I have a lot of family and friends that are not really into craft beers becuase they think they all are the Pale Ales or IPAs. The bitterness of these beers scare them away. What I have found is that someone that drinks one of the big three commercial beers can also handle a roasty brown porter. Also if you have someone that likes coffee this is also a great craft beer to get them started on. They take a drink of this and say "hey how great is this that I am drinking and enjoying a craft beer." It makes them feel like they are in the "in" crowd like the rest of us craft beer brewers and drinkers. So below is a simple recipe for an all-grain brown porter. Brew and enjoy!
5 Gallon Batch
Grain Bill
8 lbs. Maris Otter Malt
0.5 lbs. Chocolate Malt
0.3 lbs. Crystal 60L
0.3 lbs. Crystal 80L
0.25 lbs. CaraPils
0.25 lbs. Brown Malt
Hops
1 oz UK Kent Golding 5.1% Alpha (60 mins)
0.5 oz UK Kent Golding 5.1% Alpha (30 mins)
Yeast
White Labs British Ale Yeast WLP 005
Temps
Mash at 154 degrees for 60 mins
Sparge at 170 degrees for 15 mins
Stats
OG: 1.050
FG: 1.012
IBU: 24.5
SRM: 22.8
ABV:4.9%
I wanted to add that this brown porter took first place in the porter category in a recent competition. Also it ended up getting 3rd in best of show. I was pretty excited!
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