Tweaked Poltergeist Porter

[Muddydisco]

Right Mash is on as I type, so got a spare hour to start this thread.
Hlt went on a 6am I woke up at 7.30am

Water treatment
1 campden tablet
54.9ml Crs
4grm salt in boiler
10grm Calcuim cholride in boiler

3500.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter
300.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt
260.00 gm Chocolate Malt
200.00 gm Smoked Malt
100.00 gm Roast Barley
15.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (90 min) Hops 8.3 IBU
30.00 gm Fuggles [4.40 %] (90 min) Hops 14.7 IBU
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.40 %] (15 min) Hops 3.4 IBU
15.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (15 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.041 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.94 %
Bitterness: 26.4 IBU
Est Color: 29.2 SRM

Let's hope I haven't srcewed it up and Tubby Likes this as much as the last one, and that Aleman Likes it enough to put it in a porter class :rofl: Only kidding A

 

[Sean_Mc]

Have a good day....
.................Jammy bugger, I have to spend a small fortune on lunch out

 

[corby_brewer]

Looks good mate, hope it turnes out as good as the original :thumb:

 

[Bru4u]

Lookin' Good MD, have fun, clever thinking with the timer on the HLT, mines gas fired :cry:

 

[Aleman]

Aleman Likes it enough to put it in a porter class :rofl: Only kidding A

Actually I placed it in the Dark Milds . . . . . . it was just to 'nice' for a porter :lol:

 

[Muddydisco]

Well here goes

Grain bill

Hops ready

My new toy for today!! Thanks Jim

Mash and recirc herms

Spot on as always

Come back after and 1 hr 15 mins to find this EKKK :shock:

Luckily it's just a dribble from a loose conection only 200-300ml

First runnings

Sorry no boil pics had guests delivering alot of wine and beer bottles!

Into the FV

Crystal clear :rofl:

Got 1.048 was aiming at 1.041 not bad considering the loss in the mash!

 

[tubby_shaw]

Looking good md :thumb:
Adding that smoked malt is going to be more than just a tweak though

 

[Dunfie]

Great photos MD. Looks like you had a good one. :thumb:

 

[31bb3]

Nice brewday as usuaal MD shame about the little spill

 

[rickthebrew]

Great brewday MD, i`m getting really tempted to brew your recipe seems to have some excellent feedback :thumb: the smoked malt sounds really interesting it should give it an authentic taste

 

[leedsbrew]

Looking good MD. Looking forward to seeing what the smoked malt brings to it!

:shock: :shock: :shock: That's a fair lot of CRS. :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[Muddydisco]

I did 50ltr of water though, But yeah It's higher than severn trent state in their water report.
I'm going to take another couple of samples over the next few weeks to get an average.

 

[Aleman]

One other thing to be aware of are that some Alkalinity test kits are more accurate than others. the Salifert one that I use I have checked against a very accurate lab analysis, and it is within 5% . .The variation being the determination of the colour at the end point . . . Some of the others are much less accurate than this.

 

[Muddydisco]

I did have another make of kit. Already ordered the salifert kits to make sure. Oh well whats it going to give if it is too much crs in the brew?

 

[Aleman]

Not really going to make a massive impact . . . you may notice a difference in attenuation, but that should be about it . . . Haze isn't going to be an issue in a dark beer. . . .

 

[Muddydisco]

Cheers A :thumb:
I'll get the hang of this treatment stuff soon!

 

[Muddydisco]

Well T-58 has worked it's socks off again pitched yeast sunday afternoon tonight it's done by the looks at 1.016 :thumb:
Will leave till next sunday to clear up :grin:
Oh and Aleman my god what an inprovement that smoke has made!!!! Glad I didn't go for 10% and 4.5% is still quite strong!! Really liking Smoked malt good job I have 3 kg to consume!!! :party: