Wassa's Honey Porter

[hyjak]

Just a quick one but which honey would be better?
I have a jar of both Leatherwood Honey and "Australian Rainforest Honey" in the cupboard.
Wanting to put this one down this evening.

Jez

[gregb]

Leatherwood Honey would be better

[hyjak]

thanks greg!
will put it down tonight!!

jez

[MattyR]

Very Nice drop .Have it in the keg at the moment, I didn't let it age V. much but that didn't matter, though I must admit it's getting better by the day. Well done Wassa on coming up with this one.
Has anyone tried making it with some chocolate malt grain or should it just be left as is?

[hyjak]

Mine has 150gm of choc malt in it, so i'll let you know how good it is!

[slayer71]

What's the best alternative to making this one up if I can't get the Cascade Mahogany Porter kit I can't seem to buy it anywhere
any alternative base kit recommended ?

[Shine]

This was my third batch, slightly modified as finding DDME around Alice Springs is like squeezing water from a rock: LDME,100g Dark Brown Sugar, 1 tbsp molasses. I also used organic honey instead of yellowbox. I snuck a taste (OKAY! Jeez, 10 tastes!) after a month and was pretty impressed. The flavor was really good. This shall be a staple in my beer fridge. Mas thanks for this one!

[Wassa]

You could probably try Tooheys Dark Ale or Coopers Dark Ale.

[Shine]

I had to order in the Cascade kit. Go to absolute and have it mailed in if you can't find it local.

http://www.absolutehomebrew.com.au/?pag ... dekits17kg

[Eddie]

Equals



Still impressed how the last batch is tasting better each time.

[Chrisp]

so many pages of good comments, how could i not make this porter. Only problem is i forgot to buy the S O-4 at the LHBS so I was woundering if the kit yeast is OK ( i did read earlier in the thread Boonie saying he was going to use it) has anyone else? How was it.

[Wassa]

Chrisp,

I've made it with SO4 and the kit yeast. They both turn out well, it's just that I prefer S04.

Wassa

[Chrisp]

could be going back to the LHBS, if I do i'll get some S04 if not I'll use the kit yeast with confidence, thank's Wassa

[hirns]

How is the 15g of cascade hops added? Dry hopped steeped etc. I can't find any instructions in the original posted recipe .

Hirns

[Wassa]

At flame out

[Chrisp]

Got the SO4, cheers Wassa. just a little confused at the timing of the hop addition, what are you putting in the boil ? Is it just the DDM & is it just a short boil.
Cheers Crisp

[Wassa]

What I usually do is bring 2 litres of water to the boil and dissolve the malt in the boiling water. I then return it aad heat to a slow boil to kill anything in the malt and to ensure all the malt is dissolved. When I turn off the flame I throw in the hops.

You can dry hop also, but I do it this way for simplicity.

Wassa

[Lachy]

I made a slight variation of the original recipe:

Cascade Choc Mahogany Porter
1kg DDME
400g Orange Blossum honey
15g Cascade @ 5 min
US-05

Made to 23l

Wow, what a beer. I've tested it on workmates - many of whom are very much "commercial" beer drinkers and definitely not dark beer fans - and the praise for this brew is universal. It's an amazing recipe, cheers for sharing it with us all, Wassa.