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Holiday Apple Imperial Porter

Specifics

Style:

Robust Porter

Category:	Porter
Number:	12B

"A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasty character.

Commercial Examples: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Meantime London Porter, Anchor Porter, Smuttynose Robust Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter, Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Boulevard Bully! Porter, Rogue Mocha Porter, Avery New World Porter, Bell’s Porter, Great Divide Saint Bridget’s Porter.

Brew Date:

December 05, 2009

Tap Date:

January 02, 2010

Yield:

7.5 gallons

Color:

32 SRM

Bitterness:

32.4 IBU

Conditioning:

Keg

Batch No:	420
OG:	1.085
Status:	On Tap

General Information

Method:	Partial Mash
Cost:	38.00

This custom partial mash Porter recipe combines sorghum, black strap mollasas, an Organic Porter Recipe kit from Northern Brewer and a 1/2 bushel of organic Enterprise apples we harvested at Turkey Ridge Apple Orchard in Gays Mills, WI.

This dark dubble beer is fermented in two stages with a total of 7.5 gallons of wort made then split into 2 - 3.75 gal batches. The first 3.75 gals is fermented with 6 lbs. of whole certified organic Enterprise apples. After this 1st fermentation stage, the beer is racked onto a second 3.5 gals of wort mixed with an addional 6 lbs. of whole apples.

An additional ounce of cascade hops where introduces to offset the extra sweetness from the sorghum and mollasses.

Comments

I have heard that the apples flavor and aroma in most apple porter recipes gets lost because the apples are used during the initial fermentation stage. I am experimenting with using half the apples for the 1st fermentation then adding the other half of the apples to a secondary conditioning. Turkey Ridge Apple Orchard is the source of the apples used in this recipe. I used an Apple Porter Recipe midification on from Realbeer.com.

I have heard that the apples flavor and aroma in most apple porter recipes gets lost because the apples are used during the initial fermentation stage. I am experimenting with using half the apples for the 1st fermentation then adding the other half of the apples to a secondary conditioning.

Turkey Ridge Apple Orchard is the source of the apples used in this recipe.

I used an Apple Porter Recipe midification on from Realbeer.com.

Recipe

Extracts

6.00 pounds

LME - Dark

70.6% of grist

1.00 pounds

DME - Light

11.8% of grist

7.00 pounds

Total Extract Weight

82.4% of grist

Grains

0.50 pounds

Crystal Malt 120L

Color (L):	120 °L
Info/Use:	Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.

5.9% of grist

1.00 pounds

British Chocolate Malt

Color (L):	395-475 °L
Info/Use:	Nutty, toasted flavor, brown color. Use as a specialty grain in brown ales, porters, stouts and bocks.

11.8% of grist

1.50 pounds

Total Grain Weight

17.6% of grist

Adjuncts

1.00 pounds

Molasses

0.50 pounds

Corn Sugar (Dextrose)

12.00 pounds

Apples (whole)

0.50 pounds

Sorghum

Miscellaneous Ingredients (Non-Fermentable)

1 tsp.

Irish Moss @ 15 minutes (Boil)

6 sticks

Cinnamin Sticks (Primary)

6 ounces

Oak Chips (Secondary)

1 ounce

Bitter Orange Peel (Primary)

Hops

1.00 ounces

Admiral

Region:	United Kingdom
AAU Range:	13 - 16%
Notes:	A good replacement for both high alpha and dual-purpose hops when used as a kettle hop.
Typical Use:	Bittering.
Example:	Ale

14.7% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil

14.7 AAUs

1.00 ounces

Admiral

Region:	United Kingdom
AAU Range:	13 - 16%
Notes:	A good replacement for both high alpha and dual-purpose hops when used as a kettle hop.
Typical Use:	Bittering.
Example:	Ale

14.7% Pellets @ 15 minutes
Type: Aroma
Use: Aroma

14.7 AAUs

0.50 ounces

Cascade (home grown)

Region:	USA - Wisconsin
AAU Range:	4 - 8%
Notes:	Moderate spicy profile, good for use as a bittering, flavor, aroma or dry hop. Very floral with citrusy aroma. Typical Beer Style Pale ale, IPA, porter, barleywine
Typical Use:	Bittering, aroma, finishing, dry hopping
Substitution:	Centennial, Amarillo, Columbus
Example:	Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Anchor Liberty Ale, Old Foghorn & Great Lakes Burning River

7% Leaf @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil

3.5 AAUs

0.50 ounces

Cascade (home grown)

Region:	USA - Wisconsin
AAU Range:	4 - 8%
Notes:	Moderate spicy profile, good for use as a bittering, flavor, aroma or dry hop. Very floral with citrusy aroma. Typical Beer Style Pale ale, IPA, porter, barleywine
Typical Use:	Bittering, aroma, finishing, dry hopping
Substitution:	Centennial, Amarillo, Columbus
Example:	Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Anchor Liberty Ale, Old Foghorn & Great Lakes Burning River