Gonna brew a big, mean porter tommorow

[Ó Flannagáin]

I decided I can't brew my hobbit ale for a couple more weeks because I have to age my home toasted malts. I have a big starter of british 005 ale yeast going right now, so I'm gonna make a porter. Here's a quick idea followed by my current stock. Any suggestions? I haven't brewed a porter in ages. I think my first AG was the only porter I've done.


BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Proud Honey Porter
Brewer: Christopher John Flannagan
Asst Brewer:
Style: Robust Porter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.41 gal
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 40.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 66.67 %
1.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 12.50 %
0.75 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 6.25 %
0.75 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 6.25 %
0.50 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 4.17 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4.17 %
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.10 %] (60 min) Hops 13.4 IBU
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 14.7 IBU
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (10 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.10 %] (1 min) Hops 0.3 IBU
1 Pkgs British Ale (White Labs #WLP005) [Starter Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 12.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
45 min Mash In Add 15.00 qt of water at 170.5 F 158.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 6.00 qt of water at 196.6 F 168.0 F


Current Stock:

marris otter malt
munich
cara vienne
cara munich
special b
black patent
chocolate malt
roasted barley (that's out of the question)
crystal 40 and 120
a little carared
a little biscuit
honey malt

fuggles
EKG
styrian
Galena
Chinook
Cascade
saaz
brewer's gold
challenger
summit
simcoe
vanguard
marynka

[Ó Flannagáin]

Welp, brew went ok. Hit about 1.052 with over 6 gallons, so I got around 65% efficiency which is pretty bad. But, still gonna be a good beer.

[cnbudz]

I like that recipe and I've been doing a lot of porters lately. I think I'll have to brew this soon. Now, to track down some fuggles and EKG...

[sanders5x]

sounds delicious, now that its butt ass cold outside, i am thinking of doing a lager

[Ó Flannagáin]

I want to do a schwarzbeir so bad, but I don't trust the weather to stay appropriate outside for the whole fermentation. I need a chamber where I can control the temp.

[Ó Flannagáin]

Just pulled one of these for the first time last night... eh, not too happy with it. It's a fine beer, real easy to drink and quite tasty, but more of a brown than a porter. It's just too thin. Ended around 1.015 and I wish it was 1.020-22. I mashed it wayyyy too low because of laziness and not wanting to bring it up to a higher temp. I think it was around 150F. OH well, it's still a good beer, but I wanted something a bit chewier.