Pumpkin Porter
Robust Porter • Extract • 5 gal
Light on the pumpkin, heavy on the Nutmeg. A huge hit with everyone. Easy drinking, nutty, spicy.
January 9, 2012 pm 03:47pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 0.20 lbs
Belgian Biscuit
Belgian Biscuit
Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.
- 0.42 lbs
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Adds a nutty flavor, Brown Ales
- 0.91 lbs
American Caramel 10°L
American Caramel 10°L
This malt is light in color with a sweet caramel flavor. It is a great malt for light lagers and ales.
- 0.22 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 7.00 lbs
Liquid Dark Extract
Liquid Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- 0.5 oz
Columbus - 15.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Columbus
Used mainly for bittering with some flavor qualities as well. Aroma is pleasant.
- 0.50 oz
Fuggle - 4.8 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.
- 0.50 oz
Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
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Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Used commercially for several classic American ales. This strain ferments dry, finishes soft, smooth and dean, and is very well balanced.
Notes
Pumpkin - can: 1 @ 15min, 1 @ flameout Cinnamon - 1.5tsp Ground Ginger - 1.5tsp Nutmeg - 1.5tsp Alspice - 1.5tsp
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: B - Robust Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.057 | 1.048 - 1.065 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 1.012 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 27.8 SRM | 22 - 35 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.6% ABV | 4.8% - 6.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 40.6 IBU | 25 - 50 |
Discussion
Spiced porter
2012-01-11 4:15pm
Next time may add more pumpkin to the fermenter, but overall, this was a great nutty porter on the front end with a lingering nutmeg after taste.
