twocylndr
Well-Known Member
Has anyone tried George Washingtons "porter" recipe?
"To Make Small Beer:
Take a large Siffer [Sifter] full of Bran Hops to your Taste. -- Boil these 3 hours then strain out 30 Gall[ons] into a cooler put in 3 Gall[ons] Molasses while the Beer is Scalding hot or rather draw the Melasses into the cooler & St[r]ain the Beer on it while boiling Hot. let this stand till it is little more than Blood warm then put in a quart of Yeat if the Weather is very Cold cover it over with a Blank[et] & let it Work in the Cooler 24 hours then put it into the Cask -- leave the bung open till it is almost don[e] Working -- Bottle it that day Week it was Brewed."
I found this site where a guy pared down the recipe to a more manageable batch:
http://makinghomemadewineandbeer.blogspot.com/2006/10/george-washington-porter-revisted.html
I'd like to pare down the recipe, also...I don't have 30 gallons of bottles!!!
Boston Beer Co. a few years back made a recipe they claimed it was Washington's porter. Reviews I read on it said it sucked.
"To Make Small Beer:
Take a large Siffer [Sifter] full of Bran Hops to your Taste. -- Boil these 3 hours then strain out 30 Gall[ons] into a cooler put in 3 Gall[ons] Molasses while the Beer is Scalding hot or rather draw the Melasses into the cooler & St[r]ain the Beer on it while boiling Hot. let this stand till it is little more than Blood warm then put in a quart of Yea
I found this site where a guy pared down the recipe to a more manageable batch:
http://makinghomemadewineandbeer.blogspot.com/2006/10/george-washington-porter-revisted.html
I'd like to pare down the recipe, also...I don't have 30 gallons of bottles!!!
Boston Beer Co. a few years back made a recipe they claimed it was Washington's porter. Reviews I read on it said it sucked.
