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Spotted Tongue Chocolate Porter 2

Spotted Tongue Chocolate Porter 2

Robust Porter • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Homebrewer Stan

1st time trying chocolate rye, someone gave me a pound at the Barley Engineers meeting.

August 6, 2011 am 11:41am

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 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.

  • 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

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