{"id":398,"date":"2010-10-17T22:57:56","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T02:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2012-01-12T23:55:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T03:55:51","slug":"batch-10-11-imperial-stout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=398","title":{"rendered":"Batch #10-11: Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style<\/td>\nPorter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingredients<\/td>\nView Here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewing Date:<\/td>\nThursday, December 8, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\nThursday, December 8, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Gravity:<\/td>\n1.038<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottling Date:<\/td>\nThursday, December 15, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Gravity:<\/td>\n1.018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date:<\/td>\nFriday, January 13, 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\n2.6% ABV (Raw), 3.1% (Final)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brand:<\/strong><\/td>\nMaster Yeast Theater<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nI’ll Carry My Own Bags<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Summary: This will be a repeat of last year’s Porter recipe, which was killer good !!<\/p>\n

The original yeast for this recipe was a London Ale from White Labs. \u00a0It died before it could make the yeast starter. \u00a0So this second attempt is using Munton & Fison Gold dry yeast, started with a 5oz pack of dry malt for about 18-20 hours.<\/p>\n

Wed 12\/7 @ 11:00PM — Yeast starter created with the the dry yeast.<\/p>\n

Thu 12\/8 @10:00PM — Brewing went very well. \u00a0No boilovers, and the yeast was very active when it was pitched. \u00a0Fermentation this time is using the wick method again. \u00a0This is a very reliable way of keeping the wort at least 5 degrees below room temperature. \u00a0I love it.<\/p>\n

As a side note: I attempted to make a grain bread from the spent grains, using a recipe I found here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.realbeer.com\/discussions\/showthread.php?threadid=11228<\/a>. \u00a0The result was more like a brownie texture, than fluffy bread. \u00a0Too bad: the texture really detracted from the taste, which was delicious. \u00a0Since this batch already had one yeast failure, it makes sense that this trend would continue. \u00a0\ud83d\ude41 \u00a0I will attempt this again with the next batch of beer I make, and hopefully it will come out better.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thu 12\/15 @8:00PM — Yield was 1x 2L Growler, 2x 1L snap-tops, and 45x 12oz bottles.\u00a0The wort had a wonderful aroma and smoothness. For a the priming sugar,\u00a0I boiled 1\/4 cup of corn sugar in 1\/2 cup of water for 5 minutes, then cooled it to 80\u00a0degrees.<\/p>\n

Thu 1\/12\/2012 @ 10:00 PM — I tried a bottle at the end of one week, and another bottle at the end of two weeks. \u00a0Both times I was worried since there was almost no pressure released when the cap was pulled. \u00a0And the pour in the glass was producing almost no head. \u00a0I was not feeling good. \u00a0Nonetheless, the taste was great. \u00a0I just wanted a good head on the beer to present a good feeling on the mouth and the lips.<\/p>\n

Today, I poured two bottles after the full four weeks had passed for conditioning. \u00a0and I was so happy. \u00a0Each bottle had a good amount of pressure released, and made about 1 to 1.5 inches of head in the glass after it was poured. \u00a0The overall taste and presentation is fantastic and as good as last year’s batch.<\/p>\n

I am so relieved and happy that my favorite beer style (porter) came out right.<\/p>\n

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Style Porter Ingredients View Here Brewing Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011 Primary Fermentation: Thursday, December 8, 2011 Original Gravity: 1.038 Secondary Fermentation: n\/a Bottling Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011 Final Gravity: 1.018 Release Date: Friday, January 13, 2012 Alcohol by volume: 2.6% ABV (Raw), 3.1% (Final) Brand: Master Yeast Theater Release Name: I’ll Carry My […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions\/479"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}