RobboMC
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Over Xmas my kitchen building will be completed and I am planning what to brew in it to celebrate. I've seen in the fancy bottle shop some 'Grand Porter' labelled at 8.5%abv. So that's what I want to make.
So here's the plan, considering I can only mash up to 2 kg and boil 10 litres with my current gear.
Volume 25 litres
1 can Muntons Nut Brown Ale
1 can Muntons Yorkshire Bitter
1 can Coopers Dark Liquid malt
1 kg Brew Enhancer 2
300g Brown Sugar
500g Medium Crystal grain
500g Munich grain
500g Pale Grain
250g Brown grain
50g Fuggles ( 25g @ 10 min, 25 g at 5 min )
50g Goldings ( 20g @ 15 min, 15g @ 10 min, 15g dry )
English Ale yeast X 2
estimated abv - 8.5%
The idea is the kit cans will carry enough bitterness and the added hops are mostly for flavour and aroma.
Has anyone else made a Porter this strong with ale yeast?
Yes it's going to be a big beer, but it's a big celebration after finding rat and cockroach nests and water affected walls behind the old kitchen cupboards and stripping the whole room back to bare timber.
So here's the plan, considering I can only mash up to 2 kg and boil 10 litres with my current gear.
Volume 25 litres
1 can Muntons Nut Brown Ale
1 can Muntons Yorkshire Bitter
1 can Coopers Dark Liquid malt
1 kg Brew Enhancer 2
300g Brown Sugar
500g Medium Crystal grain
500g Munich grain
500g Pale Grain
250g Brown grain
50g Fuggles ( 25g @ 10 min, 25 g at 5 min )
50g Goldings ( 20g @ 15 min, 15g @ 10 min, 15g dry )
English Ale yeast X 2
estimated abv - 8.5%
The idea is the kit cans will carry enough bitterness and the added hops are mostly for flavour and aroma.
Has anyone else made a Porter this strong with ale yeast?
Yes it's going to be a big beer, but it's a big celebration after finding rat and cockroach nests and water affected walls behind the old kitchen cupboards and stripping the whole room back to bare timber.