porter

Whenever I see a kit that demands adding sugar or one of their proprietary "beer kit enhancers" (which costs almost the same as the kit itself), the first thing I think is: No. Let's brew this short and add some dried malt extract if we need to bring up the ABV. Adding sugar is the primary...

Hi all, I'm fairly new to this so please forgive my ignorance. I have a Festival Ales 'Pride of London Porter' kit on the go. My previous experience with these kits was very good but this one is causing me some anxiety! All was going well and then we had some cold weather and activity slowed...

Just by chance I have a coffee stout that's ready to keg and one of my kegs has just ran out that had a coffee porter in. Now this might cause an argument with the sanitation police but is there any real harm in kegging my stout straight into this keg without cleaning the keg with oxi and then...

Brewing my first stout soon, what do you guys think of this recipe? Batch Size: 5 liters (fermentor volume) Original Gravity: 1.062 Final Gravity: 1.014 ABV (standard): 6.33% IBU (tinseth): 38.33 SRM (morey): 35.72 Mash pH: 0 FERMENTABLES: 1.25 kg - Maris Otter Pale (80.6%) 0.1 kg - Crystal...

Not a dark beer fan, but going to brew one next week because I haven't before... I like coffee, so going to throw some in. 30g instant mixed with boiling water to dissolve. Question is, when to add? -Boil -At flameout -Into the fermenter when decanting to FV -Like a dry hop post fermentation...

Hi there, I am planning a Smoked Porter tomorrow and have the basic recipe calculated, I just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on the grain bill. I like smoked beers a lot so don't mind if its quite "pungent" but i don't want to make it undrinkable for visitors etc. There is so much...

Hi All! Brew day awaits! I’ve just been down to the home brew store and picked up the malts for the recipe I’ve created above for a Porter! Aiming for around 6% or over if I can as I want something quite warming for the weather that’s about to come! It’s Saturday afternoon (I’ll be brewing...

Hello gents, Going to try my hand at brewing a dark (yes I know it's technically brown) beer. Never made one before... Porter 1.050 OG; 27IBU's; 47EBC; 5.1% 4kg Maris Otter 0.5kg Caramalt 0.3kg Chocolate Malt Mash 75 mins @ 66C Mashout 10 mins @ 76C 60 mins - 18g Chinook 15 mins - 1/2...

Brewed a few kits back in the day but wanting to get into something more serious now - hoping for some advice on partial mashing. For me it's all about the porters - particularly anything smoky - and anything on the sharper end of the craft sphere (hope that's not frowned upon here!) Cheers...