All-Grain - Bee Cave Brewery Robust Porter - Page 32

fredthecat · 02-20-2010, 01:21 AM

made my first allgrain using this recipe with modifications based on other porters, looking back i dont know why i left out the flaked barley from it, but i did i guess

12lb 2 Row english
1lb Chocolate Malt
1lb Crystal 40
0.5lb roasted barley

0.5oz northern brewer & 1oz EKG at 60mins
0.5oz EKG at 15 mins
nottingham yeast

just secondaried it today, seems good!

MilwaukeeBrewGuy · 02-22-2010, 02:10 PM

Wow, you did 1/2# of roasted barley?

fredthecat · 02-22-2010, 11:32 PM

heh yup, i see what you mean now, its only 4 oz of RB in the beecave recipe, but i kind of just tried to choose things from a bunch of similar recipes. i am a big fan of dry powerful roasty porters and stouts though, when i taste it in a few weeks ill let you know how it turned out!

MilwaukeeBrewGuy · 02-27-2010, 06:53 PM

holy smokes. OG was 1.070 and the notty fermented it down to 1.016. Nottingham has got to be the best bang for the buck out there. Can't believe how good the hydro sample tasted at 1 week.

fredthecat · 03-05-2010, 05:39 AM

hehe finally tasted it, i do notice a powerful roast, a big boozy smell on this but very pleasant in every way, and its still a bit green right now.. but i had to try it. im very happy with this! thanks ed!

MilwaukeeBrewGuy · 03-05-2010, 04:57 PM

how old is it? Mine is only about 2 weeks. This waiting sucks.

Omegagodly · 03-07-2010, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MilwaukeeBrewGuy

how old is it? Mine is only about 2 weeks. This waiting sucks.

i can understand what you mean, lol. im waiting on the haus pale ale i just bottled yesterday, i cant wait to crack open that first bottle. i plan to open a bottle ever week for the three weeks im letting it carb up, just to notice the changes in the time period im letting it sit. im doing this recipe next though! my father and brother in law both like the darker stuff as well as i, but can appreciate a tasty pale ale.

**IXVolt** · 03-11-2010, 12:58 AM

I made a double batch of this and I had a really slow sparge. I didn't have any issues with a 6 gallon batch, but when I upped it to 12 gallons it really slowed down. I think next time I might throw in some rice hulls.

MilwaukeeBrewGuy · 03-12-2010, 05:38 PM

how soon are you guys drinking this? It has been almost 3 weeks in the primary. Just wondering if i need to secondary this thing or drop her right into the keg.

shohog · 04-13-2010, 05:39 AM

I did this all grain and I was happy with the taste but the head retention was lacking and there was absolutely no lacing. I hand wash only my beer glasses, so it was not an issue of any dry jet or other chemicals contaiminating my beer glasses. Any ideas on how to improve upon my next batch. I have made over a dozen IPA's and never had this problem.