American Porter Recipe - Big 40 Porter

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Big 40 Porter

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All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
70%
August 2017: Mashed at about 152 degrees F for an hour. Continuously recirculated the wort with a steelhead pump. Mash temp did go up and down around 148-152 degrees. One time dropped to about 145 for a couple minutes. Adjusted the flame as necessary, but did get it to stabilize at about 151/152 later in the mash. Sparged with 175 degree F water for about 15 minutes. (Subsequent edit: I will no longer sparge this hot. See comments below. I just learned that sparging this hot can pull tannins out of the grains.) Wanted to sparge more slowly (like for at least half an hour), but obviously I haven't yet really mastered my technique. Began boiling with about 6 gallons of volume. Boiled down to about 4.5 gallons and near the end of the boil (within 15 minutes of flame out), I topped it back up to 5 gallons. Original gravity (after boil): 1.066 Forgot to do a yeast starter the day before. Made a yeast starter the night before so it had roughly 12-15 hours to cultivate (on a stir plate). Worried about an inadequate yeast population, I pitched the small yeast starter that I had as well as another packet of yeast. So I basically pitched 2 packets of yeast. I'm keeping the fermenter in a tub of water in a dark closet to hopefully mediate the temperature more evenly. (I live in west Los Angeles and the house can get up to about 80 degrees in August.)

Fermentables

41% - 2-Row - US
5
37
1
Mash
41% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
5
38
3
Mash
4% - Carapils - Dextrine Malt - US
0.5
33
1
Mash
8% - Chocolate - UK
1
34
425
Mash
4% - Dark Crystal 80L - UK
0.55
33
80
Mash
2% - Black Patent Malt - UK
0.25
25
500
Mash

Hops

Chinook
0.75
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
11
27.9
Willamette
1
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
4.5
7.6
Willamette
1
Pellet
Boil
0 min(s)
4.5
0.0

Yeast

White Labs English Ale WLP002
72%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Direct Heat
152
60 min

Special Instructions

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Comments

  • Brewdog333

    Sparging over 170 can pull tannins out of the grains. Don't ruin a good beer. Brewdog333

    9/27/2017 4:08:07 PM
  • theCorner

    Awesome! Didn't realize that. Thank you!

    9/27/2017 4:11:27 PM
  • Brewdog333

    Cheers!

    9/27/2017 4:14:43 PM

Recipe Facts

Big 40 Porter
American Porter
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.063 OG
  • 1.018 FG
  • 35.5 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.56 BG:GU
  • 41.2° SRM Color
  • 70% Efficiency
  • 5.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 214 per 12oz Calories
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