Into the Brew Pot

A brewing journal and some recipes. Most of these recipes use extract with steeped grains, but a couple are mini-mash recipes that mash a few pounds of grains. Unless stated otherwise, I boil bittering hops for an hour, flavoring hops for 15 minutes, and aroma hops for a minute or less. I use whole-flower hops, unless otherwise stated. I always use either 1 oz. of Irish moss, or a Whirfloc tablet as a clarifying agent, added during the last 15 minutes of the boil.

April 28, 2016

Chocolate Rye Porter (brewed 25 NOV 2011)

10-Gallon Batch

Grain bill (mashed for 45 min at 155°F)
7 lb Two-Row Malt
3 oz Roasted Barley

5 oz Chocolate Wheat (GR391C)

1/2 lb Belgian Aromatic

Extract/fermentables
9 lb Rye LME (N. Brewer)

Hop schedule

Bittering	1.5 oz Columbus Pellets 60 min 0.5 oz Simcoe pellets 60 min
Flavoring	1.0 oz US Goldings 15 min
Aroma	1.0 oz US Goldings 15 min
Dry	NA

Adjuncts
Whirfloc tablet

Yeast

Chico Ale Yeast from Madison River Beer Co.

O.G. = 1.056

F.G. = 1.013