American Porter Bee Cave Brewery Robust Porter

[WestCoastHopper]

I think I have found my next project... Brewday over labour day weekend!

 

[zgardener]

Ed, great meeting you last night.
Sounds like a great beer, I'll add it to my list of beers to brew for sure. What temperature do you ferment this at?

 

[miafunk2003]

I wanna brew a peanut butter chocolate porter would this recipe be a good base?

 

[Tizzomes]

Could someone give me a partial mash version?

 

[PunkVaulter]

I wanna brew a peanut butter chocolate porter would this recipe be a good base?

This beer has an awesome chocolate/roasty flavor (I've brewed it ~5 times now). I think adding peanut butter would be pretty cool!

 

[miafunk2003]

This beer has an awesome chocolate/roasty flavor (I've brewed it ~5 times now). I think adding peanut butter would be pretty cool!

Awesome!! thanks ill be brewing this today and adding PB2 to it

 

[BWN]

I brewed this recently and it is ok but not great. I am trying to figure out what I might have done wrong. It has an extremely bitter aftertaste. I mashed it at 154, I don't know if that would have had anything to do with it. I also didn't have a very vigourous fermentation I used 1 packet of Nottingham and pitched it above 70 and didn't get it below 70 for almost 36 hours and had trouble keeping it there. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas.

 

[Demon]

Brewed this yesterday and didn't bother doing a blow off. Big mistake. All cleaned up now with blow off in place.

 

[knappster]

Could someone give me a partial mash version?

Here's the link to the partial mash recipe I used:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f126/b...st2308551/?highlight=partial+mash#post2308551

 

[Tizzomes]

Here's the link to the partial mash recipe I used:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f126/bee-cave-brewery-robust-porter-56768-post2308551/?highlight=partial+mash#post2308551

Wow!! I thought I was going to be lost in the many pages of responses.
Thanks cheers!!

 

[VoodooManX]

Brewed this yesterday. The wort smelled and looked delicious. Will post pics in a couple weeks.

 

[rico567]

Down to my last three sixes.....got to get it back on the Fall brewing list.....

 

[VoodooManX]

The fermentation is no joke. This one almost blew the lid off. Impressive. Pics to follow in the coming weeks. I am excited about this one.

 

[EdWort]

I'm going to brew 10 gallons and test my no airlock method with this recipe. My fermenteezer is clean, so we'll see. It works well with my Hefe's so I hope it does the same.

 

[tennesseean_87]

I am thinking of brewing this for my third batch, 1st partial mash. Here's the recipe I plan on using:

Briess 2-Row Brewer's Malt 5 lbs, 8 oz
Briess Pilsen (Extra) Light Dry Extract 3 lbs, 8 oz
Crisp Chocolate Malt 1 lbs, 0 oz
Briess 2 Row Caramel 40 1 lbs, 0 oz
Briess Flaked Barley 0 lbs, 8 oz
Crisp Black Malt 0 lbs, 4 oz
Crisp Roasted Barley 0 lbs, 1 oz
Northern Brewer Pellets 1 oz @ 60 mins
Cascade Pellets .5 oz @ 60 mins
Malto Dextrin - 8 oz package 8 oz
Danstar Nottingham Ale Yeast

I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to my water based on Palmer's picture thing. As stated somewhere above, SRM is supposed to be about 35, and my water is as follows:

Ca: 29 mg/L
Mg: 8.5 mg/L
Alkalinity: 47 mg/L

Does this look like I've done it correctly?

I can give more information if necessary. Thanks!

 

[eharper]

Just brewed this again. Mmmmm. Here's a twist, and I know it's blasphemy to even consider messing with EdWort's drink... add a little splash of Kahlua and serve in a snifter for an after dinner drink. I call it a "Mexican Car Bomb"

 

[EdWort]

Just brewed this again. Mmmmm. Here's a twist, and I know it's blasphemy to even consider messing with EdWort's drink... add a little splash of Kahlua and serve in a snifter for an after dinner drink. I call it a "Mexican Car Bomb"

El Robusto Blammo!


Stay thirsty my friends! :cross:

 

[Nowuries]

I brewed this on Friday evening just as Ed laid out in his recipe. Thank goodness I followed his advice on using a blow-off tube! Good on ya' mate!

 

[VoodooManX]

Here's mine. Delicious. Thanks for a great recipe. I BIAB'd it even.

 

[AleFred]

that looks magnificent .. this will be my next beer to brew

 

[mbosco]

Brewed this via BIAB on Saturday and like many have said the notty is giving a very active ferment.

My room temp is 67, but the fermenter is showing around 73-74. I moved it closer to the floor to hopefully bring down the temp a bit. Should I be worried??? If so, any ideas how to bring the temp down a bit?

 

[steinsato]

Sorry Ed, I skimmed the first few pages but didn't see the answer I was looking for. What kind of IBU's are you shooting for on this brew? I am thinking of replacing the Northern Brewer hops with some Chinook I have in the freezer but don't know how much to use without an IBU range. Thanks.

BTW, this will be the 4th time I've brewed this recipe and I've been happy with it everytime so far. I usually add vanilla beans to secondary. This time around, I'm brewing 10 gallons, 5 will be oak aged vanilla porter and 5 will be the regular robust porter. I may set a gallon aside and fiddle with some chocolate mint as well. I've used this recipe with spearmint in the past and it was a little too much, thought I'd try to find some chocolate mint and use that in a secondary but I'll go easier on the mint this time around.

 

[VoodooManX]

Brewed this via BIAB on Saturday and like many have said the notty is giving a very active ferment.

My room temp is 67, but the fermenter is showing around 73-74. I moved it closer to the floor to hopefully bring down the temp a bit. Should I be worried??? If so, any ideas how to bring the temp down a bit?

Mine fermented right around that temp and it came out great. As far as I know notty isn't a terribly sensitive yeast.

 

[burninmules]

I brewed this one today... I stuck to the recipe exactly except for, I only used 4 ounces of malto dextrin because that's all I had on hand. Brew day went smooth as silk. I hit all my numbers and volumes dead on. I can't wait to taste this, it smelled wonderful!

 

[rico567]

Brewed another batch of this today.....remembered the malto-dextrin this time. This is shaping up to be a regular in this house.

 

[Demon]

Tapped this about a week ago. Very well balanced and great mouth feel. Been a hit with everyone that has tried it.

 

[EdWort]

Yep, it's time to brew another batch before winter comes in. It's a great nightcap on a cold night.

 

[burninmules]

I have been brewing for over a year now and I have never used a blow off tube. This batch I decided I should because the fermenter is kind of on the full side. So glad that I did. Two days and the tube is full of krausen and wort.

 

[kevjt]

Very good beer. I did not change the recipe for my first try at it and honestly I don't think I will except for maybe trying vanilla beans. I fermented it in a 7.9g wine bucket with an airlock and did not have any issues. I have been using a 7.9 for bigger beers and batches (6g) and have not had to use an airlock so far, it seems to work well. I do have very good temp control this time of year in my WI basement, and I kept a close eye on this one with a blow off on stand by.

 

[Norlin]

This ferments vigorously, so use a blow off or be prepared to wipe up some beer.

Glad I took this advice and used the big blow off tube: