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Molasses Porter

Molasses Porter

Brown Porter • Extract • 5 gal

BrewBros

incredible molasses porter, quick boil and quick to final product too!

January 16, 2008 am 11:21am

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 0.50 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

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

  • 0.25 lbs Weyermann CaraAroma®; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraAroma®; Weyermann

    Amber Ale, Dunkel Lager, Dark Ale, Stout, Porter, Bock Beer

  • 0.25 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.

  • 0.25 lbs British Black Patent

    British Black Patent

    Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.

  • 4.375 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.

  • 0.50 lbs Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 0.19 lbs Molasses

    Molasses

    Imparts strong sweet flavor. Use in stouts and porters.

  • 1.00 oz Warrior® - 18.0 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Warrior®

    New hop with much potential. Very stable.

  • 1.00 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • 1.00 oz Willamette - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • Wyeast 1056 American Ale™

    Wyeast 1056 American Ale™

    Used commercially for several classic American ales. This strain ferments dry, finishes soft, smooth and dean, and is very well balanced.

Notes

slowly been aquiring these ingredients, now I know why this sounds good. Keep your boil down to 20 minutes and use filtered water from your fridge or distilled water if you use DME or LME. CaraAroma was actually the Franco-Belges Kiln Coffee Malt of about the same Lovibond (150-180L). I highly recomend this malt for porter! Warrior hops were also Summit hops. I know: such a waste of a strong hop in a 20 minute boil, but the short boil is essential when using Extract. The final product was incredible! The guys I brew with and the gals loved this one! I used 3/4 cup priming sugar, and that was too much. Next time, only will use 1/2 cup or maybe I didn't wait until final gravity was reached. I plan on re-doing this one in record time. I usually just move on, but this one is one of my favorite in almost 2 years of brewing! It also is such a quick one to make using DME instead of all-grain.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 12 - Porter

Subcategory: A - Brown Porter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.040 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 23.8 SRM 20 - 30
Alcohol: 5.0% ABV 4% - 5.4%
Bitterness: 37.2 IBU 18 - 35

Discussion

BrewBros

this recipe won a silver...

2008-03-07 9:25pm

silver in the porter category at the Peterson AFB Home Bew fest in 2008. The guy who beat me won best in show, so I at least lost to a good beer!

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