Fairly simple Porter

[sunny_jimbob]

Nipped to the LHBS at the weekend to grab some VWP, and to my surprise SWMBO told be to grab a bag of grain and some yeast too! So I now have the gear for a last brew of 2012, and had to spend a bit thinking what to actually brew. I decided a fairly straightforward porter may be the answer, so knocked the below recipe together. What do you guys think? I'm not 100% sure on the hops. I currently have Target and Bobek (obviously), plus some Northdown and some Amarillo when they arrive. Any feedback will be gratefully accepted

Porter
Brown Porter

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 17.5
Total Grain (kg): 4.089
Total Hops (g): 35.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.049 (°P): 12.1
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.81 %
Colour (SRM): 28.1 (EBC): 55.4
Bitterness (IBU): 35.2 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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3.394 kg Pale Malt (83%)
0.368 kg Brown Malt (9%)
0.286 kg Chocolate (7%)
0.041 kg Roasted Barley (1%)

Hop Bill
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20.0 g Target Leaf (9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
15.0 g Bobek Leaf (5.2% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)

Misc Bill
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3.0 g Irish Moss @ 10 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Munton's Premium Gold


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[sunny_jimbob]

I've been musing further on this, and I'm wondering about (post fermentation) racking and priming as normal, bottling say 2/3 of it, then adding coffee to the remaining 1/3 for an experimental coffee porter.

[sbond10]

Well taking from another thread for a chocolate stout the agree way was to add x amount of chocolate essence to your pint pot before chucking the stout on top and keep experimenting till you get to a level you like then next time if you brew again you can expedient it to the volume you require