Saturday, November 13, 2010

Batch 99, Porter

I brewed a Porter for a competition in February.

10 gallon batch.

Recipe Porter Style Brown Porter (12A)
Brewer Batch 10.00 gal
All Grain

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity 1.045 OG Estimated FG 1.011 FG
Recipe Bitterness 29 IBU Alcohol by Volume 4.3%
Recipe Color 25° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.4%

Ingredients


Quantity Grain Type Use
5.00 lb American Munich Grain Mashed
1.00 lb American chocolate malt Grain Mashed
9.00 lb American two-row Grain Mashed
5.00 lb British brown Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
4.00 oz Experimental Fuggles, 4.0% AA Whole 60 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit London Ale yeast Yeast Wyeast 1318, London Ale III
1 Tbs Irish Moss 15 min


Batch Notes

Mash at 153F. I missed the initial temp and got 150F. I hooked up my heat exchanger and ran it for a bit, and the temp jumped to 170F, even with stirring. I added a couple of quarts of cold water, no change. Checked with a different thermometer, and got 151F. I've got to replace the thermometer on my mash tun. It stayed stuck at 170F for the duration. This happened last time I brewed too. So it looks like I started low, got to just about right, then cooled it down again. 150F will work, but this may be a little thinner than I was wanting.

Actual OG: 1.048

The hydrometer sample was excellent!

The yeast is from the ESB I brewed 2 weeks ago.

The hops are the experimental hops that I got on the hop tour this fall. They are a Fuggles derivative.

Nov 14: the airlock is bubbling nicely. I'm using the big fermenter in the garage since the outside temps are low enough.

Nov 26: Was going to rack to kegs today, but gravity was at 1.016.  I stirred up the yeast and will let it work a few more days.  I'd really like to get this down to about 1.012 or 1.011.


10/793

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