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Cascade Chocolate mahogany
Posted: Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 8:30 pm
by red dog
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.
Posted: Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 11:47 pm
by Iron-Haggis
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.
Posted: Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 8:46 am
by rwh
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!
Posted: Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 9:18 am
by Pale_Ale
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?
Posted: Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 9:19 am
by Iron-Haggis
I've seen the Cascade kits at my local Coles or Woollies. But can't remember which one of them it was.
Posted: Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 11:17 am
by Boonie
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
Posted: Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 3:38 pm
by Wassa
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.
Posted: Sunday Mar 04, 2007 4:47 pm
by red dog
hey thanks wassa I might give that a try for the next batch.
Posted: Sunday Mar 04, 2007 7:50 pm
by stevem
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.
Posted: Monday Mar 05, 2007 11:37 am
by rwh
That's not really strange. It's got a fair bit of body.
Posted: Tuesday Mar 06, 2007 8:21 pm
by Wassa
When it's fermented with good malt, honey and a decent yeast it is certainly a good gutsy winetr brew.