Charon's Oar

[D34THSPAWN]

Here's the recipe for the peat smoked porter (charon's oar) I did based off of NB's peat smoked porter recipe. Smelled heavenly when brewing and bottling, tasted great out of the fermentor. Waiting a full 6 weeks before drinking, came in at 1.070 and finished at 1.020 so almost perfectly on the numbers.

proportions on some of the grains are estimated since NB has their exclusive nocturnal select grain blend. Really excited for this one!

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Smoked Porter

Brew Method: Extract
Style Name: Robust Porter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 3 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.124
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.068
Final Gravity: 1.019
ABV (standard): 6.41%
IBU (tinseth): 33.96
SRM (morey): 40

FERMENTABLES:
6 lb - Liquid Malt Extract - Dark (50%)
2 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Dark (16.7%)
1 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Light (8.3%)

STEEPING GRAINS:
1 lb - American - Black Malt (8.3%)
0.25 lb - American - Caramel / Crystal 80L (2.1%)
0.25 lb - United Kingdom - Peated Malt (2.1%)
0.25 lb - United Kingdom - Pale Chocolate (2.1%)
0.25 lb - United Kingdom - Extra Dark Crystal 160L (2.1%)
0.25 lb - United Kingdom - Dark Crystal 80L (2.1%)
0.25 lb - German - Carafa III (2.1%)
0.5 lb - American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt) (4.2%)

HOPS:
2 oz - Cluster, Type: Pellet, AA: 6.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 23.01
1 oz - Willamette, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 40 min, IBU: 6.99
1 oz - Willamette, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 3.95

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

[D34THSPAWN]

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Delicious fruits of my labor! Dark chocolate and peat smoked malt (whiskey) dominate the palate with a light smokieness, little undercarbed but that makes it super smooth and very drinkable. 6.56 percent makes it hit hard though. VERY happy with this one.

[BeerRust]

Wow!

[Beer-lord]

Looks great, sounds even better.
Cheers!

[D34THSPAWN]

Thanks guys, loving this one, at least as much as my Pale Ale, it keeps getting better with age too, at about 6 weeks since bottling and its starting to blend really well!