Partial Porter Recipe

[DrewCarey82]

Guys.

Ripped this off from a way older thread and have tweaked according to peoples suggestions.

Can you's advise please?

1.5g traditional ale
500g dark Munich
250g Crystal
250g chocolate Malt
100g of Amber Malt
200g of Wheat Malt
1.7kg of Amber malt extract

All mashed at 66 deg for 1 hour in 10l water
Rinse grains with another 9L 100 degrees.

Adding 1.7kg of Amber Malt Extract to boil about 15 mins b4 end.

50g goldings in at 50 min, then 25g at 10 min before end.

 

[GMK]

I would up the chocolate malt to 250 and drop the roasted Malt down to 50gms

Hope this helps

 

[DrewCarey82]

Any advice helps GMK, I am after advice on everything to my procedure that I've stated to the recipe.

I'll amend the original as people advise.

Cheers.

 

[Josh]

I wouldn't have two late additions of hops. I'd keep the 10 minute addition and lose the flameout one.

I also don't use any roasted barley in my porters. Other people do, it's up to the brewer.

It's all about experimenting. Why not do your original recipe anyway? Your way may end up with a great beer.

BTW be sure not to have your pot on the heat when you're adding the LME. I did this once and burned half of the malt onto the bottom of the pot.

 

[DrewCarey82]

True but like I said recipe was rather dated....

Plus I am interested in all the little pearls of wisdom from people.

 

[Ash in Perth]

according to promash, that would yeild a gravoty of about 1.040 which is quite low and it would not be very dark (assuming its a 23L batch with light LME)

What colour LME is it? If you used amber or dark it should be closer to what you would want.

I would suggest at least a least 1.5kg of ale malt to get it up around 1.050 so you get about 5% alcohol.

With that amount of grain, 10L mash is way too much aswell. about 4-4.5L of water is good for a 1.5kg mash. basically you want 2.5-3L of water per kg of grain.

Ash

 

[DrewCarey82]

Thanks Ash.

Have amended it.

Would you be able to tell me what you come up with now?

 

[Ash in Perth]

That looks good. the gravity will be about 1.048@70% efficiency, you should be able to get a litle higher than this, depending on you equipment.

Colour and bitterness (assuming about 4% aa goldings) are in the middle of their ranges for a brown porter which is about right to match the mid range gravity.

Ash

 

[Ash in Perth]

the unhopped extract comes in 1.5kg cans usually. are you using a hopped or unhopped extract?

 

[DrewCarey82]

Not to sure I'll just be getting the ones of Northern Brewers website and it doesnt specify.

Does it make a big dif?

 

[Ash in Perth]

if its hopped it will impart bitterness into your beer. if it is you wont need the bittering hops, or as much. ask the people you buy it off when u get it.

 

[DrewCarey82]

Guys would a Saf-Ale US56 go alright with this? Or would Saf-Ale S04 go better?

I dont feel big enough to go for liquid yeasts yet.

Cheers.

 

[Steve]

Guys would a Saf-Ale US56 go alright with this? Or would Saf-Ale S04 go better?

I dont feel big enough to go for liquid yeasts yet.

Cheers.

.....go the US56

 

[DrewCarey82]

Also when do peoples reckon its best to add the amber liquid malt? As in @ what point of the boil?

Cheers.

 

[Steve]

Also when do peoples reckon its best to add the amber liquid malt? As in @ what point of the boil?

Cheers.

with about 10-15 mins to go....

 

[DrewCarey82]

Ended up getting a 1.048 as my OG for 23 litres.

So rather happy with 4.8% next time might do to 22 litres to get the OG up a little but brew went well and was much easier with my new digital scales.

Cant wait to get my thermometer this week.

 

[Josh]

What did the recipe end up looking like?

 

[DrewCarey82]

Pretty dark, very nice aroma was quite happy with the result I have to say. Used the one that I ended up posting.

Just gotta decide what to do this w/end with the stocks that I have I cant really decide.

Not to sure if I should go what I've previously done or a new batch.

Got about
12kg of JW Ale malt
0.75kg of JW Choc malt
0.75kg of JW Crystal malt
0.5kg of JW Dark Munich malt
1.5kg of JW Wheat Malt.
0.7kg of JW Amber Malt.
And a US56 dried yeast. - Just gotta grab malt.

Am thinking of maybe a Just a simple ale with a dash of crystal for some easy drinking....

Hows that Cervaza going?

 

[DarkFaerytale]

would wyeast 1084 go allright with this recipie?

 

[jayse]

1084 will work reasonbly well almost any other ale yeast will work well enough aswsell. My fave porters so far have been with 1028 and 1098, either of those would easily be my pick out of what I have used in porters so far.


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