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Dark Racoon
Nice dark chocolate beer. Has a strong StarBucks coffee taste to it. Went over very well.
| Brewer: | Tim Patterson | Email: | tapmcse@gmail.com | |||||
| Beer: | Dark Racoon | Style: | Brown Porter | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 19 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.054 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.5% v/v (4.3% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | I use either water purified at grocery store or through home Brita system. Also used 2 SP Gypsum. | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. American chocolate 8 oz. Roasted barley |
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| Steep: | 30 minute steep at 160-170°F. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.136 | 2 gallons | |||||
| 3 lb. Light dry malt extract 3 lb. Honey |
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| 45 mins with hops + 10 mins with 1TSP Irish Moss + 5 mins with aroma hops = 60 mins. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1.5 oz. Northern Brewer (8% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Northern Brewer (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | BrewFerm Lager yeast standard starter. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 2.2 volumes | Keg: 8.6 psi @ 38°F | ||||||
| I use quick carbonation method of rolling keg on my knees @ 28PSI. Start with 5 minutes then taste. May have to go as long as 10 minutes of rolling. | ||||||||
| Tasting: | I just made this for the second time and added 4oz of ground French Vanilla cofffee beans. Not sure if that was a good idea, but will post here one way or another. | |||||||
Recipe posted 03/24/08.
