Wood-Aged Beer Recipe - Big Wood Porter

Recipe Info

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Big Wood Porter

by on
All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
Bourbon barrel porter with chocolate malt finish. Yum.........

Fermentables

68% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
7
36
3
Mash
10% - White Wheat - US
1
40
2
Mash
12% - Chocolate Malt - US
1.25
34
350
Mash
5% - Caramel/Crystal 120 - US
0.5
35
120
Mash
5% - Crystal 60L - CA
0.5
34
60
Mash

Hops

Nugget
0.5
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
12.4
22.5
Willamette
0.5
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
5
4.5

Yeast

Fermentis Safale US-05
81%

Other Stuff

Medium toast oak cubes
2
oz
Secondary
Vanilla Bean
2
each
Secondary
Bourbon
13.333
floz
Secondary

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Infusion
154
60 min
Batch sparge
Infusion
170
5 min

Special Instructions

1.
Soak oak and diced vanilla beans in bourbon for several weeks {2 months?}
2.
Add to secondary for one more week
3.
Bottle with 3.33 oz. corn sugar
4.
Hopheads= double 60 min. and 15 min. hop
5.
Hopheads=or just urinate directly into wort
6.
Age this beer 4 weeks minimum
7.
Use Makers Mark bourbon for best results
8.
Strike water at 170, mash at 154, batch sparge 170
9.
Chocolate malt was Simpsons Chocolate 350L

Tasting Notes (2)

Brewdog333

Tasted on 12/9/2023 by Brewdog333

Notes:

3 week taste test. Awesome!

Brewdog333

Tasted on 5/5/2019 by Brewdog333

Notes:

Bourbon barrel porter

Recipe Facts

Big Wood Porter
Wood-Aged Beer
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.055 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 27.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.49 BG:GU
  • 38.2° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 184 per 12oz Calories
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