Black Butte Porter Clone Brew Session

Brew Session Info

1/2/2017
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Filtered for chlorine, added 1/4 camden to both strike and sparge water. Added Mash stabilizer to mash tun prior to adding grains Started recirculation at 10min left in mash, with HLT at 165 and rising Raised HLT and recirculated for 15min (Check iwth 5 min left mash 159, HLT 163) proceeding to 170 Did batch sparging roughly 2 gallons each time Added Carrageenan Tablet 5 min before end of boil Last hop addition just before turning off the gas took about 15 min to cool to 95F Decanted half of yeast wort. WL002 (2 stage yeast starter) Started Friday night and then pitched Monday evening

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

11.2 lb kg
67 °FC
155 °FC
1.33 qt/lbl/kg
60 min.
5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
°FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

8.49 gals liters
4.62 gals liters
3.97 gals liters
167.41 °FC
167.41 °FC
2.29 gals liters
4.52 gals liters
6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5.5 PH
156 °FC
153 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.000 (estimated)
6.9 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
5.6 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.90 gallonsliters at 1.000 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.000.

You were planning on an OG of 1.000 so you are right on track. Nice job!

Fermentation

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.050 (1.000 predicted)
(1.000 predicted)

Conditioning

Tasting Notes (1)

JRBrewing

Tasted on 3/26/2017 by JRBrewing

Notes:

Good right away. Not quite black butte porter. Needs to be slightly sweeter with a little more chocolate flavor.

Recipe Facts

Black Butte Porter Clone
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.000 OG
  • 1.000 FG
  • 17.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 1.00 BG:GU
  • 0.0° SRM Color
  • 70% Efficiency
  • 0% ABV Alcohol
  • 0 per 12oz Calories
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