First Recipe/Clone Attempt

[NY_HomeBrew_Student]

Hi all,

I looked for a clone of the Edmund Fitzgerald porter from Great Lakes on the website and found a few variations but nothing that stayed close to the specifics on the bottle and website. This is my first attempt to formulate a clone recipe and welcome all kinds of tips, suggestions, and advice. Thanks in advance!

5.5g Batch using Brewer's Friend Recipe Calculator
OG 1.062 (Bottle states 15 Plato)
IBU 37.06 (Bottle 37)
SRM 37 (not specified)
ABV 5.82% (Bottle 5.8%)

9# Pale 2 Row
1# Crystal 75
.5# Chocolate Malt
.5# Roasted Barley
.75# Brown Sugar (not specified anywhere but bumped the OG up to 1.062 after using the previous 4 ingredients)

.75 oz Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes
.5 oz Williamette @ 30
.5 oz Cascade @ 30

Unless someone has a good suggestion for yeast I will be using Fermentis US-04 or US-05. If I feel ambitious I may try to split the batch and pitch both.

Ferment 3-4 weeks @ 60 degrees

Any suggestions for mash temps? I will probably mash around 150-152 until i can reach the correct gravity.

I'm open to a flexible hop addition schedule as long as it yields the 37 IBU's.

Thanks again for any comments!