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PORTER

168 calories 16.9 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: English Porter
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 300 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 320.77 liters
Post Boil Size: 310 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: MILA BEER
Hop Utilization: 76%
Calories: 168 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday June 16th 2025
1.051
1.012
5.1%
28.1
32.1
5.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
50 kg BE - Pale Ale50 kg Pale Ale 38 3.4 68.5%
8 kg Castle Malting - Château Cara Gold8 kg Château Cara Gold 34 45 11%
7 kg Gladfield - Light Chocolate Malt7 kg Light Chocolate Malt 32.7 355 9.6%
4 kg Bestmalz - BEST Chit Malt4 kg BEST Chit Malt 23 1.4 5.5%
4 kg Castle Malting - Château Melano4 kg Château Melano 35.88 31 5.5%
73 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
200 g Bravo200 g Bravo Hops Pellet 15.5 Boil 90 min 21.39 44.4%
250 g Fuggles250 g Fuggles Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 45 min 6.66 55.6%
450 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
50 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
20 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
20 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
30 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
Priming
CO2 Level: 1.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 5 35 60 50 265
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
222 L Strike 74 °C 67 °C 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 16 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 310.8 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 265.4 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 267.18 L 219
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 219
Mash volume with grains 267.2
Grain absorption losses -73
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 165.7 L) 175.7
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 310.8 L) 320.8
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -2.3
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 300 L) 310
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 310 L) 300
Total: 394.7  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"PORTER" English Porter beer recipe by MILA BEER. All Grain, ABV 5.12%, IBU 28.05, SRM 32.05, Fermentables: (Pale Ale, Château Cara Gold, Light Chocolate Malt, BEST Chit Malt, Château Melano) Hops: (Bravo, Fuggles) Other: (Chalk, Calcium Chloride (anhydrous), Gypsum, Baking Soda)
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