Too late for a Porter?

[peekaboo_jones]

It's cold and wet in Melbourne and I should have had a porter ready to drink but I haven't been organised.
Oh well, I put this down July 2.

King Brown Porter - 22L batch size

Coopers English Bitter
Coopers Amber malt 1.5kg
500g Caramalt (steeped)
200g Dark Brown Sugar
30g Fuggles, 10g Azacca, 10g Cascade @ 5 mins & 10 mins steep

OG = 1055

Fermenting at house ambient temp with US-05 (thought I had Nottingham but didnt).
Will dry hop with something, not sure yet. Maybe 10g each of the above…

I'm thinking now that I should have left out the dark brown sugar.

 

[Lethaldog]

I was the same and put an all grain choc vanilla Porter in just over a week ago but then thought by the time I get to drink it ya da ya da probably should have done it a few months ago [emoji23][emoji23]

But it's never too late for a Porter [emoji39][emoji2]

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Yes, it is never to late for Porter

 

[Jens-Kristian]

A good porter works anytime! Yours looks great, Peekaboo.

I always do the same thing; I tend to brew according to what I feel like having, which means I'm always a few months out of sync with what I actually have. Oh well, good beer is good beer anytime.

 

[manticle]

I'd drink porter in every season.

As long as it's delicious.

**** whether it's too late for a porter. Ask yourself 'is it too early for a porter'?

If you're out of bed, answer is 'probably not'.

For your recipe, I would have dropped your caramalt by half and steeped something slightly roast like choc in there. I like a blend of roasts in mine - just judiciously balanced.

 

[peekaboo_jones]

I'd drink porter in every season.

As long as it's delicious.

**** whether it's too late for a porter. Ask yourself 'is it too early for a porter'?

If yoy're out of bed, answer is 'probably not'.

For your recipe, I would have dropped your caramalt by half and steeped something slightly roast like choc in there. I like a blend of roasts in mine - just judiciously balanced.

Fair call manticle! and agreed, Sir!
Great advice, next time round I'll tweak it with a blend of spec malts.
Cheers

 

[LAGERFRENZY]

Been inspired to do a similar brew today sans the brown sugar and with Fuggles, Challenger and EKG as the hops. If I lower the Caramalt down to 250 grams would say 50 grams of the Roast Chocolate provide a decent sort of balance?

 

[Coodgee]

It's not too late to add some chocolate malt. I think the beer would be better for it. Right now it will probably turn out more like an american amber ale. Also it's always cold in Melbourne so i don't think you are too late.

 

[wereprawn]

Been inspired to do a similar brew today sans the brown sugar and with Fuggles, Challenger and EKG as the hops. If I lower the Caramalt down to 250 grams would say 50 grams of the Roast Chocolate provide a decent sort of balance?

100g will give a nice mild choc/roast flavour although I've used up to 400g in a 20 ltr batch and it turned out very nice. As Manticle said, a mix of darker spec malts is the go. Things like caraaroma, caramunich, brown malt and carared in conjunction with,but not all in the same beer at once, the choc, have worked well for my tastes.

 

[Danscraftbeer]

Good time to brew them with lager yeast. Store them for next winter. That way you could think its getting in early.

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

It is too early for a porter. I made mine early (to account for surgery meaning no brewing) and between the occasional tipple, the Mrs using the porter for making various beer based stews (so losing bottles to non-drinking attrition), I'm out of Porter now and I want something malty to drink and have none of my own.

'Twere a 50/50 split coffee vanilla porter, brewed on Belgian Abbaye yeast or overpitched Notto. Both beers got better with time but really happy with the Belgian after a couple of months.

So, to answer Mants' question - yes, there is such thing as too early for a porter.

 

[AJS2154]

The concensus is that the time is always perfect for a porter....no arguments from me on that score. Just to throw an idea at you regarding winter brewed dark beer. Schwarzbier!

I love schwarzbier, am about to make another this weekend. There is a cracking recipe in Classic Brewing Styles. Willing to share if you PM me.

Cheers, Anthony

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

One of my old Porter's


Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 23.50 Wort Size (L): 23.50
Total Grain (kg): 5.06
Anticipated OG: 1.052 Plato: 12.83
Anticipated EBC: 67.0
Anticipated IBU: 38.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 77 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes




Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
39.5 2.00 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 1.038 7
47.4 2.40 kg. Weyermann Munich II Germany 1.038 24
5.1 0.26 kg. TF Crystal UK 1.034 135
2.0 0.10 kg. Weyermann Carafa Special II Germany 1.036 1100
4.4 0.22 kg. TF Chocolate Malt UK 1.033 940
1.6 0.08 kg. TF Black Malt UK 1.033 1270

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.00 g. POR Pellet 9.00 5.8 50 min.
15.00 g. Sticklebraet Pellet 12.40 25.8 60 min.
21.00 g. Willamette Pellet 4.30 4.2 20 min.
22.00 g. Willamette Pellet 4.30 2.2 5 min.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

And another


Batch Size (L): 22.00 Wort Size (L): 22.00
Total Grain (kg): 4.70
Anticipated OG: 1.052 Plato: 12.74
Anticipated EBC: 63.8
Anticipated IBU: 43.7
Brewhouse Efficiency: 78 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
76.6 3.60 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 1.038 7
9.6 0.45 kg. Weyermann Caraaroma Germany 1.034 350
7.4 0.35 kg. JWM Chocolate Malt Australia 1.032 750
6.4 0.30 kg. JWM Caramalt Australia 1.036 56

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20.00 g. Sticklebraet Pellet 11.90 35.3 60 min.
20.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 6.45 6.4 20 min.
10.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 6.45 1.9 10 min.

 

[manticle]

OP is kit/extract DS

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

OP is kit/extract DS

He needs to kick that habit

 

[niftinev]

never too late for a porter, prob my favourite beer along with stout

drinking one made september last year and it's frickin delish :chug:

 

[peekaboo_jones]

He needs to kick that habit

In due course I'll be moving to AG. Currently time poor, even extract is generally after 9pm on a weekend.
You guys are great, given me spark to do another partial mash
Time to get a ball valve for my 35L techni-ice esky

 

[panzerd18]

And I'm fermenting a lager in the dead of winter!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

And I'm fermenting a lager in the dead of winter!

Fool

Should be doing Scottish Ales in winter