Please look an my first all grain porter

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
0.50 lbs 5.00 % Briess Chocolate 60 mins 1.035
0.50 lbs 5.00 % Black (Patent) Malt 60 mins 1.025
1.00 lbs 10.00 % Briess Munich 10L 60 mins 1.035
1.50 lbs 15.00 % Rahr White Wheat 60 mins 1.038
1.00 lbs 10.00 % Simpsons Dark 60 mins 1.034
5.50 lbs 55.00 % Pale Malt, Maris Otter 60 mins 1.038

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
1.00 ozs 25.52 Northern Brewer First Wort 8.50
1.00 ozs 13.65 Goldings, East Kent 30 mins 5.00
1.00 ozs 3.54 Goldings, East Kent 5 mins 5.00

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.0 pkg Safale S-04 Fermentis S-04

Mash @ 154 sparge as usual

Please send any critique or info. Thank you!

What size batch?
What is your starting gravity?

sketerbuck said:

What size batch?
What is your starting gravity?

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OG 1055, 5 gallon batch 5.875 gal boil...

I have made some changes!

7.25 lbs Pale
1 lb wheat
1 lb Munich
.5 lb medium crystal
.25 lb dark crystal
.75 lb chocolate
.25 lb black patent
Mash @ 151F

1 oz Northern Brewer FWH
1 oz EKG 20 minutes

Looks like a good recipe. Cheers!

JonM said:

Looks like a good recipe. Cheers!

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JonM said:

"Mark that frame an 8 and you're entering a world of pain. A world of pain."

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Put the piece away Walter...

I would change the Pale for Morris Otter like you originally had it. Either way it looks like a good recipe.

rockytoptim said:

I would change the Pale for Morris Otter like you originally had it. Either way it looks like a good recipe.

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I planned to use marris otter. Excited to brew this!

0.5 lbs of chocolate in 5.0 gallons is a bit much for MY liking, some others will say it's fine. That's a personal preference. I'm happy at 0.25lb for 5.0g.

The Munich will not add much in an of itself, however it will counteract (slightly) your mash temp of 151F (which is a bit lower than I would do - My last porter was @ 152F and I was quite happy with it).

M_C

zip100473 said:

I have made some changes!

7.25 lbs Pale
1 lb wheat
1 lb Munich
.5 lb medium crystal
.25 lb dark crystal
.75 lb chocolate
.25 lb black patent
Mash @ 151F

1 oz Northern Brewer FWH
1 oz EKG 20 minutes

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Funny, from the original recipe I was going to tell you to bump the chocolate up to .75 and the black patent down. I'd even take it a little further to .125. Just my preference.

Misplaced_Canuck said:

0.5 lbs of chocolate in 5.0 gallons is a bit much for MY liking, some others will say it's fine. That's a personal preference. I'm happy at 0.25lb for 5.0g.

The Munich will not add much in an of itself, however it will counteract (slightly) your mash temp of 151F (which is a bit lower than I would do - My last porter was @ 152F and I was quite happy with it).

M_C

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Would you use a different malt in place of the munich? Mashing at 152 will offer a little more body?

What about replacing Munich with victory?

Looks good