732Brewer
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Hello all. The purpose of this thread is to get input on taking a smoked porter recipe, adding more grain (to relax the smoky taste and increase the mouth feel and abv) and changing the yeast. I am going to list the original recipe and then what I wanted to change. I value your input.
Original Grain Recipe:
8lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
3lb Cherry Wood Smoked Malt
8oz Black Malt
4oz Caramel 120
4oz Chocolate Malt
My 3 hop additions:
1oz Brewers Gold
.5oz Northern Brewer
.5oz Brewers Gold
Yeast:
WLP001
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I was thinking about adding 2 more lbs 2-Row, 1 more lb Chocolate, and .5lb Caramel 10. Then Changing the yeast to something else that will both ferment well in 66-68deg temp and add more mouth feel to the beer. In my secondary I was also going to add 2 vanilla beans. Hops I was thinking about keeping that the same.
Please comment on my grain addition, vanilla addition, and also a different yeast. I do not want to comment much because I rather hear feedback w/o me commenting in this initial post. ABV is not something I am worrying about now, as I want to run a recipe and then tweak things later in the year.
Original Grain Recipe:
8lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
3lb Cherry Wood Smoked Malt
8oz Black Malt
4oz Caramel 120
4oz Chocolate Malt
My 3 hop additions:
1oz Brewers Gold
.5oz Northern Brewer
.5oz Brewers Gold
Yeast:
WLP001
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I was thinking about adding 2 more lbs 2-Row, 1 more lb Chocolate, and .5lb Caramel 10. Then Changing the yeast to something else that will both ferment well in 66-68deg temp and add more mouth feel to the beer. In my secondary I was also going to add 2 vanilla beans. Hops I was thinking about keeping that the same.
Please comment on my grain addition, vanilla addition, and also a different yeast. I do not want to comment much because I rather hear feedback w/o me commenting in this initial post. ABV is not something I am worrying about now, as I want to run a recipe and then tweak things later in the year.