Chocolate Rye Porter III

The last version of this porter was way over roasty and bitter due to it being to dry and the fact I added roasted barley, which in a porter you shouldn't do. Though not being much it somehow came through big time in the beer, it even had what seemed like a hint of smoke malt. So this recipe is back to being simple robust porter recipe with the additions of Rye Malt, Flaked Rye and Chocolate Rye. Rye Malt should give me the trademark Rye spiciness and the Flaked Rye should replace the Flaked Oats which should give the beer some body and a nice creamy head and the Chocolate Rye will give the beer a nice cocoa flavor in the finish. This edition will be closer to the first edition of this porter. I am going to cut back on the hops as well a bit, using Chinook for bittering and Willamette for aroma. This beer is being brewed for an Oyster Roast that will happen sometime in February.

Chocolate Rye Porter III

Malt:
10 lbs: Marris Otter
1.5 lbs: Rye Malt
.75 lbs: Chocolate Rye
.75 lbs: Carmel 40L
.5 lbs: Flaked Rye
.25 lbs: Belgian Special B
2 oz: Pale Chocolate

Hops:
1.0 oz: Chinook 11.5aa @ 60min

.75 oz: Willamette 4.8aa @15min
.50 oz: Willamette 4.8aa @ 0min

Misc:
1 Whirlfloc Tablet @15min

Target OG: 1.056
Target FG: 1.016
IBU: ~ 40

Actual OG: 1.059
Actual FG: 1.019
Apparent Attenuation: 66.7%

ABV: 5.3%

Yeast:
White Labs British Ale (WLP005)

Hopville Recipe

Update 12.29.2009: I am late on the update, but with the holidays and all, this is the 1st time I have had to update. I brewed this beer on Christmas Eve before I went out for Family time. I went with a thinner mash (1.2 qt/lb) instead of my usual 1.35 qt/lb and I ended up with less finishing wort and a higher OG. So I think it's going to take me a few batches to get use to the thinner mash, but in the end I am positive that my beer will be better for it. Right now the beer is finishing up fermentation and I hope to rack it over to the keg after the 1st of the year.

Update 1.7.2010: Just racked over the Porter to the keg and it is currently carbing up. This is better than the 1st edition that I did, that won 3rd place in the Robust Porter category. So we will see what happens once it's drinkable. Beer finished a tad sweeter than I thought it would, but I think it might be a blessing. Too much dryness in this beer wouldn't be good. So after the Carboyjunkies Oyster Roast I will post my thoughts on the beer.

Update 4.2.2010: Beer received a score of 32 in the 2010 PSBO. Here are the score sheets.

Update 6.14.2010: Beer received a score of a 31.5 in the 2010 NHC. Scoresheets