Brads Smoked Porter
Beer Style: Smoked Beer
Recipe Type: partial mash
Description:
An Excellent smoked Porter that tastes much like Stones Smoked Porter.
Ingredients:
* Dark extract - 7 lbs.
* Crystal malt - 1 lb
* Peat smoked dark malt - 1/2 lb
* Patent black - 1/2 lb
* 2 oz - Cascade hops - leaf
* 2 oz - Fuggles hops - leaf
* 1 tube - Burtons ale yeast
* 1 /4 tsp - Irish moss
* 1 to 3/4 cup corn sugar - priming
Primary Ferment: 5 to 7 days
Secondary Ferment: 7 to 14 days
Procedure:
Heat 6 gallons of water to 165 degrees in a large brew pot and add extract. Stir till disolved.
Place all grains lightly crushed into a stainer bag, add to brew pot and increase heat to a slow boil sirring to keep from scorching.
Boil for 1 hour.
Add 2 oz. Cascade hops 15 minutes after boil begins.
Add 1 oz. Fuggles 45 min after boil begins.
Add remaining hops and Irish moss during the final 5 minutes of boil.
Remove from heat and remove grain bag
Cold break using a wort chiller to 70-75 degrees.
Open yeast 1/2 hr prior to pitching. Pitch well shaken and warmed (Room temp) tube of yeast to carboy and add wort.
Age in primary fermentor till fermentation slows dramatically. Usually 5 to 7 days.
Secondary fermentaion for another week.
Prime with corn sugar 1 cup for bottling - 3/4 cup if kegging