Brewed this up mid December, and bottled just after New Year's.
3 gal into fermenter, about 2.8 gal to be packaged
2 gal "london" water, 1 gal RO water, topped up to 3 gal in fermenter with RO water
Briess Golden Lite DME 3 lb
Briess Amber DME 1 lb
6oz cara 40L steeped
4oz black patent steeped
4oz chocolate malt steeped
2oz pale chocolate malt steeped
0.3 oz Magnum 15.1% AA @ 60
0.2 oz Kent Golding 5.5% AA @ 60
0.2 oz Kent Golding 5.5% AA @ 10
US-05, fermented between 60F and 64F 12 days, 68F 3 days
OG: 1.061, FG: 1.012, ABV: 6.7%, IBU: 35, SRM: 33
It's finally tasting pretty danged good, gonna brew this again, soon as I see how another porter I recently made turns out -- bottling tomorrow, hopefully.
-- tasting note update: I wish it had a touch more roastyness flavor. I'm hopeful that the batch that I just finished bottling today (Fawcett Dark Crystal 85L instead of caramel 40L, 5 oz victory, 4 oz pale choc, 4 oz choc, 4 oz midnite wheat) might get a little closer to what I'm searching for, but I think I might need to break down and add some roast barley, even if that only belongs in stouts, no matter what sort of german nonsense @Miraculix might say)!
-- 05-feb-2023 buzzed tasting-note-update:
Bah on the "needs more roastyness", this tastes very good, definitely the best beer I've made so far! Wish there were more than 13 bottles left!!!
3 gal into fermenter, about 2.8 gal to be packaged
2 gal "london" water, 1 gal RO water, topped up to 3 gal in fermenter with RO water
Briess Golden Lite DME 3 lb
Briess Amber DME 1 lb
6oz cara 40L steeped
4oz black patent steeped
4oz chocolate malt steeped
2oz pale chocolate malt steeped
0.3 oz Magnum 15.1% AA @ 60
0.2 oz Kent Golding 5.5% AA @ 60
0.2 oz Kent Golding 5.5% AA @ 10
US-05, fermented between 60F and 64F 12 days, 68F 3 days
OG: 1.061, FG: 1.012, ABV: 6.7%, IBU: 35, SRM: 33
It's finally tasting pretty danged good, gonna brew this again, soon as I see how another porter I recently made turns out -- bottling tomorrow, hopefully.
-- tasting note update: I wish it had a touch more roastyness flavor. I'm hopeful that the batch that I just finished bottling today (Fawcett Dark Crystal 85L instead of caramel 40L, 5 oz victory, 4 oz pale choc, 4 oz choc, 4 oz midnite wheat) might get a little closer to what I'm searching for, but I think I might need to break down and add some roast barley, even if that only belongs in stouts, no matter what sort of german nonsense @Miraculix might say)!
-- 05-feb-2023 buzzed tasting-note-update:
Bah on the "needs more roastyness", this tastes very good, definitely the best beer I've made so far! Wish there were more than 13 bottles left!!!
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