So my buddy was in upstate NY last week and stopped in to Market Street Brewery in Corning, NY. He tried their D'Artangnan Dark British Ale and loved it. He knows I brew, so suggested that we make a batch of it to test out. Some of what I know about the beer is below:
OG - 1.060
Alc/Vol - 6.5%
IBU - 28
Grains used - Pale, Crystal, Victory, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Black
From looking at other websites, the reviews on Beer Advocate are pretty mixed. The style according to Market Street is a British Mild, which does not seem right at all. OG is way to high, Alc/vol too high as well. Seems as though it is more inline with a Robust Porter, which is what I am using as my recipe in Beer Smith.
So far what I have is:
9.0# UK 2 Row
1.5# Victory
.50# C-20
.15# Black
.15# Chocolate
.15# Roasted
1 oz Goldings for 60 minutes, then .75 oz at 30 minutes
.5 oz Fuggles at 5 minutes
Some type of British Ale yeast.
This is the first recipe that I am trying to come up with on my own, so I am not really sure what I am doing to be honest. I tried to go off of a basic outline in the recipe section for Porters. What can I do to this recipe to make it better? According to Beer Smith this comes in at an estimated gravity of 1.060 with 28 IBU, which is right on what Market Street says. I feel like the color should be a bit darker though for a porter, so maybe I should bump up the chocolate or black malt. Has anyone had this beer before, or know what else I could be doing differently to get it a bit closer? Any help here would be appreciated. I love Porters, so would like to try this and see how it turns out.
OG - 1.060
Alc/Vol - 6.5%
IBU - 28
Grains used - Pale, Crystal, Victory, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Black
From looking at other websites, the reviews on Beer Advocate are pretty mixed. The style according to Market Street is a British Mild, which does not seem right at all. OG is way to high, Alc/vol too high as well. Seems as though it is more inline with a Robust Porter, which is what I am using as my recipe in Beer Smith.
So far what I have is:
9.0# UK 2 Row
1.5# Victory
.50# C-20
.15# Black
.15# Chocolate
.15# Roasted
1 oz Goldings for 60 minutes, then .75 oz at 30 minutes
.5 oz Fuggles at 5 minutes
Some type of British Ale yeast.
This is the first recipe that I am trying to come up with on my own, so I am not really sure what I am doing to be honest. I tried to go off of a basic outline in the recipe section for Porters. What can I do to this recipe to make it better? According to Beer Smith this comes in at an estimated gravity of 1.060 with 28 IBU, which is right on what Market Street says. I feel like the color should be a bit darker though for a porter, so maybe I should bump up the chocolate or black malt. Has anyone had this beer before, or know what else I could be doing differently to get it a bit closer? Any help here would be appreciated. I love Porters, so would like to try this and see how it turns out.
