10-11-08 Special Brown Porter
This beer was produced during a period in which I was experimenting with lower mash temperatures to produce dryer beers. This beer has an intensely dark brown color with a modest chocolate-tinged head. This beer provides a nice complex flavor that starts with plum that resides to leave a subtle, lingering chocolate finish. There is no apparent hop aroma; plum notes can be detected in the nose. This beer is bittered to balance and has no discernable harshness.
Target Gravity: 1.054
IBU: 32.4
BU/GU: 0.6
Grain Bill
8.0639 lbs American Pale Malt
2.298 lbs Brown Malt
0.5 lbs Chocolate Malt
0.5 lbs Special B
Hops
2 oz Perle Leaf Hops ( 7.5 % ) @ 60 minutes
Yeast
US-50 SafAle
Schedule
Mash this beer at 151 for 90 minutes. Boil for 90 minutes. Ferment at optimal yeast temperature, approx 68F.
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