Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Doin' Brewin'- Smoked Porter

In preparation for beautiful weather and barbeques, I'm brewing a nice and smokey porter.  This beautiful weather is getting me excited for campfires that leave your jacket smelling for a week.  I'm hoping this beer will have that essence smokey campfire essence.
Just kegged over the weekend, it's just as good as I imaged.  Porter may or may not be the best label.  It's somewhere between a Rauch and Porter I think.  What would you call a beer that is lighter in color and bitterness than a Porter, but not as smokey as a typical Rauch?
Nice creamy mouth feel makes it an easy drinker.  And at 6% it doesn't leave you stumbling home from the picnic.
 


Batch Size5.000 galBoil Size5.750 gal
Boil Time60.000 minEfficiency75%
OG1.058FG1.015
ABV5.7%Bitterness33.7 IBU (Tinseth)
Color21.6 srm (Morey)Calories (per 12 oz.)192

Fermentables

Total grain: 14.250 lb
NameTypeAmountMashedLateYieldColor
Pale Malt (2 Row) USGrain10.000 lbYesNo79%2.0 srm
Rauch Malt (Germany)Grain3.000 lbNoNo0%2.0 srm
Chocolate malt PaleGrain8.000 ozNoNo60%250.0 srm
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40LGrain8.000 ozNoNo74%40.0 srm
Roasted BarleyGrain4.000 ozNoNo55%300.0 srm

Hops

NameAlphaAmountUseTimeFormIBU
Santiam7.2%0.500 ozBoil5.000 minPellet2.3
Santiam7.2%0.500 ozBoil30.000 minPellet9.0
Warrior13.7%0.500 ozBoil60.000 minPellet22.4

Yeast

NameTypeFormAmountStage
Safale S-05AleDry2.232 tspPrimary

1 comment:

  1. Sounds delicious! I would maybe called it a Smoked Brown Ale?

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