Mason Dixon Porter
Robust Porter • All Grain • 5 gal
Adding 5oz of roasted pecans to the mash. Mash @ 159 60min.
August 23, 2011 pm 02:27pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 11 lbs
Maris Otter Pale
Maris Otter Pale
An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.
- 0.75 lbs
Chocolate Malt; Breiss
Chocolate Malt; Breiss
Rich roasted coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Chocolate Malt is used in all beer styles for color adjustment with minor or no flavor contribution. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout Beer. • The chocolate flavor is very complementary when used in higher percentages in Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts and other Dark Beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 0.75 lbs
Crystal 60; Crisp
Crystal 60; Crisp
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- 0.5 lbs
Roasted Barley; Briess
Roasted Barley; Briess
Intensely bitter coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Use 3-7% for coffee flavor in Porter and Stout • Use 2-5% in Nut Brown Ales. • Use Chocolate Malt or Black Malt in combination with Roasted Barley to obtain desired color. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 2 lbs
Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup
Imparts a dry, woodsy flavor if used in the boil. If beer is bottled with it, it gives it a smooth sweet, maple taste. Use in maple ales, pale ales, brown ales and porters.
- 1 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.6 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 0.5 oz
Fuggle - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- 0.5 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
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Wyeast 1028 London Ale™
Wyeast 1028 London Ale™
Rich with a dry finish, minerally profile, bold and crisp, with some fruitiness.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: B - Robust Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.078 | 1.048 - 1.065 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.018 | 1.012 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 29.1 SRM | 22 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.9% ABV | 4.8% - 6.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 43.1 IBU | 25 - 50 |
Discussion
Brewed 8/24/2011
2011-08-25 8:46am
SG 1.070 Boiled 6gal down to 5 and 1gal down to .5gal with pecans in it.
Bottle/Keg
2011-09-08 8:43am
Bottled 12 500ml bottles and kegged the rest. FG 1.019
