Whitbread London Porter (1850) : 04-Oct-08

[mixbrewery]

I know it's a bit later to have this ready for crimbo but i can sneak a few tasters to check on the progress

One note on the chocolate malt.
The last batch I got from H&G was lighter than normal. Usually it has a colour of 800 EBC, this time was only 600 EBC.
Will this change the taste profile significantly?

Recipe: Whitbread London Porter (1850)

Batch Size (L): 50.00
Total Grain (Kg): 14.30
Anticipated OG: 1.065
Anticipated EBC: 60.8
Anticipated IBU: 43.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Grain
Amount Name Potential EBC
10.50 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) 1.038 5
3.00 kg. Brown Malt 1.032 150
0.80 kg. Chocolate Malt 1.034 600

Hops
Amount Name Alpha IBU Boil Time
180.00 g. Fuggle 4.70 42.4 90 min.
35.00 g. Fuggle 4.20 1.4 0 min.


Extras
2 Whirlfoc Tablets 15 Min.(boil)
1oz Licorice Root 15 Min.(boil)


Yeast : S-04 SafAle English Ale[/b]

[ECR]

Hope it's going well

[oblivious]

Nice recipe that one, have a great brew day

[booldawg]

Hope all went well. Should be well in time for Christmas. Is that a Durden Park recipe?

[mixbrewery]

3 packs of S-04 certainly does the job.
24 hours after pitching and its gone mad, I just hope it hasnt all ended up in the demijohn airlock.

Is that a Durden Park recipe?

Nearly, changed the black malt to chocolate to match a brew by another LAB member.
Looking forward to comparative tasting sessions

[likesbeer]

got to give it to those big brew length and a DJ as an airlock
Does look like it got rather excited and made a run for it
Hope it turn out well

[likesbeer]

Oh! forgot to add wish I'd taken up this homebrew lark when i lived in Hemel as I'd have been knocking on your door

[mixbrewery]

Fermentation has really slowed up and its only down to 1.020 after 14 days.
Added another re-hydrated yeast this morning to try and tease it down to at least 1.015.

If i keg/bottle now it will be a very sorry excuse for a porter as the starting og was a bit low , only 1.060.

[edit1now]

You'll still get a nice dark ale

[oblivious]

mixbrewery don't be surprised if it stops at 1.018, anyway you will want a bit of body to compete with the hops

[steve_flack]

When I last brewed this mine finished rather high as well. I can't recall the exact FG but the OG was 1.060 and I ended up at 5.5% ABV. That was using Danstar Nottingham yeast