Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (AG)

[ChairmanWow]

There are already a few all-grain recipes on here for Edmund Fitzgerald, but they don't seem to match the profile published by GLBC.


(https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/uploads/Beer/WEB Profile Edmund Fitzgerald 2012.pdf)

According to that, the grain bill consists of two-row, crystal 77, chocolate, and roasted barley. Bittered with northern brewer, flavor addition is willamette, aroma is cascade. I've heard from a few sources that the house yeast for GLBC is white labs london ale. 37 IBUs, 5.8% ABV, and an original gravity of 1.061.

Some notes for my recipe: My LHBS doesn't carry crystal 77, so I'm using 80. Nor did they have the london ale yeast, so I'm using WLP005, which should be pretty close. I usually treat my water, but since I brew with Cleveland municipal water, I just use it straight for a Great Lakes clone.

Edmund Fitzgerald Clone

Batch Size: 5 gallons
Est original gravity: 1.061
Est final gravity: 1.016
Est ABV: 5.8%
Est IBUs: 37.6
60 min boil

10 lbs American two-row
12 oz 80° Crystal
12 oz Chocolate malt
8 oz roasted barley

Mash 60 minutes at 152°

1 oz Northern Brewer (9.2%) 60 min
.5 oz Willamette (5.3%) 30 min
1 tsp irish moss - 10 min

.5 oz Cascade (7.1%) at KO - steep 10 min

Chill to 70° and pitch White Labs London Yeast (or British Ale)
-I make a 1.5 L starter on a stir plate

Primary at 70° for 7 days, secondary for 7 days, cold crash and fine with gelatin if desired, bottle or keg. (2.5 vol CO2)

 

[lhommedieu]

Thanks for posting. I was fortunate to try it for the first time this year, as the beer distributor in my mom's town in PA carries it. Their Dortmunder Gold is excellent, as well.

 

[MyFirstandlastname]

Tried brewing This twice with ultra low SG both times... Realized my LHBS' grinder was busted.

I can say, at about 50% efficiency this makes a compelling modelo negro/smithwicks light-dark beer to have on tap

 

[FarmerTed]

I think Crystal 77 usually refers to English crystal (Simpson's Dark, for example). That's what I would use.

 

[zeptrey]

Which Chocolate malt, sounds like they'd use UK Chocolate but could use pale chocolate as well.


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[ChairmanWow]

My LHBS sells Simpsons chocolate malt, so that's what I used.