American Porter Bee Cave Brewery Robust Porter

[tt0027]

Brewed this up this weekend as a half batch due to some equipment restraints. Scaled for a low efficiency as it was my first run at BIAB but hit about 73%. A bit high on the og (1. 07) due to the bigger grain bill from scaling but I didn't have any treated water to top off with to bring it down. It tastes awesome going in to the fermenter and is bubbling like crazy.

I'm going to be bottling this. Anyone see advantages in racking this to a secondary? I was planning on riding it out in the primary the whole time.

 

[eobie]

Nm.

 

[Salpino]

Brewed this up this weekend as a half batch due to some equipment restraints. Scaled for a low efficiency as it was my first run at BIAB but hit about 73%. A bit high on the og (1. 07) due to the bigger grain bill from scaling but I didn't have any treated water to top off with to bring it down. It tastes awesome going in to the fermenter and is bubbling like crazy.

I'm going to be bottling this. Anyone see advantages in racking this to a secondary? I was planning on riding it out in the primary the whole time.

I'll also be brewing this as my first true foray into BIAB. Any thoughts on what you did that helped push your efficiency up over 70% for this brew?

 

[tt0027]

I'm limited to a 5 and 4 gal pot. So I started with a volume of around 4.39 gallons. I mashed with 1.25 qt/lb for 60 min and then did a dunk sparge in the remainder of the water that I heated in the 4 gallon pot to about 165f. Then I let it sit in the sparge for 10 min more and strained again with a bit of bag squeezing. From there I combined the wort from the 2 pots into the 5 gal and started the boil.
That's from memory, but feel free to pm me if you want more details and I can look up my numbers.

 

[tennesseean_87]

I just bottled and tasted a small beer I made with this and some leftover hops. It was about a gallon of 1.03 continuously hopped with glacier. I used a lot of hops for the small amount of beer, but it's had a few months to mellow since I forgot about it. I thought it tasted alright--mostly hops, but some malt character coming through. What sort of beer would this be?

 

[ButcherBoy]

Bottled this this afternoon, it is awesome even though it's flat! I can't wait to taste it after it carbs up. Great recipe, I'm thinking that it will make a great base for Vanilla Porter. I will be brewing this one again.

 

[rockbottom61]

This was my first Porter and I have to say Ed, this is a great beer. Blow tube is definitely a good idea. My most violent fermentation yet.

 

[ButcherBoy]

Today's report: still needs a little more conditioning time, but this beer is GREAT! I was a little hesitant to brew this as I usually don't go for a Porter, but this is worth it, I will be brewing this again... soon. I'm pretty sure this batch won't last long.

 

[letmeholleratya]

I left this in the carboy for ~ 3 weeks and then kegged it. A couple weeks in the keg and tastes fantastic. I will definitely be making this again.

I was worried because i accidentally used too much chocolate malt - the brew tasted overly harsh. But a couple weeks of sitting cleared it up. Thanks for the tasty recipe!

 

[pinback]

I left this in the carboy for ~ 3 weeks and then kegged it. A couple weeks in the keg and tastes fantastic. I will definitely be making this again.

Same here. Really look to make this again in the coming weeks.

 

[centex99]

Hmmm... I must have my pressure set too low cause I don't have any head like ya'lls pics...
It does taste great though!

 

[Alchemy]

Brewing this up tomorrow.

My brew system is only supposed to be able to handle around 12 pounds of grain or so so i took a pound of pale off and reduced the nothern hops to .75 oz to keep the beer slightly malty as it should be.

It will be a 6% abv but i like beers around that range anyway

 

[Option]

Brewed this up yesterday, 1st solo all grain batch on a new system but despite all that it went well! ended up with right around 5.5g in carboy of 1.062 wort so I was pleased!

But 13 hours after pitching now with no activity at all. I think I did not rehydrate the notty properly so I am off now to the LHBS to pick up another pack to re-pitch. Hope it turns out, gravity sample tasted promising!!!

Thanks for the recipe and my first real brew

 

[CliffMongoloid]

i am looking to do this as my next brew... want to convert to partial... would i use light or dark malt extract?

