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Schizophrenia Espresso Porter


Classification: porter, extract

Source: Jim Nasiatka-Wylde (Jwylde@interaccess.com), HBD Issue #2024, 4/30/96


The whole thing turned out pretty good - the beer itself seems to be about the best we've done so far. It has a dark, bitter, funky flavor from the coffee and the black patent malt. Color is very black almost chunky, and has good thick head - kinda like Guiness in color and consistancy.

Ingredients:

Procedure:

Steep grains while bringing water to a boil (50 minutes); add extract return to boil add hops and boil for 45 min. Reduce heat and add Espresso - steep for 10 minutes; return to boil and add finishing hops for 5 minutes; sparge, chill, and pitch.

Specifics: