durbo
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Hi all, I'm fairly new to this whole home brewing business. The next brew I want to do is a porter, and I've done a bunch of reading of recipes and ingredients and such and I have come up with one I think will be good. I'm aiming for strong chocolatey and honey flavours and aromas with an ABV of about 6-6.5%. I'll be doing a partial mash by steeping specialty grains then adding the DME late in the boil.
As this is the first recipe I've actually come up with, I'd appreciate some comments on quantities/ratios, ingredients used (or overlooked) and temperatures appropriate for the porter style of beer.
Chocolate Honey Porter
Fermentables
- 7.5 lb Pale DME
- 1.3 lb dextrose
- 12 oz crystal malt
- 14 oz chocolate malt
- 4 oz Black patent malt
Hops and adjuncts
- 1 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings (60 mins)
- 1.8 lb honey (60 mins ?)
- 1/2 oz Fuggles (20 mins)
- 1/2 Willamette (20 mins)
- 12 oz cocoa powder (10 mins)
Yeast
- English Ale Yeast
If you could also comment on how best to utilise the honey to extract flavour that would be great too.
Cheers!
As this is the first recipe I've actually come up with, I'd appreciate some comments on quantities/ratios, ingredients used (or overlooked) and temperatures appropriate for the porter style of beer.
Chocolate Honey Porter
Fermentables
- 7.5 lb Pale DME
- 1.3 lb dextrose
- 12 oz crystal malt
- 14 oz chocolate malt
- 4 oz Black patent malt
Hops and adjuncts
- 1 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings (60 mins)
- 1.8 lb honey (60 mins ?)
- 1/2 oz Fuggles (20 mins)
- 1/2 Willamette (20 mins)
- 12 oz cocoa powder (10 mins)
Yeast
- English Ale Yeast
If you could also comment on how best to utilise the honey to extract flavour that would be great too.
Cheers!