Thursday, April 19, 2012

Joseph and Peter's #1 English Porter

Batch Size: 2gal

Grain Bill:
  • 3.0 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) (UK)
  • 0.625 lb Caramel Malt 80L
  • 0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (UK)
  • 0.125 lb Wheat Malt (DE)
  • 4 lb Total Grain Bill

Hops:
  • 0.25 oz / 60 Minute Centennial Hops
  • 0.125 oz / 15 Minute Willamette Hops
  • 0.125 oz / 3 Minute Centennial Hops

Yeast:
  • English Ale Yeast

This should turn out to be a dark-ish, malty, session porter. It'll be on the light end of the porter family style, low hop bitterness. The target final gravity should be 1.012; about 3%ABV.
I'm not quite sure how this one will turn out, especially with such minor amounts of each throw of hops. It's going to be my first attempt at a small-batch, test brew. It may not scale as well as I hope. I will follow up with results when the fermentation is complete.

UPDATE: Joseph and Peter's #2 English Porter Recipe

UPDATE 2: Wow! This recipe knocked it out of the park! Turned out to be exactly what I wanted it to be, and ended up being one of our best beers to date. Perhaps there was no need to do a Joseph and Peter's #2 English Porter!

Check out my notes on the 2012 Brew Roster for more on how it turned out!

by Chris Collins, for his fictional brewery, Joseph and Peter's - named for his cats.

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