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boxingbanana · 09-30-2012, 10:52 PM

Hey folk, new to the forums. I am looking to try my first all-grain brew soon. After looking at a few suggestions over the internet, I've put a recipe together for an Anchor Porter clone and like some input:

11lbs 4 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US
13 oz Chocolate Malt
12 oz caramel/crystal Malt- 60L
6.0 oz Cara-Pills
4.0 oz Black (patent) Malt
1 oz Roasted Barley

.47 oz Northern Brewer (first wort addition)
.47 oz Cascade (45 min)

1 Wyeast 1272

I have the est. o.g at 1.069; IBU at 20; color at 35.2

How does it look?

Thanks!

strambo · 10-01-2012, 04:14 AM

I haven't had Anchor Porter...your recipe looks like it will make a good Porter though! The Cascades @ 45 min won't add any flavor at all, I'd just get all the IBUs from the NBs, simpler that way. Save the Cascades for a Pale Ale or an IPA. I like to use NB hops in my Porters and typically do a 60 min addition and a small addition at 20 mins for between 20-26 total IBUs.

**FarmerTed** · 10-01-2012, 12:16 PM

I thought the porter was all Northern Brewer; I'd ditch cascades as well.

boxingbanana · 10-01-2012, 03:22 PM

Thanks everyone. I'll ditch the cascades and replace them with Northern Brewer. Should I still plan for a 45min addition of NB or wait for a much later hop addition?

strambo · 10-02-2012, 02:46 AM

45 min additions serve no purpose. Anything under 20 won't add much if any flavor (and zero aroma), just bitterness, but be less efficient at bittering than a 60 min addition. 60 mins for bittering. 20 mins for flavor (some like 15), 5 mins for aroma (or at flameout.)

Personally for Porters I either just do a 60 min addition and that's it (not caring about any hop aroma or flavor), or I may do a small 20 min addition to get just a tad bit of hop flavor. IPAs are a whole 'nuther story. For those I do a small 60 minute addition, then slam it with hops from 20 minutes down to flameout, then dryhop.

**DromJohn** · 10-02-2012, 10:04 PM

AHS was spot on in a side by side test, the most accurate clone I've tasted. While I used White Labs California Ale WLP001, AHS's alternative is Wyeast American Ale 1056.