Modified recipe of one that's from here: http://www.kernans.org/~pete/beer/index.php?index=36&index_by=name

Sinebrychoff Baltic Porter Clone

6 lbs Light Malt Extract (Muntons, 8 SRM) 56.9%
2 lbs 12 oz Amber Liquid Extract (Northern Brewer, 12.5 SRM) 26.1%
8 oz Caramel/Crystal 60 Malt (60 SRM) 4.7%
8 oz Chocolate Malt (450 SRM) 4.7%
6.5 oz Munich Malt 20L (20 SRM) 3.8%
6.5 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) 3.8%
1.5 oz Northern Brewer (AA 8%) @ 60 mins, 31 IBU
.5 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker (AA 4%) @ 25 mins, 3.4 IBU
.5 oz Saaz (AA 4%) @ 10 mins, 1.8 IBU
1 Whirlfloc Tablet @ 15 mins
1 package Irish Ale (White Labs #WLP004)

OG: 1.072 (Actual)
FG 1.020 (Actual)
Color: 27.3 (Estimated)
IBU: 36.2 (Estimated)
ABV: 6.8 (Actual)
2 weeks primary @ 68 degrees (swamp cooler)
1 week secondary @ 68 degrees (secondary)

For grains: Mash in 4.5 qt @ ~170F for ~45 mins, sparge 3.5 gallons of 168F water, tea bagging/soaking for 10 mins

Add water for boil volume of ~4 gallons
When done with boil, add water to get 5 gallons (~1.75 gallons more?)

Notes: Ingredients came from a combination of Northern Brewer, Midwest, AHS, and my LHBS in Albany. It seems that one or two of the grains (Munich maybe?) were NOT actually crushed by my LHBS, which I didn't realize until after, and which left me with a 0% efficiency score for the partial mash, and probably a different flavor profile than if everything was correctly crushed. Hence, YMMV.

This won 3rd place in the HBT 2009 Competition for the 12A-C Porter Category. It scored a 33, which is lower than I had hoped, so I blame the judges and their hatred for Porters (category winner scored a 37)

This beer also won 1st place in the Porters and Stouts category of the 2009 Topsfield Fair Homebrew Competition, and second place in the Light/Dark Lager and Porter category at the 2009 Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews (Albany, NY).