coconut porter

Something tasty for Valentines day

Brewer:	Cletus and Nicole Brewery		Email:	-
Beer:	coconut porter		Style:	Brown Porter
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	111 HCU (~38 SRM)		Bitterness:	16 IBU
OG:	1.039		FG:	1.015
Alcohol:	3.0% v/v (2.4% w/w)
Water:	none...blessed with great water here.
Grain:	.5 lb. German Munich .5 lb. Oat Malt 1 lb. American chocolate
Steep:	: 60 Minutes. Steeped Grains and Coconut at 170 for 20 minutes, strained and added to Boiling pot. Brought grain water to a boil. Boiled dark extract, dark malt extract and bittering hops. Last 15 minutes added 1 tsp Irish Moss. Last 10 minutes added finishing hops. Strained into Fermentation Bucket.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.096	2 gallons
	3.3 lb. Dark malt extract 1 lb. Dark dry malt extract
	1 bag flaked sweetend coconut (5 1/3 cups) added with the grains at the beginning of the boil
Hops:	1 oz. Fuggles (4.00% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (4.8% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	London ESB Yeast ( Activator)
Carbonation:	5 oz. Priming sugar 1 oz Coconut Flavoring and 2tsp rum extract

Recipe posted 01/28/10.