Pere Noel Porter

Source: Dave
Recipe added: 02/04/99
Email: dpk@slic.com

A nice, full bodied porter, with a head that lasts right to the end. A nice hop flavor, but not overpowering. The honey lends a bit of residual sweetness, but priming sugar would work as too.

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Starting Gravity: 1.076
Finishing Gravity: 1.024
Time in Boil: 60 mins
Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 4 days

Ingredients:

7.25 lbs Light malt extract
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 lb Crystal Malt
1/2 lb Chocolate malt
1/2 lb Black malt
1 oz Northern Brewer hops-60 min
1 oz Northern Brewer hops-30 min
1/2 oz East Kent Goldings hops-15 mins
1/2 oz East Kent Goldings hops-10 mins
1 tsp Irish moss
Wyeast #1968-Special London II
1 cup honey-bottling

Procedure:

Place crushed grains in 1.5 gals cold water, bring to 150-160°, hold 20 mins. Remove grains, rinse with 2 qt warm water. Bring to boil, add malt and hops as noted. Remove from heat, strain out hops. Pour into carboy with 2 gals cold water, top to 5 gals. Pitch yeast below 80°. Ferment to completion, rack to secondary to clear, bottle

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