Baggage Smasher Porter

[Seveneer]

Hi,

got this porter boiling away at the moment. Looks good so far.....


50 litre recipe

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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90.9 8.00 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
2.8 0.25 kg. Chocolate Malt Great Britain 1.034 475
4.5 0.40 kg. Crystal 105L Great Britain 1.033 105
1.7 0.15 kg. Roasted Barley Great Britain 1.029 575

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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70.00 g. Fuggle Whole 5.00 20.3 90 min.
30.00 g. Fuggle Whole 5.00 4.0 15 min.



As time passes I'll give info on how well (or otherwise) it turns out. Until then, this is an untested recipe. Brew at your peril

/Phil.

[ColinKeb]

excellent name beer looks good too, i might have a go at that once ive got IPA's out of my system

[Seveneer]

I've got 11 gallons fermenting now. I'll let you know how it turns out.

/Phil.

[ColinKeb]

11 thirsty boy

[Seveneer]

[Seveneer]

Right then, as promised, a bit of an update.

This beer is absolutely wonderful. I've just had my first pint and it's great

It's got a very slight roasted flavour and a good level of bitterness with very little hop aroma. It's not as sweet as a brown ale but there is a slight sweetness, probably because of the lack of hop aroma.

It's also, very drinkable

I think this is oe of my best recipe's and I'll definitely be keeping it as a house porter.

/Phil.

[DRB]

[ColinKeb]

cool, i will have a go at that then maybe not in the quantities you did tho

[Garth]

Just finished my brewday doing this recipe which Phil (Seveneer) posted. Just halved all the quantities. I can just about manage a 8/9kg grain bill recipe but thought I'd try it out first.

Ended up doing a mega thin mash (probably about 12/13 litres), I just couldn't hit 65/66 due to reasons unknown, I usually get it pretty spot on.

At the end of the 90 min mash during run off / sparge I got massive roasted coffee aromas, very promising.

Got 20 litres at 1046 at the end of it, efficiency down on the recipe, but still looking good.

Cheers Phil for the recipe.

[Seveneer]

Great. Glad you're using it.

I had a pint and half of this tonight and it has matured beautifully. My brother-in-law is quality control for a large brewery and he gave it the thumbs up too.

/Phil.

[Andy]

Phil - bringing any of this along next Tues ?

[Seveneer]

Could be arranged. Unfortunately I haven't bottled and primed any so it might be a little lifeless.

I serve this beer through a beer engine normally which gives it a little something that pushing it with CO2 just doesn't.



/Phil.

[Andy]

Nice pic you beer/snapper crossover geek!

[Seveneer]

SWMBO was telling her father tonight about me being a beer geek. She think's your comment is highly amusing

[Andy]

Not much I can add to that really!

Will be good to see you again on Tues Phil. Beers geeks of the world* unite!


* SE England.