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Imperial Chocolate Mint Porter

Method: All Grain
Style: American Porter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 21 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 28 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.067 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.090 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 71% (brew house)
Source: Pat
Calories: 297 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 25.8 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Thursday February 12th 2026

Original Gravity:

1.090

Final Gravity:

1.016

ABV (standard):

9.7%

IBU (tinseth):

46.9

SRM (morey):

49.2

Mash pH

5.4

Cost $

54.35

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
5.89 kg	Barrett Burston - Pale Malt5.89 kg Pale Malt	$ 3.70 / kg $ 21.79	37	2	66.2%
1.10 kg	Barrett Burston - Dark Munich Malt1.1 kg Dark Munich Malt	$ 4.84 / kg $ 5.32	35	10	12.4%
0.68 kg	Simpsons - Brown Malt0.68 kg Brown Malt	$ 7.45 / kg $ 5.07	32	187.93	7.6%
0.56 kg	Gladfield - Light Chocolate Malt0.56 kg Light Chocolate Malt	$ 6.68 / kg $ 3.74	32.7	355	6.3%
0.45 kg	Simpsons - Crystal Dark0.45 kg Crystal Dark	$ 6.11 / kg $ 2.75	33	120	5.1%
0.22 kg	Simpsons - Crystal Light 0.22 kg Crystal Light	$ 6.31 / kg $ 1.39	33.1	38.03	2.5%
8.90 kg / $ 40.06

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
28.30 g	Magnum28.3 g Magnum Hops	$ 0.07 / g $ 1.98	Pellet	15	Boil	60 min	43.86	66.7%
14.10 g	East Kent Goldings14.1 g East Kent Goldings Hops	$ 0.10 / g $ 1.41	Pellet	5.8	Boil	10 min	3.06	33.3%
42.40 g / $ 3.39

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
28.30 g	Magnum (Pellet) 28.3 g Magnum (Pellet) Hops	$ 0.07 / g $ 1.98	43.86	66.7%
14.10 g	East Kent Goldings (Pellet)	$ 0.10 / g $ 1.41	3.06	33.3%
42.40 g / $ 3.39

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
21 L	Infusion	--	67 °C	60 min
6 L	Batch Sparge	--	75 °C	15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
0.50 each	Whirlfloc	Water Agt	Boil	15 min.
113 g	Cocoa powder	Spice	Boil	10 min.
8 each	Peppermint tea bags	Herb	Boil	0 min.

Yeast

Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

Amount:	2 Each	Cost:	$ 5.45 / each $ 10.90
Attenuation (avg):	81%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	12 - 25 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 159 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 2.44 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (24/25)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
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Notes

Lifted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq3b6FkC_mY and turned into metric. Always loved choc mint beers!

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Last Updated: 2026-02-12 13:18 UTC

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Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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