English Porter Black Pearl Porter (AG)

[DaNewf]

I bottled in mid September. I think at this point they're finished.

 

[stryker_hass]

Kegged tonight. OG 1.062. FG 1.030. S-04. Not sure what happened here. Brew regularly. 4.2%. Brew went well

 

[stryker_hass]

This could be a driveway beer. That is - pour the keg out onto the driveway

 

[bolus14]

What yeast did you use. At 1.030 you're high, but could try to build a starter of s-04 or s-05 and throw that in at higher temps to bring it down.
Or what I would try build a starter of a Belgian strain, maybe 3522, which can be an animal. I love Belgians and your high enough that you might still get some esters. I wouldn't dump it without trying to pitch something else first. Either that or blend it.

 

[ChelisHubby]

Dont Pitch the the beer out. Let it ride and try it in a month you will be glad you did.

 

[adiochiro3]

Brewed ~7.5 gallons of this in 2 BIAB batches over the weekend. I followed the recipe to a "T," except I used Nottingham (I had 2 packets in hand). The wort tasted wonderful. The OG came in at 1.080 and dropped to 1.070 after adding a gallon of water.

I plan to put it in my bourbon barrel once the RIS comes out in a couple of weeks.

 

[smit70136]

Had to share this pic before I drain the kegs...View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1416971474.300387.jpg. If you can't tell, I'm a bit of a fan of these recipes. Might have to place bets on which one I'll float first.


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[46binder]

Well I went to bottle this today, its been in the primary over a month, I dont really secondary. Its at 1.03, and has a slight grainy cereal smell. Fermented this in my basement that was too cold. Try to pitch more yeast?

 

[stryker_hass]

Looking back through this thread, one poster put this recipe in beersmith and the expected FG is 1.030. So it is what it is. I have friends that like this beer. Myself no I've made many porters and stouts. This is in the bottom of the list

 

[Roughster]

I have brewed this a total of 5 times. I did something wrong the first batch and it sucked. All the others have been awesome!

If you have brewed it and you didn't like it, you might have missed a critical temp. I feel like this one varies a lot based upon how well you hit and hold mash and ferm temps.


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[MikePote]

I just found a 9 month old bottle of this that I must have misplaced. The rest was drank a looooooong time ago and very good. The 9 month bottle is unreal. Definately top two or three of my 30 or so batches.

 

[waverz]

I brewed this 11/09/14 and hooked the keg up to the co2 yesterday. It's even good flat. I can't wait to try it carbed up.

 

[ChelisHubby]

This beer is great I have been trying to figure out the best way to raise the alcohol % without greatly changing the flavors. I want to age this for several months!

 

[Redcat]

Brewed this and forgot the oats. Even without the oats, I like it.

OG was 1.058 and FG was 1.020.

 

[adiochiro3]

Brewed this on 11-24-14 and left it in the primary until today. Tasted very nice after 5.5 weeks. FG was a little higher than I expected: 1.024 finishing at 6% ABV. Now for the best part -- I racked it into my bourbon barrel after bottling the RIS that was in it!

My guess is that it will condition in the barrel for ~3 months before bottling. Looking forward to the finished product.

 

[waverz]

I made this back in November and it was the best beer I've made to date. I've decided I want to make this again and bring it to a local craft beer event. The only problem is the event is 5 weeks away. I think it's doable but another week or two would be ideal.

This will be my first beer to share with people who aren't close friends or family. I'm a little nervous about it but I think it'll be good enough.

There is a homebrew contest at the event bit it's by popular vote AKA the guy who brings the most friends wins.

I'm not too worried about the contest, I am worried about bringing a keg of "green" porter.

Do you guys think I should brew something else with a quicker turn around our will 5 weeks be long enough?

I was thinking letting is sit in primary for 4 weeks. Force carb, make sure the carbonation is good the last week (hopefully won't drink it all during sampling), and serve at the event.

Cutting it tight.

