Monday, March 9, 2009

Hombrewing: South Mountain Porter


I finally got a new batch of homebrew rolling last night. South Mountain Porter will be a coffee porter with either beans or espresso from South Mountain Cycles & Coffee Bar added during secondary fermentation. Here are the stats:

Recipe:

8 lbs Marris Otter (pale malt)
1 lb American Munich
1 lb 140L Crystal Malt
8 oz. Chocolate Malt
4 oz. Carafa II
1 oz. Willamette hops @ 90 min
1 oz Willamette hops @ 30 min
Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast (Sierra Nevada's yeast)

4 oz. crushed espresso beans in secondary

Mash 153 F for 60 minutes, 2 liters/1 lb grain, 75% efficiency (pictured)
Original Gravity: 1.061
Final Gravity: 1.009
ABV: 6.7% ABV
IBU: 30

1 comment:

kaallyn said...

Is it just me, or does that look mysteriously like a litter box?