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Porter

192 calories 19.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: English Porter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 4.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 4.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.058 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 192 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday January 1st 2020
1.058
1.014
5.8%
48.7
29.9
5.3
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale7 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 77.8%
1 lb American - Chocolate1 lb Chocolate 29 350 11.1%
0.25 lb American - Roasted Barley0.25 lb Roasted Barley 33 300 2.8%
0.25 lb Flaked Barley0.25 lb Flaked Barley 32 2.2 2.8%
8 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 10L8 oz Caramel / Crystal 10L 35 10 5.6%
9 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Northern Brewer1 oz Northern Brewer Hops Pellet 7.8 Boil 60 min 36.54 50%
0.75 oz Cascade0.75 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 15 min 12.2 37.5%
0.25 oz Cascade0.25 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Dry Hop 0 days 12.5%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp Lactic acid Water Agt Mash --
4 oz Cocoa Powder Flavor Whirlpool --
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 80 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Boston February 2018
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3.38 13.5  
Mash volume with grains 4.1 16.4  
Grain absorption losses -1.13 -4.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.82 g | 15.3 qt) 3.5 14  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5.82 g | 23.3 qt) 5.5 22  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.07 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 4.25 17  
Going into fermentor 4.25 17  
Total: 6.88 27.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Decided to double chocolate malt at last minute and add some cocoa powder at flame out to try and get a little more chocolate character.

Mashed in 5 gal at 152. Re-circulated for a few minutes in the beginning, middle and end. Heated 1 gal to 170, added to mash after mash out. Let bag drain a bit and then transferred to other brew pot. let bag just drain a little more and continued to add it to the boil pot. Ended up with just over 5.5 gal at end of mash out. pre-boil gravity seems to be around 1.052 which would indicate a very high efficiency. (unsure how accurate that was as the OG was somewhere between 1.056 and 1.058)

Added hops at about 180. Let come to a boil, added hops at 15 min and cocoa powder at flameout.

Took outside and used chiller, cooled fast. Put in fermenter at 63 and added yeast starter (done the night before so it was just finishing up fermenting when pitching). Warmed to 68. Fermentation started overnight.

OG was between 1.056 and 1.058 at 4.5 gal. Tilt originally had 1.058 but then dropped to 1.054 after adding yeast?

Kept temp controlled between 67-69 for fermentation. Tried to hold between 68-70 for the next few days, then just let it sit for almost another week.

Dumped trub twice at beginning of fermentation and wasn't a ton of trub, so waited until fermentation was done to try dumping again.

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  • Last Updated: 2020-02-01 18:38 UTC