Port(er) in a Storm
Brown Porter • Extract • 5 gal
Shooting for a brown porter with American hop characteristics.
August 27, 2011 pm 06:33pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- .50 lbs
American Chocolate Malt
American Chocolate Malt
Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.
- .25 lbs
Black Roasted Barley
Black Roasted Barley
Unmalted roasted grain, it is the backbone of many stouts. Imparts a sharp acrid flavor characteristic of dry stouts. Gives "dryness" to a stout or porter ,more so than regular Roasted Barley.
- 1.00 lbs
American Caramel 80°L
American Caramel 80°L
Mild caramel,nutty flavor, sweet. adds color(Red Ale)
- .50 lbs
Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting
Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting
Features: Unique and very special Belgian malt. Lightly kilned, then lightly torrefied up to 160°C. Usage: All special beers and as well for English ales, brown ales and porters. Recommended proportion: up to 15% of the grist. Characteristics: Biscuit malt produces a very pronounced "toasty" finish in the beer. Imparts a warm bread and biscuit like aroma and flavour. Biscuit Malt promotes a light to medium warm brown colour to the mash. This malt is used to improve the roasted flavour and aroma that characterize ales and lagers lending the subtle properties of black and chocolate malts. No enzymes. Must be mashed with malts having a surplus of diastatic power.
- 6 lbs
Liquid Amber Extract
Liquid Amber Extract
Amber is used predominantly in the production of medium-colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters.
- 1.25 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- .75 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 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.
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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.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: A - Brown Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.052 | 1.040 - 1.052 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.008 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 26.6 SRM | 20 - 30 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.2% ABV | 4% - 5.4% | |
| Bitterness: | 35.2 IBU | 18 - 35 |
