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Black Garnet Porter/Lager
This recipe is a test of White Labs Pilsner vs Irish Ale yeast. The base has a blend of various carmel malts for complexity, and is bittered only with the Cascade hop... for my familiarity with the effect of its use. A side by side taste test will hopefully give a great perspective on quality "designer yeasts"... a lager and an ale, and their effect in a split batch of wort.
The Porter is certainly the ale yeast version. The Pilsner yeast puts this in a dark German Lager arena.
| Brewer: | How232 | Email: | How232@AOL.com | |||||
| Beer: | Black Garnet Porter/Lager | Style: | Robust Porter | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 2.05 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 26 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.053 | FG: | 1.015 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 4.9% v/v (3.8% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | A mix of 75% RO water and 25% tap water (fairly hard Sulphate) was used. | |||||||
| Grain: | 12 oz. American 2-row 6 oz. German Pilsner 5 oz. Wheat malt 2 oz. Carawheat 4 oz. German Vienna 10 oz. Belgian Munich 5 oz. Belgian Aromatic 2 oz. Special Roast 1 oz. American crystal 120L 2 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 4 oz. Dark Munich 2 oz. American chocolate 1 oz. American black patent 2 oz. Belgian CaraMunich 2 oz. Enzyme mash contrib. (8 oz) |
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| Mash: | 83% efficiency | |||||||
| Mash in at room temp. Climb to 116. Rest 5 min. Boost to 130. Rest 30 min. Boost to 157. Stir 5 min. Cool to 149 for one hr. Boost to 156 for one hr. Mashout at 166. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 100 minutes | SG 1.042 | 2.60 gallons | |||||
| Irish moss pinch at 20 and 10 min in boil. Tsp total. | ||||||||
| Hops: | .25 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 30 min.) .25 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 20 min.) .25 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 7 min.) .25 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 2 min.) |
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| Yeast: | White Labs Pilsner Yeast (WLP800) White Labs Irish Ale Yeast (WLP004) |
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| Log: | Brewed 3-8-00. Two weeks lagering time for the lager. One week cold condition for the ale. Both at about 37 degrees. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | Equivalent of 3/4ths cup per 5 gallon. | |||||||
| Tasting: | Both were very good, the lager abit smoother, and I think the better of the two. Slight amount of trub in the ale batch lacking in the lager might have been responsible for this difference... | |||||||
Recipe posted 07/14/00.
