Brewsmith

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Here's the nuts and bolts of another smoked porter I'm making for some friends. This is off the top of my head, so I can't remember the exact hop amounts.

9.5 lbs. 2-row
2.5 lbs. Rauch Malt
0.75 lbs. Crystal 150
0.75 lbs. Chocolate Malt
0.5 lbs. Black Patent Malt

Target 90 min ~ 40 IBU
Willamette 20 min ~ 8 IBU

White Labs WLP-007 Dry English Ale

OG: 1.066
SRM: 40

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Up the smoke, IMHO. In a recipe I based mine off of, the entire base malt was smoked.

FWIW, I used 5 lbs. of base malt (roughly 50% of the base grist) and I thought it could have used more smoke. My bro-in-law adored that beer.

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disaffected

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Are there any commercial brews from which I could get an idea of what a smoked beer tastes like? It sounds interesting, just nothing I've ever heard of before. But I figure since I like the smokey-tasting Islay signle malt whiskies so much, I might like a smokey beer too.

Dude

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I'd start with Alaskan Smoked Porter if you can get it. That is the benchmark.

The next option would be Stone Smoked Porter, but that uses peat malt, which is a whole different animal.

I used Bamberg and loved every drop of that beer.

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Thanks! I will check and see if I can find these tomorrow.

Brewsmith

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My last smoked porter used 5 lbs and it was very smokey. I'm going for a little more subtle on this one. Closer to the Alaskan side than Stone. Plus this brew is for some friends who paid for the ingredients. I don't want to give them 2 cases of liquid smoke.

I know what you mean with the 5 lbs, just not quite what I had in mind for this brew. But for anyone that wants a good smokey beer, 5+ lbs is the way to go.

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