Overview
Info: 5 gallon extract recipe from the Cat's Meow
Brewed: March 3, 2004
Bottled: March 17, 2004
OG: not measured
FG: not measured
ABV: ?



Ingredients
Grains
  • 4 oz. Roasted Barley
  • 4 oz. Black Patent Malt
  • 0.75 lb. Chocolate Malt
  • 0.75 lb. Belgian Special B
  • 4 oz. Belgian CaraMunich
Extracts
  • 7 lbs. Dark Extract
Hops
  • Bittering: 1 oz. Cascade
  • Flavor: 0.5 oz. Cascade
  • Aroma: 0.5 oz. Cascade
Yeast
  • Wyeast Irish Ale 1084
Miscellaneous
  • 4 tbsp. Vanilla Extract



Brewing Notes
Grains steeped for 15 minutes at 170F. 60 minute, ~3 gallon boil. All hops were in pellet form. Flavor hops added with 20 minutes remaining in the boil. Aroma hops added with 5 minutes remaining in the boil. 2 tbsp. vanilla added to the primary fermenter when the yeast was pitched. Upon racking to the secondary, the vanilla flavor was gone, so I added another 2 tbsp vanilla extract to the secondary. (The original recipe called for only 2 tbsp.) In the end, that disappeared as well, hence the name. Next time, maybe add more extract to the secondary, or try vanilla beans.