Extract #3 - Max's Porter

[Monkeybrew]

With the recent birth of our new son Max, I was inspired to brew a celebration ale in is honour

As the nights are getting darker and cooler, I decided to brew a fairly strong Porter.

Max's Porter

Brewlength - 10L
1.500kg Light LME - 8 EBC
0.260kg Crystal Malt - 120 EBC
0.150kg Wheat DME - 8 EBC
0.100kg Dark Brown Sugar - ? EBC
0.075kg Chocolate Malt - 800 EBC
0.025kg Roasted Barley - 1350 EBC

17g of Cluster Leaf Hops 7.8%AA @60mins
10g of Cluster Leaf Hops 7.8%AA @10mins
10g of Cluster Leaf Hops 7.8%AA @5mins

Colour - 110 EBC
Bitterness - 37 EBU
OG - 1.054
FG - 1.012
ABV - 5.6%
Yeast - Gervin Ale (rehydrated)
Fermented @20C

This brew spent 16 days in the FV before bottling and I couldn't help myself last night and cracked open a bottle at only 6 days old!

Wow what a drink this is so far, it has a nice smooth mouth feel and a great, but subtle blend of chocolate, coffee and liquorice that finishes slightly sweet and fruity.

TBH, I hope it doesn't change anymore with conditioning because I'm very happy with what I've got right now. I suppose I could drink it all within a couple of weeks

Loving the simplicity of extract brewing right now, and I have a small batch of Ext #4 (Irish Red Ale)that is currently escaping from the FV aided by some rampant Windsor yeast!

MB

[seymour]

God that sounds delicious, definitely my kinda beer.
+1 on the Cluster, too. So delicious! Let's keep that on the down-low, though, lest people catch on and drive the prices up

[Monkeybrew]

It certainly is a good brew.

Cluster is one of many hidden hop gems along with Apollo, let's just keep in on the down low

I've still got a sealed 100g pack of Nugget to try, just not too sure what style of brew they would suit.

Any ideas?

[seymour]

Mmmm....Nugget, good stuff. Yeah, I call for that in my Chimay clone. I strongly recommend it for the early and middle hop additions of any Belgian Dark Strong Ale. Would pair well with a recipe containing some simple sugar and, say, peppery T-58 yeast.