English Porter Caledonian Porter

[MSK_Chess]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

WLP002 English Ale

Yeast Starter

800ml (Stir plate)

Batch Size (Gallons)

23L (5 gallons)

Original Gravity

1044

Final Gravity

1012

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60 min

IBU

30-35 IBU\\'s

Color

Dark brown with hints of ruby

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

7-10 days

Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

7 days

Additional Fermentation

Cold Crash -1 Celsius (30F) 7 days

Tasting Notes

Biscuity with a dry finish. Good hop character.

Caledonian Porter - Brown Porter
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Batch Size: 23L (5 Gallons)
Boil Size: 28 L
Boil Time: 60.000 min
Efficiency: 75%
OG: 1.044
FG: 1.013
ABV: 4.0%
Bitterness: 30 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 16 SRM (Morey)

Perhaps harking back to an age when Porters were a staple of the dock workers who used to consumme it at lunch time and return to work it sports a modest ABV of 4%. What it lacks in strength it makes up for in taste. The amber malt imparts a dry buscuity flavour in the mouth leading to a dry finish with a good hop profile. Expect hints of dark chocolate and roast coffee.

Fermentables
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Pale Malt (2 Row) UK 3.5Kg (7lbs 12oz)
White Wheat Malt 465g (1lbs)
Amber Malt 210g (7.4oz)
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L 210g (7.4oz)
Chocolate Malt (UK) 135g (4.8oz)
Total grain: 4.520 kg (9lbs 15oz)

Hops
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Kent Goldings 5.4% 45g (1.5oz) 60min 23 IBU's
Fuggles 5.0% 13g (0.5oz) 60min 6.2 IBU's

Yeast
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WLP002 - British Ale

Mash
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Infusion @ 66 Celsius (150F)
Mash Out @ 74 Celsius (165F)

Water Profile
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Ca 73
Mg 1
Na 15
SO4 46
Cl 60
HCO3 NA
SO4/Cl Ratio 0.8

 

[Shenanigans]

Sounds good.
Probably a very quick grain to glass.
I saw in the other thread that you have brewed this regularly so I guess its a good one. Will give it a try sometime but might take a while as my 'to brew' list is about 50 beers long.
Will use MO though as it's about 33% cheaper than GP for me.
Also WLP005 instead of WLP002 because WLP002 has been too finicky for me the 2 times I tried it.

 

[MSK_Chess]

Yes I bought this as an all grain kit when I was starting out and have brewed it times since. Has a lovely coffee flavour. I hear you on the Golden Promise, its way expensive. I am trying for the first time an Irish pale malt, Hook Head Series Minch Malt which was very reasonably priced. Also I tried Best Malz Pilsen and think its better than the Weyermann Pilsner malt. Reason I was attracted to both is that they are spring grown barley like the Golden Promise. The Head brewer at the fabled Timothy Taylor brewery in Keighley swears by spring grown barley.