First Recipe Build Advice; Porter

[ThePoShow]

Still fairly new to homebrewing and I have only worked with recipe kits bought at my LHBS. I wanted to try to build a recipe, so let me know what you guys think i need to add and/or remove from this build.

5 gallon extract batch Porter:

6 lbs. Light DME
12 oz. Crystal 40L
4 oz. Black Malt
8 oz. Chocolate Malt

1 oz. Fuggles hops for 60 mins.
1 oz. East Kent golding hops for last 5 mins.

White Labs English Ale yeast.

Any advice would help.

 

[ZombieBrew83]

That seems like a pretty good porter recipe. If you'd like some more ideas you ought to poke around the recipe section here or check out the one on tasty brew here:
http://www.tastybrew.com/newrcp/styleview.html

If you have any other concerns or are looking to understand the difference between Port styles (ie: brown vs Baltic) definitely check out the style guides on the BJCP website here:
http://www.bjcp.org/index.php

 

[hypergolic]

Looks good to me, brew it up and see if you like it. Then you can experiment from there.

 

[WoodlandBrew]

Agreed, this one looks good. A solid step up from the one you posted earlier today. Let us know how it comes out.

 

[ThePoShow]

awesome. thanks for all the support. i should be starting this brew this weekend and will let you guys know how it goes.

 

[ThePoShow]

I was also considering throwing 1 oz. of Willamette hops for either the full 60 or last 15 mins. to boost the IBU up.

Thoughts?

 

[WoodlandBrew]

Your IBU is in range for the style, but if you like hoppy beer that it might be worth a try. I would leave it out.

 

[hypergolic]

Agreed.

Your IBU is in range for the style, but if you like hoppy beer that it might be worth a try. I would leave it out.