First porter here

[aechavar]

Fellow Fellow Friends, planning on making my first porter on Friday. 1 gallon since im readily new.

Bestmalz Pilsner: 760 g
Bestmalz Chocolate 100 g
Nugget: 4 gr
Cascade 3 gr
Yeast Safale 04: 2,3 gr

It was recommedended to use two hops (nugged and Cascade) so I do not know the optimum time to and it to my Porter while bowling off. Some posts talk about nugget 60 min and Cascade 5 min.

What is your Point of View??

 

[GoodTruble]

I don't love Safale 04, but it's not bad either.

And yes, Nugget at 60 and Cascade at 5 will work. But in a porter, I would actually switch them or throw cascade in at 15, just to smooth some of higher notes out.

 

[GoodTruble]

Also, consider using an online recipe tool (like Brewer's Friend) to check and see if your quantities are right/on target for your style.

 

[leedspointbrew]

I agree with GT's post on hop timing, disagree about S-04, a personal favorite.

 

[bike2brew]

Yes, S-04 for all of my stout/porter/brown ales. Never disappoints

 

[tracer bullet]

That doesn't strike me as a porter recipe... But that is OK, I am sure it will be a tasty beer.

You don't normally see pils malt, but it's fine if that's what you have available. I'd consider a little more dark malt types, maybe some brown? Keep it around 100g total, but maybe mix it up a little. I'd also add some crystal malt, in the medium / 60L range. EKG is a common hop, and I love the Wyeast 1968 ESB yeast or the similar A09 Pub or Omega versions of it.

Again though the recipe listed should make a decent beer. It says you are in Columbia, and so it might be that some ingredients are hard to find and you have to do what you can with what you have available.

 

[aechavar]

That doesn't strike me as a porter recipe... But that is OK, I am sure it will be a tasty beer.

You don't normally see pils malt, but it's fine if that's what you have available. I'd consider a little more dark malt types, maybe some brown? Keep it around 100g total, but maybe mix it up a little. I'd also add some crystal malt, in the medium / 60L range. EKG is a common hop, and I love the Wyeast 1968 ESB yeast or the similar A09 Pub or Omega versions of it.

Again though the recipe listed should make a decent beer. It says you are in Columbia, and so it might be that some ingredients are hard to find and you have to do what you can with what you have available.

Yes, im in Colombia. That's right. Ingredients are hard to find, specially for me that Im new into beer making and I dont make bíg batches of beer. Currently im at a gallon range, once I master this quantity, it Will be time to scale up. I actually have a pretty decent dealer but it is Limited since he sells 1 kg mínimum of ingredients. Since my recipes are not that big, other poviders wont work for me.

 

[GoodTruble]

Starting small is sensible. Learning the lessons on a smaller scale is usually preferable.

 

[Miraculix]

Yes, S-04 for all of my stout/porter/brown ales. Never disappoints

I second that! Best dark ale yeast out there, if you ask me.

 

[waynetempro]

Seeing as you are doing a small batch (1gal), I would consider using the Cascade hops for both bittering and flavoring. My reasoning is that I get hops in 1oz (28gram) bags. And hops start to spoil once opened. And the 60 minute addition is for bittering only. Also, I would adjust the 60 minute addition for Cascade to 8 grams to match the Nugget hops as Cascade has about half of the alpha acid of Nugget.
That way, you will use 11 grams of a 28 gram pack of hops and the leftover will be wasted, unless you can brew another batch soon.
I hope that makes sense to you.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

And hops start to spoil once opened

True, but the rate is very slow when stored at 32F or 0F (see chart and article below).

If in doubt for aroma or flavor hop additions, open a fresh package. But for most bittering hops, they store pretty well, even in previously opened packages.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/understanding-the-importance-of-the-hop-storage-index