ZehBaron
Well-Known Member
So this month I'll be entering several beers in the War of the Worts competition here in Pennsylvania. BJCP style classification is required upon registering the beers. The classification is obvious for most of them, as I typically brew to style, but there's one brew that's puzzling me: my "porter".
Some basic info may help:
-OG was 1.069 and my FG was 1.016, giving an ABV of about 6.9%.
-Specialty grains consisted of roughly .5 lbs each of caramel 60L, chocolate malt, black patent malt, and roasted barley.
-Hop additions were 1 oz First Gold (8%) at 45 minutes and 1 oz Challenger (6.3%) at 30 mins.
-Estimated color is 43 SRM, estimated bitterness 22 IBU
So far I've been calling it a 12A Robust Porter, but looking more closely at the guidelines, it doesn't seem to fall squarely into that category, as it's likely got too much black malt and roasted barley. The closest alternatives in my mind are 13D Foreign Extra Stout and 13E American Stout; however, I'm not sure it matches the malt character of a Foreign Extra Stout, and it's probably too lowly-hopped to be considered an American Stout.
What are your thoughts?
Some basic info may help:
-OG was 1.069 and my FG was 1.016, giving an ABV of about 6.9%.
-Specialty grains consisted of roughly .5 lbs each of caramel 60L, chocolate malt, black patent malt, and roasted barley.
-Hop additions were 1 oz First Gold (8%) at 45 minutes and 1 oz Challenger (6.3%) at 30 mins.
-Estimated color is 43 SRM, estimated bitterness 22 IBU
So far I've been calling it a 12A Robust Porter, but looking more closely at the guidelines, it doesn't seem to fall squarely into that category, as it's likely got too much black malt and roasted barley. The closest alternatives in my mind are 13D Foreign Extra Stout and 13E American Stout; however, I'm not sure it matches the malt character of a Foreign Extra Stout, and it's probably too lowly-hopped to be considered an American Stout.
What are your thoughts?