My first brew: Is This Recipe OK?

[groosha5]

I'm planning my first brew and wanted to get some feedback on whether or not the recipe I'm going with sounds ok. Recipe: https://beerrecipes.org/Recipe/301/david-smiths-porter.html?gb=np&fpop=1

I'll be scaling it down to 1/5th and using a Brewer's Best one gallon beer equipment kit. All the ingredients I plan on getting from midwestsupplies.com. The following ingredients are the ones I'm looking to use. Are they alright to use even though they're not the exact ones?

-Maillard Malts - Dark Malt Extract Syrup
-Munton & Fison (UK) Light DME
-Maillard Malts - Briess Black Malt
-German Tettnang Pellet Hops
-Safbrew S-33 Dry Yeast
-Fermenter's Favorites - Corn Sugar

Is the S-33 yeast ok to use in place of the one called for? And by one pack (1/5th of one in my case) does it mean 11.5g like this one is?

For cascade hops, there are two kinds on the website, pellet and leaf. Which should I use and what's the difference?

In the procedures of the recipe it mentions boiling vs not boiling the black malt for 10 minutes. Which should I do?

Thank you!!!!

 

[Bosh]

S33 is not a well-liked ale yeast but it's better for low abv English ales than anything else.

Personally for a very first brew I wouldn't use any grains at all, just hops and some extract.

 

[groosha5]

What yeast do you recommend instead? And why is it not liked?

 

[whiskeyjack]

I believe the Edme yeast = s-33. I'm not big into porters, but a general search shows you can use a variety of yeasts for porters. S04, S05, S33, Windsor Ale yeast, and those are the dry yeast types, even more with liquid. If you are doing a 1/5 batch, you would use a small amount of the yeast packet, maybe 1/4. As for the hops, I'd go with pellets. Especially with a small batch, the leaf type will absorb a lot of the wort giving you less then you would have if you went pellets

 

[groosha5]

Got it, thanks for the input.