Spotted Tongue Chocolate Porter 2
Robust Porter • All Grain • 5.5 gal
1st time trying chocolate rye, someone gave me a pound at the Barley Engineers meeting.
August 6, 2011 am 11:41am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 11 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 10L Malt; Briess
Munich 10L Malt; Briess
Robust malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Adds a pronounced malty flavor without adding non-fermentables or affecting foam. • Small amounts added to the grist will improve the malty flavor and give a richer color to low gravity brews. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .5 lbs
Pale Chocolate; Crisp
Pale Chocolate; Crisp
Roasted coffee flavor.
- .5 lbs
Chocolate Rye Malt; Weyermann®
Chocolate Rye Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown top-quality rye (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Carefully and evenly roasted rye malt. Enhances deep opacity, aroma, and creaminess of dark ales. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Dark ales
- .5 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
- .5 lbs
Oats Flaked
Oats Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 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.
- 3 oz
Cocoa Powder - (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.
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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. Cocoa powder added 5 minutes before end of boil. Oats toasted at 350 till slightly browned.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: B - Robust Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.055 | 1.048 - 1.065 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.012 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 25.5 SRM | 22 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.5% ABV | 4.8% - 6.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 28.3 IBU | 25 - 50 |
