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Port City Porter **

235 calories 23.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Porter
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 8.07 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.057 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.071 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Craft Beer & Brewing
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 235 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23.7 g (Per 12oz)
URL: https://brewingcompetitions.com/springfling/index.php?msg=99
Created: Tuesday January 21st 2020
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n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
12.50 lb American - Pilsner12.5 lb Pilsner 37 1.8 75.5%
1.30 lb Franco-Belges - Special Aromatic1.3 lb Special Aromatic 37 4 7.9%
13 oz Briess - Black Malt13 oz Black Malt 27 500 4.9%
9 oz Briess - Caramel Malt - 20L9 oz Caramel Malt - 20L 35 20 3.4%
9 oz United Kingdom - Brown9 oz Brown 32 65 3.4%
9 oz Great Western - Mela Malt9 oz Mela Malt 34.5 23 3.4%
4 oz Thomas Fawcett - Chocolate Malt4 oz Chocolate Malt 32.2 420 1.5%
264.80 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Magnum0.5 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 13.6 Boil 60 min 27.31 25%
0.25 oz Magnum0.25 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 13.6 Boil 30 min 7.58 12.5%
0.38 oz Fuggles0.375 oz Fuggles Hops Pellet 5.3 Boil 30 min 4.43 18.8%
0.50 oz Fuggles0.5 oz Fuggles Hops Pellet 5.3 Boil 15 min 2.84 25%
0.38 oz Fuggles0.375 oz Fuggles Hops Pellet 5.3 Boil 0 min 18.8%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 tsp Wyeast - Beer Nutrient Water Agt Boil 10 min.
0.50 each Whirlfloc Water Agt Boil 10 min.
 
Yeast
Imperial Yeast - A01 House
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
62 - 70 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 360 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 10.2 psi       Temp: 38 °F       CO2 Level: 2.4 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Camas Water Profile - Ward Labs
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
6.21 gal Strike 168 °F 152 °F 60 min
4.18 gal Sparge 185 °F 168 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 68 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 6.21 24.8  
Mash volume with grains 7.53 30.1  
Grain absorption losses -2.07 -8.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.94 g | 15.8 qt) 4.18 16.7  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.83 g | 31.3 qt) 8.07 32.3  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 6.5 26  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 6.5 g | 26 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 10.39 41.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Craft Beer & Brewing recipe. (Feb/Mar 2020)
Port City Brewing: Johathan Reeves - Brewmaster.

The CB&B recipe did not specify malt brands other than saying Belgian Aromatic and Caramel 15. Used Franco-Belgies for the Aromatic and Briess 20 for the Caramalt 15.

Alternate Yeasts: Fermentis Safale S-04, White Labs WLP017 Whitbread.

For the yeast I used Imperial House with a starter. Starter is 1.8 liter with 6.3z of DME to get to 418b cells. (yeast was one month old)

Took 3rd place at the 2026 COHO Spring Fling.



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