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WGV 60.00 50.40 90
WGV 20.00 16.80 30
WGV 20.00 16.80 5

Percentage mash
Pale malts 65.0
Amber 17.0
Smoked 12.0
Brown 5.0
Pale Choc 1.0

21L, Burton on trent yeast at 20c.
Primmed 1g dark candi per 500ml.
Expected 4.76% ish, was hoping for a bit more ie 5.2%

Here we go, it's another porter. Any thoughts? I have already made it but expect it to take at least 6 months. So it a summer porter, ass e back to front again. But loving the red hue.

O dear WVG is percentage then mass in grams.

Why do you think it'll take 6 months? Or am I missing something obvious

Done a bit of reading (Designing Great Beers). Early porters used to be made by blending ales of different ages. One example of, if my recall is right, they would blend 3 month with 6 month of brown ales. I've not gone the whole hog and I am doing it in one shot. So the time is really there to allow the harsh edges of the brown and pale choc malts to mellow. And l so I think it's a fair wedge of hops at 6 ish aa, sensitive sole me.

But then I mite be missing the obvious too. It may not take that long. The only way to really tell is to, um test on a weekly bases. That was ment to be a joke, but it still seems to happen.

You need to keep the tests regular all right, for scientific reasons you understand