Robust Porter Recipe/

[Greg2013]

I am changing my whole style of hopping beers going forward anyway and this brew and another were the first step,only doing small 60min additions for bittering of something like Magnum,then all other additions at 15mins  and flameout as required.

[Qs]

I've been moving the other way lately and trying to get more bitterness at 60 minutes (well FWH usually) and then doing less between 20-flameout and whirl-pooling after. Not sure if I'll keep doing it long term, we'll have to see how it turns out over a few beers.

[Greg2013]

I've been moving the other way lately and trying to get more bitterness at 60 minutes (well FWH usually) and then doing less between 20-flameout and whirl-pooling after. Not sure if I'll keep doing it long term, we'll have to see how it turns out over a few beers.

TBH what i want to move to entirely is 60min and flame out only but i realize that depending on style of beer that may vary slightly,tbh 30,20,15 etc all these multi additions i have seen no significant improvement to me for what i am supping at home so i see no point.

[Qs]

I'll probably keep adding mid boil additions for anything I think will be in bottles for a few months. If its going in the keg or its going to be drank quickly I'm not bothered.

As for that porter I completely overpitched. I just threw in some slurry from an amber and I went way over what the calculators told me add. The yeast are going in nuts now. Krausen is blowing off like crazy. Guess next time I use slurry I'll show a bit more restraint.   

[Greg2013]

I'll probably keep adding mid boil additions for anything I think will be in bottles for a few months. If its going in the keg or its going to be drank quickly I'm not bothered.

As for that porter I completely overpitched. I just threw in some slurry from an amber and I went way over what the calculators told me add. The yeast are going in nuts now. Krausen is blowing off like crazy. Guess next time I use slurry I'll show a bit more restraint.   

Yep i pitched two packs of dry yeast also and they went batshit nuts,i must have cleaned the airlock at least six times the first 24 hours of fermentation.

[Qs]

I haven't cleaned it yet. Threw on a bit of tube before it started because I could see it coming last night so it hasn't been too bad but I definitely need to give the bung a bit of a wipe (wahey  ).

[Greg2013]

I haven't cleaned it yet. Threw on a bit of tube before it started because I could see it coming last night so it hasn't been too bad but I definitely need to give the bung a bit of a wipe (wahey  ).

Yes i will be putting this one in bottles hopefully tomorrow all going well 

[Greg2013]

Kegged this today 1065-1018 so 6.3%abv

Couldn't be arsed bottling today so sanitized a keg instead,now i had a fair bit left over so i filled a demijohn and added 100gr dark chocolate nibs just for shitz and giggles,also managed to bottle up a 2 litre bottle as a tester so all in all i got 26.0 litres out of my 27.0 litres brew