Beer recipe for Holiday Porter

[thecrow124]

I have the Northern Brewer 2nd crack coffee stout extract kit. Looking at the grains, it appears to be closer to a porter than a stout as long as you leave the coffee out. So that is what I plan to do. I will brew that as per the recipe, just leave out the coffee.

In a smaller pan I am going to heat 1/2 gallon of water to 150 and add 1 lb of honey, 1/2 tsp each of ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and 1/4 tsp of cloves. I will hold it at 150 for 20-30 minutes, then cool it down. After my wort is cool, I will add both to the fermenter and pitch 1 packet of US 04.

Let it ferment out in primary transfer to secondary for 2 weeks and then bottle.

There is a distinct possibility that this will be better next holiday season, and could be pretty harsh this one, but only time will tell.

Let me know what you guys think.

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

There is cross over when considering porters and stouts.

 

[thecrow124]

Brewed this last night after work. Smelled absolutely amazing, tasted almost as good. I probably could have went with a bit more spice or a little less honey. Instead of adding the honey mixture to the wort, I added it straight to the fermenter and then poured the wort on top of it. I pitched the yeast at about 3 am and I had a little activity at 10:30 this morning.

I tasted the test sample and it was probably the best sample I have tasted, but there just wasn't much spice flavor. I am hoping that the yeast clears out enough sugars to let the spices come through.

I did a good job of hitting my target this time. The recipe said that my og should be 1.072 and I came in at 1.070. I'll let you know in a couple weeks how this one works out. I am excited to see how this one comes out, and that is saying a lot since I started with a stout kit.