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Bridgeport Porter

Bridgeport Porter

Robust Porter • Extract • 5 gal

Recipe from BYO (Dec. 2001)

December 13, 2001 am 02:46am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1/2 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 3/4 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.

  • 6.6 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 lbs Dry Amber; Muntons

    Dry Amber; Muntons

    Used predominantly in the production of medium-colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters.

  • .67 oz Magnum - 13.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • 1 oz East Kent Goldings - 3.7 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • Wyeast 1318 London Ale III™

    Wyeast 1318 London Ale III™

    From traditional London brewery with great malt and hop profile. True top cropping strain, fruity, very light, soft balanced palate, finishes slightly sweet.

Notes

Steep crushed chocolate malt and roasted black barley in 3 gallons of water at 150 deg. for 30 min. Remove grains from wort, add malt syrup and dry malt extract to wort, and return to a boil. Add Magnum hops and boil for 60 minutes. add Golding hops for the last 5 minutes of the boil. When done boiling, strain out hops, and add wort to 2 gallons, pre-boiled, cooled water in sanitary fermenter, and top off with pre-boiled cool water to 5.5 gallons. Cool the wort to 80 deg., aerate the wort and pitch your yeast. Allow beer to cool over next few hours to 68 deg. to 70 deg., and ferment for 7 to 10 days or until specific gravity reading stays constant. Bottle beer, age for at least 3 weeks for full flavor and enjoy!

Style (BJCP)

Category: 12 - Porter

Subcategory: B - Robust Porter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.060 1.048 - 1.065
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.012 - 1.016
Color: 30.7 SRM 22 - 35
Alcohol: 6.1% ABV 4.8% - 6.5%
Bitterness: 36.9 IBU 25 - 50

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