Fords Honey Porter Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 11/14/2015

Notes (Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

New mash-tun worked great, still need a better sparging setup. Did a mixture of Batch and Fly sparging, but we need to slow down the fly sparging section. Also used whole cone hops but used mesh bags to limit the trub loss...this worked great, barely had anything in the strainer. Starting Gravity was 1.054 Primary Fermentation was 2 weeks Racked to Secondary 0n 11/29 - Gravity was 1.014 Dark Brown Color, chocolate taste, nice Honey nose...definitely has the smell of the Buckwheat Honey

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

7.5 lb kg

Grain Temp

67 °FC

Target Mash Temp

162 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.3 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

90 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

Grain Absorption

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg

Sparge Grain Absorption

0.01 gals/lb liters/kg

HLT-MT Heat Loss

°FC

Mash Tun Loss

0.25 gals liters

Brew Kettle Trub Loss

0.5 gals liters

Boil Loss

1 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

8.41 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

3.04 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

2.69 gals liters

HLT Temperature

175.24 °FC

Strike Temperature

175.24 °FC

1st Runnings

1.56 gals liters

Sparge Volume

5.72 gals liters

Total Runoff

7.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

167 °FC

Mash End Temp

162 °FC

Mash Time

90 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.045 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7.5 gallons liters 7.20 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

90 minutes minutes (90 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5.25 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.50 gallonsliters at 1.045 for 90 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.054.

You wanted an OG of 1.057. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5.25 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.054 (1.057 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.014 (1.015 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

11/28/2015

Bottle/Keg

Keg PSI

17 PSI

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 1/8/2016 by FastFord

Notes:

So first pull on the keg tonight and so far so good. Has a dark brown color, a smooth finish, clean mouthfeel and a nice head. Honey nose. Chocolate more then Coffee, and mellowed even further by the buckwheat honey flavored finish. I think it's a winner!! And it will get better with time.

Recipe Facts

Fords Honey Porter

American Porter

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
7.40 Gallons Liters Boil Size
90 min Boil Time
1.057 OG
1.015 FG
25.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.45 BG:GU
36.4° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
5.4% ABV Alcohol
193 per 12oz Calories

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