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Kenny's Chocolate Porter

Kenny's Chocolate Porter

Robust Porter • Extract • 5 gal

Kenny

My first attempt at a chocolate porter. Simple enough.

February 19, 2003 am 10:08am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .5 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

    Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.

  • .75 lbs English Chocolate Malt

    English Chocolate Malt

    Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.

  • 6 lbs Dry Light Extract

    Dry Light Extract

    White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.

  • 1 oz Northern Brewer - 8.0 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.

  • .5 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • 4 oz Ghirardelli unsweetened chocolate - (omitted from calculations)

    Ghirardelli unsweetened chocolate

  • 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

Heat grains 30 min @ 160. Bring to boil, add DME and NB. Boil 30 min. Add Chocolate, boil 20 min. Add Fuggle, boil 10 min. 7 day primary. 10 day secondary. Prime w/ DME

Style (BJCP)

Category: 12 - Porter

Subcategory: B - Robust Porter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.058 1.048 - 1.065
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.012 - 1.016
Color: 28.5 SRM 22 - 35
Alcohol: 5.8% ABV 4.8% - 6.5%
Bitterness: 29.3 IBU 25 - 50

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