I love sierra nevada porter, and when I searched online I couldn't find any recipes that looked like they would work. Here is what is on sierra nevada's website:
alcohol content: 5.6% by volume
yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
beginning gravity: 14.5 Plato
bittering hops: Goldings
finishing hops: Willamette
ending gravity: 3.8 Plato
bitterness units: 40
malts: Two-row Pale, Munich, Chocolate & Caramel
So with that in mind, here is the recipe I came up with:
Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 72.0 %
2 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 16.0 %
1 lbs Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 8.0 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.0 %
1.00 oz Galena [12.10%] (40 min) Hops 34.7 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [4.60%] (10 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
1 Pkgs US-05 dry Yeast-Ale
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.061 SG (1.048-1.065 SG)
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.015 SG (1.012-1.016 SG)
Estimated Color: 29.0 SRM (22.0-40.0 SRM) Color 29.0
Bitterness: 40.2 IBU (25.0-55.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 2.2 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 6.0 % (4.8-6.0 %)
I wasn't sure if I should knock the chocolate malt down to 0.75 lb or keep it at 1lb. I also wasn't sure about the hop additions. I ended up with galena because it was relatively cheap and I only needed to get 1 oz instead of 2 or 3 oz of goldings like SN uses in the original. Will I get too much flavor from the galena hops with a 40min bittering addition instead of the usual 60min addition?
This is my first recipe I'm creating on my own and hoping to brew it this saturday.
Any help/advice would be appreciated.
alcohol content: 5.6% by volume
yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
beginning gravity: 14.5 Plato
bittering hops: Goldings
finishing hops: Willamette
ending gravity: 3.8 Plato
bitterness units: 40
malts: Two-row Pale, Munich, Chocolate & Caramel
So with that in mind, here is the recipe I came up with:
Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 72.0 %
2 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 16.0 %
1 lbs Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 8.0 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.0 %
1.00 oz Galena [12.10%] (40 min) Hops 34.7 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [4.60%] (10 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
1 Pkgs US-05 dry Yeast-Ale
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.061 SG (1.048-1.065 SG)
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.015 SG (1.012-1.016 SG)
Estimated Color: 29.0 SRM (22.0-40.0 SRM) Color 29.0
Bitterness: 40.2 IBU (25.0-55.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 2.2 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 6.0 % (4.8-6.0 %)
I wasn't sure if I should knock the chocolate malt down to 0.75 lb or keep it at 1lb. I also wasn't sure about the hop additions. I ended up with galena because it was relatively cheap and I only needed to get 1 oz instead of 2 or 3 oz of goldings like SN uses in the original. Will I get too much flavor from the galena hops with a 40min bittering addition instead of the usual 60min addition?
This is my first recipe I'm creating on my own and hoping to brew it this saturday.
Any help/advice would be appreciated.