TrainWreck Porter

Source: B.G. Brewing (John Schroeder, Chris Boyer and Jason Gorsh)
Recipe added: 08/03/01
Email: bgb@gorsh.net

One of BGB's best beers ever! We have been asked to brew this batch many times by our friends and co-workers. ENJOY!

Specifics

Recipe type: Partial Mash
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Starting Gravity:
Finishing Gravity:
Time in Boil: 1 hour
Primary Fermentation: 7 to 10 days glass car-boy
Secondary Fermentation: 7 days glass car-boy

Ingredients:

3.5 Lbs LME
3.5 Lbs DME
1 lb Chocolate Malt, cracked
10 ounces Crystal Malt, cracked
1 oz Cascade Hops (1/2 oz for last 10 minutes, 1/2 oz end of boil)
2 oz Fuggles for 60 minutes
1 cup Priming Sugar
Liquid Wyeast London Ale

Procedure:

1. Bring 1.5 gallons of water to 160 degrees. 2. Steep the grains for 30 minutes. 3. Sparge with HOT water, bring the water up to 2.5 to 3 gallons in the brew pot. 4. Bring to a boil, add the DME and follow the HOP schedule listed above. 5. Boil for a total of one hour. 6. Cool, add yeast and let the fermentation process begin. 7. After seven to ten days, transfer to the secondary for one week. 8. Bottle!

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