Vanilla Brown Porter
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Note:
Again at the wife's request. Varying from base porter recipe since I have chocolate on hand. Fear I under did it though. Should have hit the dark grains harder. Originally vanilla porter, not just a brown ale/porter
Style:
Porter
Ibu:
22 [recalc 12, not sure tru IBU]
Abv:
4.86%
Size:
5.5 gal
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Recipe
* 6lb amber DME* 1/4lb chocolate malt
* 1/4lb Cara Amber (biscuit malt)
* 1/2lb Cara Aroma 110-150L (crystal malt)
* 0.75oz fuggle@60min
* 0.75oz fuggle@40min
* 1/2tsp irish moss@20min
Procedure
Add 1/2-1 split vanilla bean to secondary. Weigh down with sterilized pebble & string, slide carefully into carboy since they are getting expensive.2/3/2010 Terrible Notes: guessing boil of 2.5gal, need AA of 7% to hit 22IBU so that's probably wrong too. It was a great beer tho.
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| 59 |
note:
hoping for good body and mouth feel. Not sure what to expect.
Color seems too light - should have left at 5.0gal. If failure as a porter rebrand as brown ale.
date:
10/15/2009
SG:
1.053 @ 60F
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| 62 |
note:
7am: essentially no ferment, pitched rest of Am ale yeast from smoked amber (Am Ale X0). Didn't use starter, may have to yet.
9am: no real activity. Added ~4oz Scotch X4 slurry since gone all day.
date:
10/17/2009
SG:
1.053 @ 60F
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| 66 |
date:
10/24/2009
note:
xfer to 2ndary, not that bad but pretty light. good brown ale - forgoing vanilla this round
SG:
1.018 @ 60F
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| 68 |
date:
10/26/2009
note:
added vanilla bean (not split) tied to glass dot to weigh down.
SG:
1.0xx @ 60F
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| 74 |
note:
kegged w/o priming sugar, first force carbonate
should have cut the bean in half, very slight vanilla aroma and flavor. Prominent smoke character as well. FG is pretty high.
date:
11/05/2009
SG:
1.016 @ 60F
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| 75 |
date:
11/07/2009
note:
great beer, well received. Fruity, subtle vanilla and smoke. I liked the hopping
SG:
1.016 @ 60F
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