29 December. Single Stout Porter

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29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by KB1138 » Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:09 pm

Recipe as follows:

75% Marris Otter
15% Biscuit Malt
10% Black Malt

OG 1.067
FG 1.020
ABV 6.1%
Added equal parts chalk and gypsum and 1/2 part calcium chloride to mash. 1.8g and 0.9g respectively

65 IBUs of Columbus @60

Fermented with Mangrove Jacks Kviek, which I believe is the Voss strain. Pitched at 22C and ramped up to 27C


A bit about the beer: I had initially intended to share a Weizenbock, but after some misadventures I had to come up with something else quickly. This is a recipe I have made before and really enjoyed, but the Kveik yeast is a new modification. Time was of the essence, otherwise an Irish or English Ale yeast would be used. The recipe is based on an old blog post from Shut Up About Barclay Perkins chronicling the history of Guinness. I picked it up from an almost equally old episode of BrewingTV on youtube. The original recipe called for a 85/10/5 split of grain percentages, but I altered them because I was going by what I thought I remembered it was and didn't bother to actually look up the recipe before brewing this. I think this is better anyway. At least it's pretty good. The recipe dates back to the late 1800s, roughly 1880, and at the time "Stout" referred only to strength and was not a style in and of itself. Porter was one of the most popular styles and "Single Stout Porter" meant just that. A porter of moderately higher strength.

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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by amartin » Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:43 pm

Hooray! Chocolate, coffee, roast, and that fun licorice flavour I always get from black malt. It’s what a porter should be, thanks for sharing!

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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by GCR » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:30 pm

Nice head on this one! Great beer - I was happy to have some more reasonable ABV beers to drink over the holidays, as I usually drink a lot of RIS's, and this one had lots of nice character to it as well. I, too got a little taste of licorice. Nice job.Image

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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by mumblecrunch » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:43 pm

An absolutely solid stout with plenty of body and a great mouthfeel to balance out the roast character. I quite enjoyed it; thanks.

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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by mdentremont » Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:50 pm

Yummy! This has so much flavour, I was surprised to see that you managed to get it all into a 6.1% base! Well done!

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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by CartoonCod » Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:03 am

Delicious. Interesting to see what you can do with Kviek yeast.

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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by CartoonCod » Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:17 am

CartoonCod wrote:
Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:03 am
Delicious. Interesting to see what you can do with Kviek yeast.

edit: I noticed some DMS in this one towards the end.

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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by Taylor Vanbrewer » Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:08 am

Had this last night. Big fan of the flavor profile, enjoyed the chewiness of it, and the hint of anise in the finish was perfect. I wish professional brewers here could make more decent stout like this. Didn't perceive any DMS but I didn't sit with it too long.
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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by KMcK » Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:00 pm

Mmmm. Delicious. What was the fermentation time?
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Re: 29 December. Single Stout Porter

Post by jmacdonald » Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:20 pm

Lovely beer. Nothing more to add that wasn't already said above. Really enjoyed the licorice flavours in the finish. Thanks!

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