 

[ChelisHubby]

Well I bottled another batch of it the first batch is down to 5 bombers, I also put vanilla in 6 bottles!

 

[mattsmitty]

With force carbing in a keg will this be a good drinking beer 3 weeks from brew day?

 

[Ariando]

Anyone Nitro this one?

 

[Zubius]

Anyone Nitro this one?

I have several times, it's fantastic!

 

[Beer is good]

Hey buddies, I just brewed this up tonight. I am a little surprised because my original gravity was 1.051 and that seems a little low. I am not sure what I did wrong, when I sparged the final run was almost clear. I mashed it for 1 hour. Any ideas?

I am sure it will taste great, I just want to see if 1.051 is a normal original gravity or if I did something wrong.

 

[CorwinGraves]

I've been brewing for several years and this is the first time I've brewed a beer that has essentially no head retention, nor lacing. The taste is good, if not a bit sweet for my liking, but the head disappears like that of a Coke when poured from the keg. It's been on CO2 for a few weeks, so it should be good. Anyhow, strange. I wonder if anyone else has had this issue with this beer.

 

[smit70136]

Well, I've brewed this one twice (one is still fermenting) and believe it had fairly good lacing. There wasn't much of a head on it but it wasn't non-existent either. I think this is a pic of the beer but my memory of that day is a bit fuzzy.

Also, my OG on both batches was closer to 1080. Based on the final run being clear I'm wondering if you maybe had channels in the grain bed preventing a good clean sweep. I always fly sparge as slowly as possible and use rice hulls a lot. I've never had that problem. I guess you did a batch sparge? View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1425704169.593085.jpg

 

[CorwinGraves]

Yes, I've always batch sparged, but never ran into this issue. I hit my numbers right on, so not sure what to attribute it to. I'll have no problem finishing the keg, but it's interesting how something like lack of head retention and lacing can impact the overall experience. I'd never thought of it until I brewed a beer that was lacking in these areas.

 

[Redcat]

Brewed this and forgot the oats. Even without the oats, I like it.

OG was 1.058 and FG was 1.020.

I've brewed this 4 times total now. Since I liked the beer so much without the oats the first time, I've made all 4 without oats.

The last time I made this beer, I fermented with Wyeast 3711 for our local homebrew club's Ironbrewer challenge. The challenge was you had to use 3711 and 1/4lb of midnight wheat malt (550L).

I just added the midnight wheat malt to this recipe. Didn't adjust any other parts of the recipe except excluding oats.

Main fermentation was at 68F for two weeks. Starting OG was 1.064 and FG 1.008.

It tastes amazing, super silky smooth.

 

[user 198378]

THnking of brewing a 10 gal batch of this and splitting into two 5 gals...one I will leave alone and the other will become a choc pumpkin porter. Will use S04, Nugget/Magnum and some other low alpha in my freezer

 

[ehartunian]

Made 10 gallons today, omitted the lactose, all else according to the recipe. Split between 2 carboys, going to leave one as is, and add cocoa nibs and vanilla beans to the other in the secondary. Efficiency was a bit lower that expected, but otherwise all went well. Can't wait to try this one!

 

[skitter]

Man, hella good job Biermuncher, made this one 5 weeks ago, spent 2 weeks in the fermenter and three weeks in the bottle. Damn this is good! I think next time I will try making this with Vanilla Bean and maybe try my hand at doing some whiskey burbon chips.

 

[heckofagator]

Hey guys, would this make a good base for a snickerdoodle porter? Thinking about going with this and adding a but more lactose and some vanilla beans and cinnamon. It seems like it would be a pretty good fit?

 

[ophillium]

Made 10 gallons today, omitted the lactose, all else according to the recipe. Split between 2 carboys, going to leave one as is, and add cocoa nibs and vanilla beans to the other in the secondary. Efficiency was a bit lower that expected, but otherwise all went well. Can't wait to try this one!

Keep us posted -- I was thinking to do the exact same thing with this recipe.