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Jolly Morlock Brown Porter
Brewed: 11/03/2013 Kegged: 11/16/2013
In 2013, I made it SheppyBrew's mission to have brewed at least one all-grain batch in each  of the 23 beer categories (see SheppyBrew Styles). Surprisingly, late in the year, I had never really brewed anything in Category 12 Porter. So, of course I had to try one.
I went back and forth as to whether I wanted to do a 12A. Brown Porter or a 12B. Robust Porter. Eventually, I just decided that I wanted the softer, sweeter and more caramelly flavors of the Brown. I figure that if I keep the roast down, the SheppyBrew Beer Model may actually like it as well.
I designed the recipe around mostly English (Simpson's) malts. The base malt is Golden Promise and there is a good amount of Medium Crystal. For the color, I used mostly Briess Blackprinz malt for a less astringent, smoother black character, but I threw in some Chocolate Malt just to get a bit of the more stout-like roast. Most of my English Fuggle hops are in the First Wort Hopping, which should impart a decent amount of earthy English hop flavor to the beer at the same time it balances out the malt sweetness with bitterness.
I came up with the name thanks to my kids. Over the GABF weekend, they stayed with some friends and got to watch the 1960 version of The Time Machine. Apparently, they really liked it. I remember loving the movie as a kid, although now I don't remember much about it other than how utterly frightening the Morlocks were in the movie. As this beer was going to be dark I thought using the underground dwelling Morlocks in the name would work nice. But I also threw on the adjective "Jolly" as a little juxtaposition. This beer can make even the evil, grumpy Morlocks happy and jolly.
Anyway, I think I'll really like this beer. We will see.
If you would like more information on this beer, check out Morlock Porter on my blog.
| Morlock Brown Porter --- Batch 1 |
| Style |
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Brown Porter |
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Batch Size |
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5.50 gal |
| Type |
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All Grain |
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Boil Size |
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7.76 gal |
| Brewhouse Efficiency |
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75.00 |
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Boil Time |
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90 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.051 SG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.011 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
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26.2 IBUs (Rager) |
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Alcohol by Volume |
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5.2 % |
| BU : GU |
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0.519 |
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| Recipe Color |
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25.4 SRM |
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| Measured OG: |
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1.052 |
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Measured FG: |
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1.014 |
| ADF: |
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73 |
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Measured ABV: |
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5% |
Ingredients
Ingredients
| Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
| 3.00 g |
Chalk (Mash 60.0 mins) |
Water Agent |
1 |
- |
| 8 lbs 8.0 oz |
Golden Promise (Simpsons) (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2 |
83.9 % |
| 15.0 oz |
Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (55.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
9.3 % |
| 9.0 oz |
Blackprinz (500.0 SRM) |
Grain |
4 |
5.6 % |
| 2.0 oz |
Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5 |
1.2 % |
| 0.500 oz |
Fuggles [4.80 %] - First Wort 90.0 min |
Hop |
6 |
10.3 IBUs |
| 0.250 oz |
Magnum [14.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min |
Hop |
7 |
14.4 IBUs |
| 1.00 Items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Fining |
8 |
- |
| 5.00 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Other |
9 |
- |
| 0.500 oz |
Fuggles [4.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min |
Hop |
10 |
1.6 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg |
London Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1028) [124.21 ml] |
Yeast |
11 |
- |
Mash Profile
Mash Steps
| Name |
Description |
Step Temperature |
Step Time |
| Mash In |
Add 12.66 qt of water at 163.7 F |
152.0 F |
60 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps
(1.93gal, 3.88gal) of 168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
A couple days before brew day, make a starter
with 6 cups water and 1.5 cups extra light DME.
Add 3g of CaCO3 into the
strike water to help smooth out the dark malt flavor.
From Denver Water,
this puts the water profile
at:
Ca=67,Mg=8,Na=21,SO4=51,Cl=23,HCO3=157
Mash as instructed above. Batch
sparge onto first wort hops.
Boil as usual.
Pitch as close to 60 degrees
as possible. Keep fermention below 65 for one day, then let rise to
68ish.
Ferment for 2 weeks.
Keg and carbonate to 2.5 volumes.
Brewing Record
| Brew Date: |
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11/3/2013 |
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Strike Temp: |
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166
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| Mash Temps: |
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154 down to 150 by the end
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| Pre-boil OG |
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1.041 (1.041 SG) |
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Pre-boil Vol |
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7.5 (7.76 gal) |
| Actual Mash Efficiency |
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83 |
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Pitch Temp |
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58 |
| Fermentation |
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| Day 1: 66 |
| Day 2: 68 |
| Day 3: 72 kraussen starting to die. |
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