Beer 2015.01
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Overview
- Style: Imperial Valentine Porter
- Codename: St. Valentine's Cherry
- Brewmaster: Jenny Tong
- Based on: Valentine Imperial Porter, from "The Complete Homebrew Beer Book"
- Type: All-grain
- Initial Gravity: 1.???
- Gravity going into secondary: 1.???
- Final Gravity: ???
- ABV: ??%
- Brewed: 1/4/2015
- Kegged: ?
- First served: ?
- Last served: ?/?/?
Brew Participants
Those who stuck through thick and thin:
- ???
Brewing
Mash
Grain Bill:
- 1 lb uk crystal malt (60L)
- 8oz UK brown malt
- 8oz UK chocolate malt
- 8lbs any UK brand dark (not sure if solid or syrup)
Mash Schedule:
- Type: Single step
- Start tempt: 158F
- Start pH: didn't check
- Time: 30 mins
- End temp: 158F
- Used 3 gallons of mash water @ 163F
Sparge
- ???
Boil
- 60 mins
- bring to boil, then add hops -
- 1 oz northern brewer hops added @ start of boil
- 1 oz northern brewer hops added @ 30min into boil
- 45 mins we turn off the heat
- add lactose, sugar, cocoa powder, irish moss and yest nutrient - stir until dissolved
- turn heat on again for 15 more minutes of rolling boil.
- Yield 5gal wort
- Initial gravity: 1.???
Fermenting
- Primary ferment: Carboy
- Pitched ???
Kegging
- Kegged on ?
- Final Gravity ?
- Kegged into Keg ?