Freezing Cold Robust Porter (With added picture goodness)

[196osh]

Freezing Cold Robust Porter
Date: 27/10/09

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 8 lbs. 13.0 oz 4000 grams 82.9%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 10.5 oz 300 grams 6.2%
Chocolate Malt 1050 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 4.1%
Belgian Special "B" 300 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 4.1%
Amber 100 EBC 0 lbs. 4.4 oz 125 grams 2.6%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Herkules Whole 15.8 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.3 oz 8 grams 9.1%
Glacier Whole 7.8 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 1.4 oz 40 grams 45.5%
Glacier Whole 7.8 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 1.4 oz 40 grams 45.5%

Final Volume: 17 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.058
Final Gravity: 1.016
Alcohol Content: 5.5% ABV
Total Liquor: 28.5 Litres
Mash Liquor: 12.1 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 70 %
Bitterness: 36.5897153706247 EBU
Colour: 141 EBC

@ Mysterio: The Glacier didn't smell up to much when I opened the package.

[196osh]

Boiling away now.

[196osh]

Grist


Malt sacks in my cuboard


Some speciality grains


Spent grains


First runnings


Hot Break


Rehydrating yeast


Chilling


Some I made earlier, Einherjar IIPA not labeled up yet

Sorry it took so long to get these up.

[jonnyhop]

looks nice, good luck with it. Just got my first porter in the corny and cannot wait!

I noticed you added amber malt - is this for taste rather than colour? As I say, new to the delights of porter!

[196osh]

Yeah for flavour, I figured it would add another dimmesion.

[mysterio]

Yeah my Glacier just had a neutral, hay-like smell. They smelt a bit like the hops i'm aging in the loft. The beer I made with them were excellent though, just not all that hoppy.

Pics look good!

[WishboneBrewery]

Going to be tasty I bet

[196osh]

Lets hope so.