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Keeping Porter
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:11 pm
by oblivious
Brewed this the other day in my mew mash tun and I had a couple of problems. The first was my efficiency dropped probably because I accident left some wort behind in the mash tun. The second was I forgot to put in the hop strainer and only got 20 litres out of it; I left the rest behind with the hops
Keeping Porter O.G 1.074 28 litres
Pale ale malt 5.67 kg (59%)
Munich malt 1.70 kg (18%)
Brown malt 0.85kg (9%)
Chocolate malt 0.71kg (7.5%)
Crystal malt (55l) 0.281kg (3%)
Special B 0.281kg (3%)
Hops (44 IBU’s)
Northern brewer 56g 60 min
EKG 15g 60min
EKG 28g 15min
EKG 28g 5min
Here are some pics
The Mash
Second running’s
Grain after the mash
The boil
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:32 pm
by Garth
Sorry to hear you had a few problems but still looks like a good brewday, should be a tasty pint.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:35 pm
by stevezx7r
It looks good. I keep making darker and darker ales so will end up making a porter/stout some time soon. Maybe throw a handful of freshly ground coffee in too once I get round to it.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:58 pm
by oblivious
kinda kicking my self for not make Durden park Whitbread's London Porter now
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:32 pm
by SiHoltye
Plenty of time to do the DP porter before Porter drinking season comes round again. I've another 'normal' beer to do before I do something from their book again. The recipes are so simple, but great beers.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:21 am
by PMH0810
SiHoltye wrote:Plenty of time to do the DP porter before Porter drinking season comes round again. I've another 'normal' beer to do before I do something from their book again. The recipes are so simple, but great beers.
Going to show myself up as an idiot... "Porter drinking season comes round again"?
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:17 pm
by booldawg
PMH0810 wrote:SiHoltye wrote:Plenty of time to do the DP porter before Porter drinking season comes round again. I've another 'normal' beer to do before I do something from their book again. The recipes are so simple, but great beers.
Going to show myself up as an idiot... "Porter drinking season comes round again"?
Porter is seen as more of a 'cold weather' beer for warming nights by the log fire. So any time during May/June/July will suffice
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:55 pm
by SiHoltye
Yeah I was thinking about the colder months of Sept Oct Nov, bearing in mind a lot of the DP recipes take months to mature. They're worth it mind.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:04 pm
by spearmint-wino
SiHoltye wrote:Yeah I was thinking about the colder months of Sept Oct Nov, bearing in mind a lot of the DP recipes take months to mature. They're worth it mind.
Tell me about it. Still got another 2 1/2 months to go before my Simmonds Bitter is ready
. I'm sure you'll have brewed a cracker though oblivious
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:53 pm
by PMH0810
To booldawg
Thanks for the clarification!
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:00 pm
by Seveneer
I thought "Porter Drinking Season" started when you wake up and finished when you pass out
/Phil.
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:29 pm
by oblivious
Seveneer wrote:I thought "Porter Drinking Season" started when you wake up and finished when you pass out
/Phil.
There is also that rare condition of sleep drinking