St. Peter's Honey Porter 4.5% ABV (12 x 500ml)

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If you were to use 1kg (2x500gs) of dry malt extract (DME) – the colour appropriate to the type of beer (see colour guide below), you will produce a beer slightly higher in ABV yet at the same time retaining its body. The porter recipe I have included below is am English style porter of moderate ABV and allows you to tweak to your heart’s content. If you want to you can add more aroma hops, boost the ABV or add additional flavours like coffee, fruit and spices. Ingredients Guinness Extra Stout was originally known as Guinness Extra Superior Porter so a large part of the difference comes down to marketing. The ABV of different porters can range quite significantly, from around 4% upto 9% or more for Imperial versions. the bottle states "limited edition van diemen hop" and ill admit i dont know anything about it. is it a bittering hop, an aroma hop, what?? anyway, ill continue with the review.

However, we recommend to you, to use 1.5kg of unhopped liquid malt extract (LME) – again the colour appropriate to the type of beer being made (see colour guide below). There is not much difference between stout and porter and the names have been used interchangeably throughout dark beers existence.WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ. Hops can be subtle with just enough bitterness to balance the malt or in American porters be quite bold with dry hopping and aroma hops used in abundance. Inspired by home brewers from across the country, last year President Obama bought a home brewing kit for the kitchen. After the few first drafts we landed on some great recipes that came from a local brew shop. We received some tips from a couple of home brewers who work in the White House who helped us amend it and make it our own. To be honest, we were surprised that the beer turned out so well since none of us had brewed beer before. Honey Porter 4.9%– Our sweet honey porter is brewed with real honey to give the perfect blend of a classic porter with a sweet finish. You will need to use more fruit in a porter than other beer style to get enough flavour to compete with the dark malts.

aroma is on the sweetish side. honey is hardly detectable in the aroma, but it does have a nice maltiness about it. nothing outstanding about it though. i think the biggest problem with this beer is you cant drink it after having other beers. doing this exposes its weaknesses to the hilt. goes down ok if its drunk in isolation, or at the start of the night. Add 2 gallons chilled sterile water into the primary fermenter and add the hot wort into it. Top with more water to total 5 gallons. There is no need to strain.I'm not sure what the deal is with the taste - I'm not recognising any honey what-so-ever. I get a watery roasted caffeine flavour and spicy bitterness.

Brown, Robust, Baltic, English, American and Smoked Can all be used to describe variations of porter. This means that there is some room for experimentation. I was really, really excited when I first saw this in a shop tonight. It's limited release and I hope is from the most recent batch (otherwise I'd be worried about its age). Smoked porters, of course, must include a smoked element which is typically a portion of smoked malt. The recipe does not say what the actual bittering hops are. It says the first two additions should to have 10 HBUs (same thing as AAU) and be split evenly at 45 minutes and 30 minutes. I left it at Hallertau.

Stout has roasted barley and porter doesn’t. However, my porter recipe included roasted barley so it doesn’t follow this rule. Porter As A Style If you have come looking for a history of porter as a beer style I’m afraid you are going to be a little disappointed. Beer history isn’t a strong point of mine. There are plenty of more knowledgeable people to read.