English Porter

Brew

Hops

60 min10 minFlame OutTotal
Harlequin20 gm30 gm50 gm
Taiheke20 gm30 gm50 gm

Grain

  • 4.0kg Ale Malt
  • 1.4kg Munich
  • 0.4kg Lt Crystal
  • 0.3kg Lt Chocolate
  • 0.25kg Shepherds Delight
  • 0.15kg Eclipse Wheat

Yeast

Lallemande Nottingham High Performance Ale 1 pkt

Water Treatment

Cal Chl 4gm, Cal Sul 2gm, Sod Bicarb 4gm, Cal Carb 6gm, Mag Sul 1gm to Mash Water and 3-4ml LA88% to Sparge

Boil Additions

1/2 yeast nutrient and 1/2 protofloc at 10 min to go

Brew

  • Mash in at 67°C with 20L, rest for 60 min at 67°C.
  • Mash out: 10 min at 78C
  • Sparge with 13.9L at 78°C
  • Preboil size 28L
  • Boil time 60mins
  • Postboil size 24.5L
  • Fermenter volume 24L

Fermentation

19C for primary fermentation, then raise to 22C over two days for diacetyl rest, then over last 4 days to 7C

Fermenter Additions

N/A

Carbonation

N/A

Bottled

N/A

Final Volume

22L

Notes

A Gladfield’s recipe, last brewed a year ago. Switched from Pacific Jade to Harlequin hops for bittering.