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Spiced Holiday Brown Porter 1.5

Spiced Holiday Brown Porter 1.5

Brown Porter • Extract • 5 gal

akueck

Spiced holiday beer, a revision.

February 27, 2007 pm 11:40pm

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 0.5 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.

  • 0.5 lbs English Brown Malt

    English Brown Malt

    Imparts a dry, biscuit flavor. Used in nut brown ales, porters and some Belgian ales.

  • 0.5 lbs British Crystal 55°L

    British Crystal 55°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, adds mouthfeel and head retention. For pale or amber ales.

  • 4.25 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.

  • 0.5 lbs Maple Syrup

    Maple Syrup

    Imparts a dry, woodsy flavor if used in the boil. If beer is bottled with it, it gives it a smooth sweet, maple taste. Use in maple ales, pale ales, brown ales and porters.

  • 1 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 0.25 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 tsp spices, 10 mins - (omitted from calculations)

    spices, 10 mins

  • 1.5 tbsp cocoa powder, 10 min - (omitted from calculations)

    cocoa powder, 10 min

  • 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

Steep grains ~30 mins at 150-155ºF. Spices: add 1 tsp each allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sweet paprika along with 1.5 tbsp cocoa powder at 10 mins. Add 1/2 tsp each nutmeg, allspice, cocoa at flameout. Add the maple syrup at flameout. Recommend aging for at least 3 months before consumption to let the spices fully integrate. Brew very early in the fall to drink for the winter holidays.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 12 - Porter

Subcategory: A - Brown Porter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.047 1.040 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 23.3 SRM 20 - 30
Alcohol: 4.7% ABV 4% - 5.4%
Bitterness: 25.4 IBU 18 - 35

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