Questions tagged [porter]
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First time brewing a Porter (BIAB) - Need help!
first time poster (long time lurker) on these forums. Hope you'll are doing well.
I am 6 months into this hobby and have brewed 3 Pale Ales which have ranged from disastrous to pretty bad :P
I now am ...
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Repitch? 1032 down from 1045 after 72 hours
Doing my 2nd batch (after a break of 20 years :) ). Its a LME / DME porter attempt. It all went according to plan and the OG = 1045. It started fermenting more or less on time, but was sluggish from ...
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How to Get Grape Jelly Flavor in Porter?
Brewed an All Grain Peanut Butter Porter using Pb2 and I am looking to get some grape jelly flavor in there.
I used east Kent Goldings at 60, and that was it with a Belgian Ale yeast.
Couldn't ...
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Is there a benefit in rising fermentation temperature for dark ales?
I am making a porter, and just started fermentation a couple of days ago. I have never manipulated temperature before, but have read that this is vital when making pilsners, so got curious. Is there ...
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Adding coconut after fermentation
I am attempting to brew the coconut porter as listed in this thread, which is bubbling away nicely at the moment.
It notes:
after fermentation, rack off into PB or somesuch.
Then toast 700g ...
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Water For Robust Porter
I've been chatting with my local city water tech.
Based on what she sent me, the numbers work out as...
pH- 7.5
Ca- 20.1
Mg- 12.6
K- 1
Chloride- 5.4
SO4- 11.5
Hardness (CaCO3)- 103
Alkalinity(CaCO3)- ...
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Stuck fermentation - how long to leave it for?
Porter, sitting at a steady 22 degrees, should be 5.2% abv, fermentation stopped at 2.5%
A stir took it to 3.5% over a week.
Added yeast, and nutrient, no sign of further fermentation 2 days on.
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PB2 PORTER - BETTER TASTE?
I recently made a 5 gallon All Grain Porter and added 13oz of Choc. PB2 at the last 10 minutes of the boil. Though the flavors were there it was extremely light and would like to get more of a PB ...
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How much coffee (approx) would go into a 2 Gallon brew?
Im new to homebrewing (this'll be my 3rd batch ever, but only my second with this kit) using a Mr Beer 2 gallon kit. Im making an American Porter (from extract) and want to impart some coffee flavors ...
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Adding color/flavor during and after fermentation?
After a week of fermentation I'm realizing I missed my mark on color and flavor:
What I've got:
A great brown porter
What I want:
A more robust porter
I'm wondering if I steep some Midnight Wheat ...
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Ash/ash tray off flavour
What does cause ash or ash tray off flavour? I made an all grain porter (using chocolate and carafa type I), there is a slight ash tray off flavour. The falvour was apparent at the beginning (just ...
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Increasing the 'caramel and coffee tones' of my porter
A pub and brewery in town does a delicious porter with caramel and coffee tones. What particular ingredients do I need to add to my mash to achieve this?
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Most Feasible method to add Grains of Coffee in Porter Style
I have seen someone added coffee in a stout beer, I want to use it in batch of my beer (18 liters), to do so I have two ideas:
To combine grains of coffee with mash.
Make an espresso and add it to ...
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Porter recommendations to avoid acidity
I am preparing some beer Porter style, Are there any recommendations you could share to avoid acidity on the final product, because some time ago I added oats wafers but got bad result, the filter was ...
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I'm looking to put together a peach porter
I have heard several fruit beer podcast and they all come to the same conclusion, 1/3 - 1/4 in the primary and the other portion in the secondary (after fermentation). but I was wondering what would ...
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Estery fruit flavors in my vanilla bourbon imperial porter
I'm still pretty new to home brewing, so I'm sure I made about a hundred mistakes with this beer. I brewed a 1.079 OG imperial porter, and used Safale 05 (only one pack, unfortunately). First of all, ...
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Style Question: How does a stout become a porter?
Have never made a porter, but may have done so by accident. Was trying to make an American coffee stout, but haven't done much extract brewing in awhile, and probably didn't have enough water volume ...
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