Porter (B)

Extract brew with a decent amount of steeping malts.

Brewed 5.0 gallons on 2013-01-21

Original gravity: 1.052

Final gravity: 1.022

ABV: 3.9%

Apparent Attenuation: 57.7%

Inspiration for Porter (hopefully smokey) (E)

Process notes

2013-01-21

Kept the burner between med-medhigh. Thought the last beer tasted strange because malt was burnt.

2013-01-21

spent much longer cooling the wort, the off taste in the first beer was most likely due to me pitching the yeast at way too high a temperature

2013-01-21

made sure to top off with tap water to 5 gallons in carboy

2013-01-22

9:00am fermentation not noticeable but going good at 8:00pm

2013-01-22

10:00pm 1" krausen, small bubbles throughout

2013-01-23

10:00pm 4" krausen, looking good, smells of piney hops. Been between 68-72° each time I've checked

2013-01-27

11:00am fermentation has slowed down quote a bit, but 1" krausen still persists

2013-01-28

11:00pm krausen gone, but very low fermentation still happening

2013-02-09

Bottled at 3:00pm; yielded 26 22oz bottles, still bubbling ~1 per minute. Nice roasted aroma, sweet/roasted taste, no sour/fruit taste/aroma like last time

Boil for 60 minutes

grains placed in the cold water and taken out after water reached 170 degrees

8 ounces of Caramel 40L (Briess) (Unsweet cookie flavor, biscuity, mild aroma)

8 ounces of Carapils (Briess) (Extremely mild flavor almost like uncooked rice)

8 ounces of Black (Patent) (Briess) (burnt toast, coffee, charred aroma)

4 ounces of Chocolate Malt (Briess) (very similar to the Black Patent)

At 60 minutes

1 ounce of 9.5% Alpha Acid Northern Brewer pellets (earthy, grass, resin)

At 60 minutes

7 pounds of Ultralight Malt Extract (LME) (Brewmaster)

At 60 minutes

4 ounces of Maltodextrin (Brewmaster) (added w/ LME, not super sweet, tastes like protein powder)

At 5 minutes

1 ounce of 6% Alpha Acid Cascade pellets (earthy, a bit sweet, floral)

Yeast

2013-01-21

Pitch 1 pack of WLP001 California Ale (WhiteLabs) at 72°. (took out of fridge, got to room temp, pitch directly at around 4:00pm)

Tasting notes (4.00/10; 2 ratings)

2013-03-15

[5/10] The taste seems inconsistent. Some bottles seem to have a good roasted flavor and some not so much. Mouthfeel is watery and there's little head retention. More Black Patent & Carapils next time? Alcohol comes through but isn't too off putting.

2013-05-27

[3/10] Overcarbed + buttery taste. Kind of soapy? Diacetyl?