Lazy Iguana Colonial Honey Porter
Brown Porter • Extract • 10 gal
Ignore how this recipe plots out. It's an old colonial recipe that's turned out to be one of the best porters I've ever tasted.
August 1, 2009 am 08:35am
Ingredients (Extract, 10 gal)
- 1.5 lbs
Munich Malt
Munich Malt
Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles
- 2 lbs
Crystal Malt 20°L
Crystal Malt 20°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- 0.8 lbs
British Black Patent
British Black Patent
Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.
- 0.4 lbs
Chocolate Wheat Malt
Chocolate Wheat Malt
Intensifies aroma; improves color. For dark ales, alt, dark wheat, stout and porter.
- 12 lbs
Dry Light; Muntons
Dry Light; Muntons
Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.
- 2 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 2 oz
Cluster - 7.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cluster
Used for bittering and flavor qualities in light and dark American lagers. Aroma is very floral.
- 0.75 oz
Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- 0.75 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
-
Wyeast 1028 London Ale™
Wyeast 1028 London Ale™
Rich with a dry finish, minerally profile, bold and crisp, with some fruitiness.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 12 - Porter
Subcategory: A - Brown Porter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.070 | 1.040 - 1.052 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.016 | 1.008 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 23.9 SRM | 20 - 30 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.1% ABV | 4% - 5.4% | |
| Bitterness: | 33.4 IBU | 18 - 35 |
Discussion
First prize in the 2009 Dominion Cup
2009-10-31 3:09pm
This recipe won first prize in the 2009 Dominion Cup category of specialty beers.
