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Spotted Tongue Porter

Spotted Tongue Porter

Brown Porter • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Homebrewer Stan

Using pale chocolate malt and chocolate wheat malt.

June 25, 2011 pm 07:43pm

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 10 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 1 lbs Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®

    Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Dark, Stout

  • 0.75 lbs Chocolate Wheat Malt; Weyermann®

    Chocolate Wheat Malt; Weyermann®

    German-grown top-quality wheat (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Processed slowly and thoroughly by our drum process. Evenly roasted, coffee-brown, aromatic kernels. Adds deep-opaque color and complex flavors to very dark ales. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% Suitability (beer styles): Ales only: Dunkelweizen, Altbier, specialty ales

  • 0.75 lbs Pale Chocolate; Crisp

    Pale Chocolate; Crisp

    Roasted coffee flavor.

  • 0.25 lbs Weyermann Carafa® II; Weyermann

    Weyermann Carafa® II; Weyermann

    Carafa I, II and III also are available de-husked. Adds aroma, color and body.

  • 0.4 oz Target - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Target

    Used for its robust bittering ability in British ales and lagers. Aroma is quite intense.

  • 0.4 oz Target - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Target

    Used for its robust bittering ability in British ales and lagers. Aroma is quite intense.

  • 2.7 oz Cocoa Powder - added at end of boil (omitted from calculations)

    Cocoa Powder

    Cocoa powder is made when chocolate liquor is pressed to remove three quarters of its cocoa butter. The remaining cocoa solids are processed to make fine unsweetened cocoa powder.Tastes very bitter and gives a deep chocolate flavor.

  • White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    This yeast is a little more attenuative than WLP002. Like most English strains, this yeast produces malty beers. Excellent for all English style ales including bitter, pale ale, porter, and brown ale.

Notes

SS infusion mash @ 150

Style (BJCP)

Category: 12 - Porter

Subcategory: A - Brown Porter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.040 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 28.3 SRM 20 - 30
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV 4% - 5.4%
Bitterness: 28.8 IBU 18 - 35

Discussion

Homebrewer Stan

Nice chocolate porter

2011-07-16 12:45pm

This turned out really good, great chocolate character.

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