 

[Option]

Well re-pitched another pack of properly hydrated notty this time at 2:00, had activity within 3 hours this time! Just checked it 12 hours later and had filled the airlock! Had to play with the blow off tube a bit but I think its gonna turn out great!!

 

[Alchemy]

Brewed this on Saturday, ended up with a little under 5 gallons of 1.070 wort (my boiloff rate is higher than i thought i think) which after the malto dextrin comes out to 1.066.

Took a hydrometer reading yesterday and it is down to 1.020 so around 1.016, almost 7 percent

Smell has strong coffee and phenol (still young and hot so i expect that to dissipate). Taste is also hot but wow this is good!

Going to keep it in primary for another week and then transfer to secondary for 2 weeks before chiling and carbing.

I think this will be my sit by the fire at night beer.

 

[Alchemy]

A couple of photos from my brew day of this, thank you for the recipe!

Stirring in the grain

Mashing

Clearing up

Boiling

We dont need no stinkin hop bag!

Nice and dark

 

[EdWort]

Smell has strong coffee and phenol (still young and hot so i expect that to dissipate). Taste is also hot but wow this is good!

Going to keep it in primary for another week and then transfer to secondary for 2 weeks before chiling and carbing.

I think this will be my sit by the fire at night beer.

Nicely done. This beer is big and will age well.

 

[evandena]

On the Malto Dextrin thats added to this recipie is that 20 into the boil of 60 min or 20 left in the boil?

Looking for this too

 

[letmeholleratya]

Looking for this too

Same as reading the hop schedule - 20 mins left. This beer turned out damned tasty. Cheers!

 

[evandena]

Same as reading the hop schedule - 20 mins left. This beer turned out damned tasty. Cheers!

Awesome, thanks!

Just brewed this, my second AG batch. 87% efficiency on both batches.
What should I adjust?

 

[Alchemy]

nothing but your brew software Let it know how high of an efficiency you have and you wont have to use as much grain as most.

Are you sparging?

 

[evandena]

nothing but your brew software Let it know how high of an efficiency you have and you wont have to use as much grain as most.

Are you sparging?

Yep, batch sparging. Igloo cooler, mesh braid.

 

[Alchemy]

Yep, batch sparging. Igloo cooler, mesh braid.

Must just be doing a very good job

Did you end up with 5.5 gallons of wort?

 

[evandena]

Must just be doing a very good job

Did you end up with 5.5 gallons of wort?

I ended a little high after an hour, maybe 5.7. Hit preboil volume right on. Didn't want it any stronger, so I stopped at an hour.

It's fermenting like mad right now. Wife thought there was a wild animal in our basement, it's that loud.

 

[guinness_time]

This will be my next porter. Sounds delicious. Thanks.

 

[CidCitrus]

I just bottled this and it is one tasty beer. Big and full bodied with a lot of chocolate and coffee flavor. Thanks for the recipe

 

[dtow2]

Holy crap edwort, I brewed this yesterday and now I can't keep the lid on. I have 55 lbs of weight on this monster and it's still lifting!
Can't wait to drink this. Tasted unbelievably good going into the fermenter.
Thanks a million for this recipe!!!

 

[kaiser423]

Just brewed this for a second time. The first one cashed fast. Damned friends making excuses to stop by to drink it

Definitely making this a regular. So nice to brew.

Heat water to 160, pour in cooler with grains, do something for an hour.
Start heating sparge water, drain wort, sparge, bring to boil and add hops.
Do something for an hour.
Flame out, whirlpool.
Do something for twenty minutes.
No-chill siphon into fermenter, let chill overnight.
Pitch yeast in the morning.

Easy brew, not a lot of hand-holding or crazy hop schedules or special yeasts or anything. Robust, simple brew. It's a "Robust Robust Porter" because the recipe is so damned simple and the taste so prominent that it's hard to mess up or do something to really screw it up.

 

[SirElven]

Is there something I could use other then Nottingham? I used this before and it seemed to have alot of yeast suspension. Or could I cold crash it and have it fall out? Any help would be great really want to do this brew Sunday!