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Porter Base Recipe by rmoglia American Porter All Grain 5.00 Gallon Batch 60 Minute Boil 75% Efficiency Created 11/5/2017 Updated 11/7/2017 No Reviews 1 Brew Log Comments

11/05/2017

Brew Day

Strike Water Volume


3.36 Gallons

Sparge Water Volume


5.04 Gallons

Pre-Boil Wort Volume


7 Gallons

Expected Original Gravity


1.053

Fermenter Volume


5 Gallons

Strike Water Temperature


170 F

Sparge Water Temperature


170 F

Post-Boil Wort Volume


6.22 Gallons

Actual Original Gravity


1.022

Fermentation Temperature


64 F


Notes


Grain (mostly 2-row) was not sufficiently milled, leading to poor extraction. Added 3 lb of CBW porter LME 27 hr after pitching yeast to increase fermentable content, did not boil/dilute LME prior to adding.

11/06/2017

Addition


Notes


3 lb of CBW porter LME 27 hr after pitching yeast

11/18/2017

Gravity Reading

Reading


1.012


Notes


Final gravity

11/18/2017

Bottle / Keg


Notes


Added 4 oz of natural coconut extract and 1-2/3 cups of Malibu rum to the keg. Estimate final ABV = 4.4%. burst carbonated at 20 psi @ 35 F overnight, then decreased to 11 psi.

11/17/2017

Addition


Notes


Added 1 grade A vanilla bean, sliced open, to the fermenter.

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