounts of each of these ingredients should I place in the secondary to ensure that they don't overpower the beer? And how should I prepare each item for secondary? I read something about "scraping the vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks" - what does that mean?

Beer stats:

  • OG 1.054
  • FG 1.014
  • IBUs 20-25
  • SRM ~10
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Haney
Haney
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Xmas Brew Ingredients

I'm making an Xmas brew. So far so good with the primary fermentation (this is my 4th beer so no worries there). It's an ale brewed with 2.5 lbs of grains and dry malt extract (only 8 AAU hops). I've bought the following ingredients for secondary fermentation:

  • madigascar bourbon vanilla beans
  • whole nutmeg
  • cinnamon sticks
  • 2oz oak wood chips (which have been soaking in bourbon for a week)

My batch is 5 gallons. What amounts of each of these ingredients should I place in the secondary to ensure that they don't overpower the beer? And how should I prepare each item for secondary? I read something about "scraping the vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks" - what does that mean?