Cherry porter

23 May 2020

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Yesterday we brewed a cherry porter that achieved much better efficieny than the previous Brewster brews.

1. Mashing:
   • 19 liters of bottled water (from Lidl)
   • Mash for 60 minutes at 67°C
   • Mash for 15 minutes at 72°C
   • Mash for 1 minute at 78°C
   • Sparge up to 24 liters total at 78°C
   • 6 kg Crisp Maris Otter malt, bought from The Malt Miller, milled yesterday at 1.40 mm
   • 0.4 kg Viking Chocolate Dark Malt
   • 0.8 kg Chateau Melano, bought from true.beer
2. Brew:
   • Boil for 60 minutes
   • 1/2 tablet of Protofloc, boil for 10 minutes
3. Hops:
   • 45 g Saaz, boil for 30 minutes
   • 45 g Saaz, boil for 60 minutes
4. Yeast:
   • SafAle US-05 yeast
5. Additions:
   • 2.5 kg cherries, smashed and boiled for 20 minutes
6. Parameters:
   • 72% efficiency
   • Measured 1083 OG
   • 1029 FG
   • 7.2 % ABV

NOTE: The color is too brown for porter