Cascade Chocolate mahogany

red dog · Post by **red dog** » Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 8:30 pm

I'm new to brewing only starting this year. First brew was a morgan's pilsner which turned out OK. Second batch was the mahogany porter from cascade. I've never really been a dark aledrinker but this seemed to be a good looking drop. Bottled it on Sunday so will be about 6 weeks before i open it. Has any one brewed this and just wondering what they thought of it.

Iron-Haggis · Post by **Iron-Haggis** » Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 11:47 pm

Give it 3 months in the bottle. I did it and found it very ordinary within the first 3 months. Left most of it for longer and at 6 months it was a suburb drop.

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 8:46 am

Definitely one of my (and everyone who's tried it) favourite kits. Tends to be hard to find sometimes, so I stock up to make sure I never run out!

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 9:18 am

Iron-Haggis wrote:Give it 3 months in the bottle. I did it and found it very ordinary within the first 3 months. Left most of it for longer and at 6 months it was a suburb drop.

Can people living in the country still drink this?

Iron-Haggis · Post by **Iron-Haggis** » Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 9:19 am

I've seen the Cascade kits at my local Coles or Woollies. But can't remember which one of them it was.

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 11:17 am

Pale_Ale wrote:
Iron-Haggis wrote:Give it 3 months in the bottle. I did it and found it very ordinary within the first 3 months. Left most of it for longer and at 6 months it was a suburb drop.
Can people living in the country still drink this?

I did not have to wait long for mine to taste nice, previous post here.

http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... 4&start=20

Cheers

Boonie

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 3:38 pm

I have made this kit several times and have always found it to be a great drop. My favorite recipe for it is:

1 can of Cascade Mahogany Porter
1 KG of Dark dry malt
500gm of Yellowbox honey
15gm of Cascade hops

Ferment with Safale. Bottle and leave for 3 months in bottle.

red dog · Post by **red dog** » Sunday Mar 04, 2007 4:47 pm

hey thanks wassa I might give that a try for the next batch.

stevem · Post by **stevem** » Sunday Mar 04, 2007 7:50 pm

Strange, I have brewed CMP 3 times, each time with different adjuncts and each time FG has not dropped below 1.020. That was with the included yeast though.

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Monday Mar 05, 2007 11:37 am

That's not really strange. It's got a fair bit of body.

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Tuesday Mar 06, 2007 8:21 pm

When it's fermented with good malt, honey and a decent yeast it is certainly a good gutsy winetr brew.