Mint Porter
Brown Porter • Extract • 5 gal
brewing to keep the mint from taking over the yard...
April 21, 2007 am 12:38am
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 1/2 lbs
Crystal Malt 80°L
Crystal Malt 80°L
Body and Richness. Distictive Nutty flavor and or sweet, smooth caramel flavor and a red to deep red color. For porters, old ales.
- 1/8 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 3/8 lbs
American 2-row
American 2-row
Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt
- 1/2 lbs
American Chocolate Malt
American Chocolate Malt
Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.
- 6 lbs
Liquid Light Extract
Liquid Light Extract
A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 1/8 lbs
Barley Flaked
Barley Flaked
Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.
- 1/2 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.
- 1/4 oz
Perle - 8.2 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- 1/4 oz
Perle - 8.2 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- 1 oz
PINT mint leaves - (omitted from calculations)
PINT mint leaves
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White Labs WLP002 English Ale
White Labs WLP002 English Ale
A classic ESB strain from one of England's largest independent breweries. This yeast is best suited for English style ales including milds, bitters, porters, and English style stouts. This yeast will leave a beer very clear, and will leave some residual s
Notes
Steep mint in 1 pint warm water and add at end of fermentation. Let sit for a week before bottling.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: A - Brown Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.049 | 1.040 - 1.052 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 1.008 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 21.6 SRM | 20 - 30 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.9% ABV | 4% - 5.4% | |
| Bitterness: | 21.6 IBU | 18 - 35 |
