I'm attempting a clone of my favorite porter, Bully! Porter from Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri. I've done a bit of research and come up with this, leaning heavily toward what I can obtain through my LHBS and/or have on hand this weekend:
OG 1.062 (~15 Plato)
FG 1.016 (4 Plato)
IBU 48.8 (Tinseth)
Color 131.1 EBC
Yeast S-04
Mash @ 152F for 60 min, batch sparge
80% mash eff.
8# Pale Malt, 2-row (Rahr) 3.5 EBC
2# Chocolate (Crisp) 1241.1 EBC
12.0 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) 118.2 EBC
8.0 oz Special B - 300.2 EBC
8.0 oz Wheat, Unmalted (Rahr) 3.2 EBC
1.10 oz Bullion (8.10%) - 60 min
1.00 oz Citra (12.00%) - 10 min
0.50 oz Cascade (5.50%) - 5.0 min
This seems like a lot of chocolate malt to me, BUT adding this much was the only way I could figure to come near the color stated on the Boulevard website (131 EBC). The commercial example is very heavy on chocolate/coffee for sure...
Here is what the Boulevard website has listed for the homebrew info:
ABV 6.0% --------------- IBU 49 --------------------- EBC 131
https://www.boulevard.com/beerinfo/bully-porter/ - beer info page, see specs listed and "homebrew" tab toward the bottom
http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=38561 - another source, but very old and outdated
Any thoughts or recommendations?
OG 1.062 (~15 Plato)
FG 1.016 (4 Plato)
IBU 48.8 (Tinseth)
Color 131.1 EBC
Yeast S-04
Mash @ 152F for 60 min, batch sparge
80% mash eff.
8# Pale Malt, 2-row (Rahr) 3.5 EBC
2# Chocolate (Crisp) 1241.1 EBC
12.0 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) 118.2 EBC
8.0 oz Special B - 300.2 EBC
8.0 oz Wheat, Unmalted (Rahr) 3.2 EBC
1.10 oz Bullion (8.10%) - 60 min
1.00 oz Citra (12.00%) - 10 min
0.50 oz Cascade (5.50%) - 5.0 min
This seems like a lot of chocolate malt to me, BUT adding this much was the only way I could figure to come near the color stated on the Boulevard website (131 EBC). The commercial example is very heavy on chocolate/coffee for sure...
Here is what the Boulevard website has listed for the homebrew info:
ABV 6.0% --------------- IBU 49 --------------------- EBC 131
- SPECIFICS ------------------ MALT ----------------- HOPS
- Original Gravity 15.0 --------- Cara 120 -------------- Cascade
- Final Gravity 4.0 ------------ Cara 300 ------------- Magnum
- Ferment. Temp 66 F ---------Chocolate malt ---------- Topaz
- Yeast English Ale ------------Pale malt
- ------------------------------- Raw Wheat
https://www.boulevard.com/beerinfo/bully-porter/ - beer info page, see specs listed and "homebrew" tab toward the bottom
http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=38561 - another source, but very old and outdated
Any thoughts or recommendations?