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AG_24 Peculieur Porter
Theakston's Old Peculier is not sold in Ontario, Canada so I set out to create a beer similar in style. I had a visiting friend bring over a few bottles of Old P. from the UK and I can say AG_24 is a very close match. The only stipulation is that the beer must age for 10 weeks or you will find the Molasses dominates the flavor
| Brewer: | Trevor A. | Email: | trev_brown at canoemail.com | |||||
| Beer: | AG_24 Peculieur Porter | Style: | English Old/Strong Ale | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 22.5 liters | |||||
| Color: |
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Bitterness: | 30 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.058 | FG: | 1.011 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.0% v/v (4.7% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | My well water is high in temp. hardness. the only treatment is to boil the water before using to ppt the CaCO3 | |||||||
| Grain: | 3.5kg British pale 0.45kg Wheat malt 0.3kg American crystal 40L 0.150kg American chocolate 0.050kg Roasted barley 0.050kg American black patent |
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| Mash: | 75% efficiency | |||||||
| Mash at 155°F, 60 mins. Depends on your system but I batch sparge. As soon as a few litres of run-off has been obtained, I put it on to boil. Additional running was added to the hot liquor tank so the wort was on and off the boil a few times. Sparge water at 175°F added and then additional runnings gathered and added to boil over next 20 mins |
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| Boil: | 90 mins minutes | SG 1.081 | 16 liters | |||||
| 0.5kg Brown sugar 0.2kg Molasses |
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| Time started from all runnings added. Brown sugar and Molasses added with 10 mins to go (80) |
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| Hops: | 40g Fuggles (4.75% AA, 60 min.) 20g Kent Goldings (5% AA, 60 min.) 25g Fuggles (4.75% AA, 15 min.) 15g Kent Goldings (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast Irish Ale 1084 smack pack. no starter | |||||||
| Log: | The original Old P. was brewed in Yorkshire stone fermenters. Lots of aeration for the yeast. So I racked every 2nd day and poured back and forth from a height of about 1 meter (3 feet) for the first week. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | bottle fermented with 3/4 cup for 22.5 litres (just under 6 US gal.) | |||||||
| Tasting: | I tasted this beer after the first month. I liked it a lot as did friends but all thought the molasses was too high. SO I changed the recipe but keep a few bottles of the first to compare. It is the original recipe, after 10 weeks aging that most closely resembles Old P. I hope you will have the patience to try this one. | |||||||
Recipe posted 12/21/03.
