Road to Gold - Medal Winning American Porter!

I wrap up my American Porter Road to Gold series with a recap of my medal winning recipe. Before we get there, I talk about the steps that I went through to create, brew, and refine my recipe. See the full recipe below.

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Note: Recipe is for 2.7 gals [10.2 L] into fermenter to yield ~2.5 gals [9.5 L] of finished beer. Double ingredients to yield 5.5 gal [20L] of wort.

American Porter
• Style: American Porter (20 A)
• Batch Size: 2.7 gal [10.2 L]
• Bitterness: 40.2 IBUs
• Color: 32.8 SRM

Recipe Stats
• Efficiency: 75%
• OG: 1.061
• FG: 1.015
• ABV: 6.1%

Water Profile
• Calcium (Ca): 66
• Magnesium (Mg): 7*
• Sodium (Na): 35
• Sulfate (SO4): 70
• Chloride (Cl): 74
• SO4 / Cl: balanced
base tap water amount

Water
• 3.72 gal [14 L] Tap Water
• 0.5 g Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
• target pH 5.5
• 1 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)
• 1 g Calcium Chloride
• 0.2 g Potassium Metabisulfite
to remove chlorine & chloramine

Grain Bill
• 71.5% - 4.4 lbs [2.0 kg] Pale Malt
• 10.6% - 0.65 lbs [295 g] Munich 15L
• 8.1% - 0.5 lbs [225 g] Crystal 80L
• 3.3% - 0.15 lbs [70 g] Pale Chocolate 290L
• 4.1% - 0.2 lbs [90 kg] Chocolate Malt 425L
(all malts from Murphy & Rude at https://www.murphyrudemalting.com/)

Mash Process (for full volume BIAB)
• Strike Water:
• 3.7 gal @ 161°F
• 14 L @ 72°C
• Mash: 60 mins @ 154°F [68°C]

Boil 30 min (start of boil)
• 0.35 oz [10 g] Warrior - 24.6 IBUs

Boil 10 min left
• 1 oz [28 g] Willamette - 15.6 IBUs
• 1 g Irish Moss (optional)
• 1.1 g Yeast Nutrient (optional)

Yeast
• 1 pkg Fermentis US-05
• Direct Pitch

Fermentation
• Start at 66°F [19°C]
• Raise to 70°F [21°C] on day 4
• Hold at 70°F [21°C] until packaging
• Keg/Bottle on day 11

Chapters:
0:00 - Road to Gold!
0:51 - Recipe Process
2:56 - American Porter Goals
6:48 - Initial Version
7:03 - Commercial Shootout
8:12 - Competition Results
10:06 - Porter Evaluation
12:10 - Next Steps?

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