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Aaron's Holiday Brown Porter
Brown Porter • Extract • 1.5 gal
a spiced porter for the holidays
July 9, 2006 am 01:17am
4.5/5.0 1 rating
Ingredients (Extract, 1.5 gal)
- 0.125 lbs
American Black Patent
American Black Patent
Provides color and sharp flavor in stouts and porters.
- 0.125 lbs
American Chocolate Malt
American Chocolate Malt
Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.
- 0.25 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- 0.83 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.
- 0.625 lbs
Dry Dark Extract
Dry Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- 0.25 oz
Saaz - 4.4 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- 1 tsp
spices - (omitted from calculations)
spices
- 1 tsp
cocoa powder - (omitted from calculations)
cocoa powder
-
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
The grains were rinsed and removed when the water reached 165ºF. Spices: 1/4 tsp each allspice, cinnamon, sweet paprika, and fresh grated nutmeg. With cocoa powder, boiled 10 minutes. Also added 1/4 tsp nutmeg and a small pinch of cocoa at flameout. This batch was pitched onto the yeast cake of my last batch (ESB) and fermentation began immediately. OG = 1.050.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: A - Brown Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.050 | 1.040 - 1.052 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.008 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 27.1 SRM | 20 - 30 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.0% ABV | 4% - 5.4% | |
| Bitterness: | 19.0 IBU | 18 - 35 | |
Discussion
bottled, waiting for winter (haha)
2006-07-16 3:49pm
Bottled yesterday. FG = 1.015 The spice taste was at a good level, so far as I could tell. Mostly I could taste the cinnamon, which tasted a little woody. We'll see how it turns out when carbonated.
Dry Extract & Hops
2006-09-25 4:16am
This beer looks interesting. I have two quick questions: 1. I do not have access to dry extract. What would you reccommend I use of liquid extracts? 2. I am curious as to why you've chosen Saaz hops. I am tempted to add Fuggles, but I would really like to know your reasoning for the Saaz before I change the recipe any. Thanks for the recipe - I look forward to hearing more about how this turned out!
Nice, but needs more spice
2006-10-15 1:24am
This turned out well. It's a light porter with a hint of spices. I would prefer a bit more spice to make up for the lack of hops flavor. I will probably add 50% more spices next time and also add a pinch of flavor hops.
response to your questions
2006-10-15 1:28am
Liquid extract is fine. I used leftover dry in this recipe. I usually add 20% more liquid extract (that would mean 1 lb light and 3/4 lb dark). You could use all light or some light, some amber/dark. You should get enough color from the grains, though you can add more dark grain if you want to use all light extract. I chose Saaz because 1) I had it on hand and 2) it's not very bitter so it wouldn't overshadow the spices. Fuggles would also be a good choice.
excellent beer
2007-01-01 9:23pm
Tried this one again for the holidays. Everything is perfect now, the spices are in balance with the hops and malt, the carbonation is good, it is super. I might add a touch more cocoa at flameout, but that is all I would change at this point. Too bad there are only a few bottles left.
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