Jurassic Steam Porter

Source: Dr. C's Brainbuster Brewery
Recipe added: 04/20/97
Email: acapocelli@pol.net

If you offered me an Anchor Porter I'd decline and drink one of these instead. This is not a clone recipe and was inspired by a desire to create a more burnt/ charcoal porter flavor with lager yeast characteristics. The use of "steam" yeast was in order to ferment at 68 F.

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons
Starting Gravity: 1.054
Finishing Gravity: 1.024
Time in Boil: 60 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 6 gallon carboy 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 6 gallon carboy 10 days

Ingredients:

9 lbs 2 row American
1 lb Munich
.5 lb Roasted Barley
.5 lb Chocolate
.8 lb Crystal 60
4 oz Black Patent
.4 oz Northern Brewer pellet(60 min)
.5 Kent Goldings plug (20 minutes)
.5 Kent Goldings plug (5 minutes)
1/4 teas Irish Moss (10 min)
Gypsum/ CaCO3 (water adjustment)
Wyeast 2112 California Common
sl less than 1 cup corn sugar fopr priming

Procedure:

Single step mash at 156 F for 12 lbs grain, held till conversion complete by Starch test ( about 1 hour). Sparged at approx. 175F. Used easy masher to transfer to fermenter and leave trub in boiling pot.

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