midnight porter

This beer is dry hopped with a chinook hops that is put in the carboy after the yeast blooms and blows off during primary fermentation. use a cotton mesh bag to aviod leaves in the glass. i decant three times to clear the beer and use a dry english yeastthat sinks in large clumps but has good attenuation.

Brewer:	midnight mitch		Email:	-
Beer:	midnight porter		Style:	Robust Porter
Type:	Partial mash		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	143 HCU (~45 SRM)		Bitterness:	101 IBU
OG:	1.074		FG:	1.015
Alcohol:	7.6% v/v (6.0% w/w)
Water:	decant 3x once each week of fermentation
Grain:	.5 lb. Belgian Munich .5 lb. Belgian CaraMunich .5 lb. Belgian Special B .5 lb. Belgian chocolate .5 lb. British black patent
Mash:	70% efficiency
	1.place panrtialy crushed malt in bag of cotton 2. immerse in 5 gallons cold water bring to a simmer 3.simmer 20 mins 4.remove and sparge
Boil:	minutes	SG 1.074	5 gallons
	8.5 lb. Light malt extract
	brewers licorice
Hops:	2 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 45 min.) 2 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	dry english but trappist makes it nice also
Log:	3wk primary 2wk bottle condition
Carbonation:	3/4 c sugar to prime bottles
Tasting:	this beer is hoppy. beginners should not start here. this is a porer version of a xxxpaleale

Recipe posted 04/24/06.