Robust Porter
BeerSmith Export
Recipe: Robust Porter
Brewer: Ryan Houston
Style: Robust Porter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.53 gal
Estimated OG: 1.064 SG
Estimated Color: 30.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 50.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
6 lbs 10.1 oz Pale Malt 2-Row (Rahr) (2.0 SRM) Grain 49.00 %
3 lbs 4.0 oz Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 24.02 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM) Grain 9.24 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM) Grain 9.24 %
8.0 oz Chocolate, Pale (180.0 SRM) Grain 3.70 %
6.4 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.96 %
4.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 1.85 %
3.62 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 50.5 IBU
0.75 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [Starter Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 13.53 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 5.14 gal of water at 163.8 F 154.0 F
Brew Day Notes
Grist
Had to sub in some pilsner malt because I ran out of normal 2-row. Still have about 25lbs of pilsner left to use up.
Mash
Single Step, Double Batch Sparge
- Temp: 168F
- Volume: 5.15 gal.
- Ratio: 1.5 qt / 1 lb
- Start Time: 11:40am
- End Time:
- Length: 60 min
- Collected:
Sparge
Two rounds: Total Volume: 4.5 gal
Round 1
- Temp.: 200F
- Volume: 2.25 gal
- Rest Temp:
Round 2
- Temp: 170F
- Volume: 2.25 gal
Boil
- Length: 80 min.
- Pre-Boil Volume: 8.1 gallons
- Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.048
- Final Volume: 5.5 gallons
- Final Gravity: 1.065
Had to boil an extra 20 min to boil off some extra volume
Cooling / Pitching
- Cooled down to 72F
- Pitch 1.4L starter of Wyeast 1056
Fermentation
Sat in water bath for 2 weeks at 67-68F. Krausen visible after about 36 hours. The Ringwood ale yeast is a known slow starter so this was not a worry.
Kegged 2011-11-03
Terminal gravity hit 1.014 exactly as planned. Nice roasted malt flavors. Possibly a touch of hot/fusel alcohols or some sharp/acrid flavors from the darker malts. Will likely age nicely.
Currently sitting around 68F on gas at 26psi.