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Lagugan Vanilla Bean Porter

Lagugan Vanilla Bean Porter

Robust Porter • All Grain • 10 gal

bullelk338

Black Butte Porter Clone with Vanilla Bean and Magnum hops vice Galena. 2nd yeast will be WLP 039. Brewwed June 16.

August 16, 2007 pm 07:58pm

4.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain10 gal)

  • 18 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 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 2 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • 1 lbs American Black Patent

    American Black Patent

    Provides color and sharp flavor in stouts and porters.

  • 1 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

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

  • 1.00 oz Magnum - 13.9 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • 1.00 oz Cascade - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1.00 oz Tettnanger - 4.3 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • .2 oz 2 grated vanilla beans added to last 10 of boil - (omitted from calculations)

    2 grated vanilla beans added to last 10 of boil

  • White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    Dry, malty ale yeast. Provides a complex, oakey ester character to your beer. Hop bitterness comes through well. This yeast is well suited for classic British pale ales, bitters, and stouts. Does not flocculate as much as WLP002 and WLP005.

Notes

Rest at 140 F for about 15 minutes. Mash at 153F for 60 Minutes. Nottingham Ale Yeast Yields more nutty flavor, London ale yeast produces a good coffee flavor. Vanilla hints were ever so slight.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 12 - Porter

Subcategory: B - Robust Porter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.056 1.048 - 1.065
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.012 - 1.016
Color: 31.1 SRM 22 - 35
Alcohol: 5.9% ABV 4.8% - 6.5%
Bitterness: 42.2 IBU 25 - 50

Discussion

bullelk338

Very Close on both sides

2007-09-11 7:47pm

A bit more coffee flavor than Black Butte, with the Platinum series Nottingham (SP?) yeast providing a more nutty, mellow flavor.

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