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Litch's Extra Hoppy Holiday Porter II
This is the second brew of Litch's Hoppy Holidays Porter. The adjustments this batch is slightly increasing the amount of hops and switching when the hops are added. This will increase the IBU's from 66 to 82.
| Brewer: | Rod Litchfield | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Litch's Extra Hoppy Holiday Porter II | Style: | Robust Porter | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 5.75 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 82 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.058 | FG: | - | |||||
| Alcohol: | - | |||||||
| Water: | Great Portland Water with a couple of teaspoons of gypsum. |
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| Grain: | 9 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. German Munich 8 oz. American crystal 90L 8 oz. American chocolate 4 oz. American black patent |
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| Mash: | 82% efficiency | |||||||
| Initial hot water tank temp of 185 degrees to acheive a 154 degree mash temp. Before sparging increased the mash temp to 168. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.051 | 6.5 gallons | |||||
| Added a teaspoon of Irish Moss to the last 15 minutes of the boil | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1.0 oz. German Northern Brewer (9.7% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Chinook (14.0% AA, 30 min.) .75 oz. German Northern Brewer (9.7% AA, 30 min.) 1.0 oz. Chinook (14.0% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | White Labs Irish Ale Yeast # 004 Exp date 2/5/12 | |||||||
| Log: | Brew 11/25/11 Rack expected 12/2/11 Settle 2 weeks 12/2-12/16 Carbonate 2 days 12/17-12/19 Post Carbonation rest 2 days 12/20-12/22 First Taste 12/23/11 |
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| Carbonation: | 2 days at 25 psi | |||||||
| Tasting: | Stay tuned look for an updated posting in early 2012 | |||||||
Recipe posted 11/24/11.
