Jeffo
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Recipe is
6 lbs. NW Gold LME
Mashed:
1 lb. Victory
1 lb. Chocolate
.375 lb. Black Patent
Perle
Safale 05
It doesn't taste as Porter-like or as dark (but looks it) as I thought it would. My own original recipe called for 1.25 Choc. and .75 Victory but the LHBS only sells in 1 lb. bags and I didn't feel like wasting or buying extra. I wish I would have.
Did the Victory overwhelm the rest? Would you call this a Porter? I've been told that a little Black Patent goes a long way but it didn't seem to here. It's still a nice beer. I don't like "English" funky style, raisin, dried fruit etc. I'm trying to get dark choc, coffee etc. with good body so I'm avoiding Safale 04 and dark Crystal malts.
For the next try I'd like to do:
6 lbs. NW Gold LME
1 lb. Light DME
.5 lb. CaraPils
.5 lb. Crystal 40L
1 lb. Choc. (or more?)
.5 lb. Black Patent
1 lb. Oats
E.K. Goldings
I don't want to go overboard on the Black P partly because my brewing comrade doesn't like too much robustness. I figure I could either go incrementally or go 1 lb. and see if that's overboard. I would do the latter if it were just me. The former will still be a good beer no matter what.
Thanks for any comments.
6 lbs. NW Gold LME
Mashed:
1 lb. Victory
1 lb. Chocolate
.375 lb. Black Patent
Perle
Safale 05
It doesn't taste as Porter-like or as dark (but looks it) as I thought it would. My own original recipe called for 1.25 Choc. and .75 Victory but the LHBS only sells in 1 lb. bags and I didn't feel like wasting or buying extra. I wish I would have.
Did the Victory overwhelm the rest? Would you call this a Porter? I've been told that a little Black Patent goes a long way but it didn't seem to here. It's still a nice beer. I don't like "English" funky style, raisin, dried fruit etc. I'm trying to get dark choc, coffee etc. with good body so I'm avoiding Safale 04 and dark Crystal malts.
For the next try I'd like to do:
6 lbs. NW Gold LME
1 lb. Light DME
.5 lb. CaraPils
.5 lb. Crystal 40L
1 lb. Choc. (or more?)
.5 lb. Black Patent
1 lb. Oats
E.K. Goldings
I don't want to go overboard on the Black P partly because my brewing comrade doesn't like too much robustness. I figure I could either go incrementally or go 1 lb. and see if that's overboard. I would do the latter if it were just me. The former will still be a good beer no matter what.
Thanks for any comments.