Just brewed first porter!

nickwc5 · 12-01-2006, 06:20 PM

Ingredients

2 lb. Muntons Light dried malt extract ( 60min boil)
3.3 lbs. Muntons Light liquid malt extract (last 15 min of boil)
8.0 oz. carapils
6.0 oz.crystal malt (40 °L)
4.0 oz. amber malt
4.0 oz. Munich malt
8.0 oz. chocolate malt
2.0 oz. belgian biscuit malt

1 tsp. Irish moss (20 mins)
11.25 AAU Fuggles hops (60 mins)
(2.5 oz at 4.5% alpha acids)
1 oz Kent Goldings hops (5 min)
0.25 oz. Northern Brewer hops (0 min)
1 oz Northern Brewer (Dry Hop)

Wyeast Pacman Yeast

6 oz. (168 g) corn sugar (for priming)

Can't wait to see how the pacman yeast works out!!

PT Ray · 12-02-2006, 03:24 AM

Recipe is too busy for my taste but still like it. I like to keep my crystal under .5lb or roughly 5%, anything more I find cloyingly sweet. In its place I will use some Munich or other darker kilned base malts. Your recipe appears to have taken this approach and is why I like it.

**david_42** · 12-02-2006, 02:40 PM

The bill is no more complex than Rogue's Mocha Porter and they use almost three times as much caramel. I like sweet porters, myself.

I question dry hopping a porter at all and NB is more of a bittering hop than a finish hop. I'd give this two weeks to clear, then sample it before dry hopping.

nickwc5 · 12-02-2006, 07:01 PM

I recently had a Three Floyds Alpha Claus and it is a very very hoppy porter. I got the taste to brew one so thats why Im thinking of dry hopping. Should I go with 2 oz of kent goldings instead? thanks

**Orfy** · 12-02-2006, 07:33 PM

Sounds nice. Well done.

**david_42** · 12-02-2006, 09:37 PM

EKG would be a much better choice. Or maybe 1 oz. of EKG and one of Fuggles. They play well together.