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Portly Malter

Portly Malter

Brown Porter • All Grain • 5.5 gal

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Brewed in October, drank the last one last night and it was still getting better... oh well. This is one I would definitely brew again (w/o protein rest)

January 3, 2007 pm 12:58pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 8 lbs Maris Otter Pale

    Maris Otter Pale

    An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.

  • 1 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.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Biscuit

    Belgian Biscuit

    Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.

  • .5 lbs Honey Malt

    Honey Malt

    Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Munich

    Belgian Munich

    Used to increase malt aroma and body with slightly more color.

  • 1 oz Styrian Goldings - 5.2 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • 1 oz Czech Saaz - 3.5 AA% whole; boiled 20 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 1 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • 1.5 tsp Gypsum - (omitted from calculations)

    Gypsum

  • Wyeast 1335 British Ale II™

    Wyeast 1335 British Ale II™

    Typical of British and Canadian ale fermentation profile with good flocculating and malty flavor characteristics, crisp finish, clean, fairly dry.

Notes

I brewed this all-grain recipe back in October and it turned out fantastic despite some hiccups. I used my 6 gal kettle w/propane heater for mashing with the following schedule: MashIn 90F (20 min), Protein Rest 122F (20 min), Sacc Rest 152F (60 min), MashOut 176F (10 min), Sparge with 178F water (~90min) - I would eliminate the protein rest next time and have since changed my lauter tun to <hopefully> improve lauter run-off rate. I boiled wort in 10gal kettle for 90 minutes. I was targeting a malty porter and that is just what I got but the head is Very thin. I have also since started using the pH5.2 buffer and have seen a huge jump in mash efficiency in other recipes. One last note is that I messed up when I bought the hops (intended for a Belgian Blonde) but they worked out great - they were significantly lower than the default alpha levels

Style (BJCP)

Category: 12 - Porter

Subcategory: A - Brown Porter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.047 1.040 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 27.5 SRM 20 - 30
Alcohol: 4.9% ABV 4% - 5.4%
Bitterness: 29.7 IBU 18 - 35

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