porter

Decided to make a porter today. Here's the steps, as usual:

• Got the water up to about 180°F
• Add 1 lb of Black Patent grains
• Steeped at 180°–185°F for 20 minutes
  
• Added 6.6 lbs of Cooper's Dark Malt Extract
• Brought to a boil
• Added 1/2 oz Northern Brewer hops (8.5%)
• Boiled for 30 minutes
• Added 3/4 oz Northern Brewer hops (8.5%)
• Boiled for 30 minutes
• Added 1/4 oz Willamette hops (4.4%)
• Boiled for 5 minutes
• Put in sink to cool
  
• Brewed a pot of french roast coffee
• Added coffee, water, and cooled it down
• Measured original gravity; 1.046%
  
• Added yeast
• Commenced waiting
  

To save time, I ate some dinner and watched an episode of Planet Earth, which is fantastic. If you have an HD setup, you should get this as soon as you can. I sanitized during the steeping of the grains.

Final notes:

• Bottled on February 8, 2009
• Final gravity 1.022
• It's looking/smelling/testing promising
• I had to dump three bottles out due to not having enough caps. Totally stupid move on my part. Lesson learned.
  

hey seriously guys!

I just uncapped one of those cranberry-orange beers I made, and I must say, she is a tart little bastard! And once again I score- it's not that bad!

hey guys!

Remember back when I made my pumpkin ale? I just cracked one open, and... and... it's not that bad!