Martin's Porter Beer Recipe

Category Porter
Recipe Type Partial Mash

Fermentables
 3 lbs 2-row pale lager malt
10 oz black patent malt
8 oz wheat malt
4 lbs Scottish light malt extract
.5 cup corn sugar (priming)
 
Hops
 12 AAUs Northern Brewer hops (boil)
1 oz Fuggles hops (finish)
 
Other
 1 tsp gelatin finings
 
Yeast Edme ale yeast 
Procedure Mash-in 3 minutes in 6 quarts of water at 122 degree (strike heat 126 degree). Adjust pH to 5.0-5.5. Protein rest 30 minutes at 131 degrees. Starch conversion 60 minutes at 150-141 degrees (longer is better). Mash out 5 minutes at 168 degrees. sparge with 2 gallons of water at 168-160 degrees. Boil 60 minutes. Add extract, yeast nutrient and bittering hops at start of boil. Add finishing hops 10 minutes before boil ends. Force cool and bring volume to 5 gallons. Pitch yeast.

Mega Gingered Holiday Ale  

Category Spiced Beers
Recipe Type Extract
 
 
Fermentables
 7 lbs. light DME
.5 lb. light crystal malt
.5 lb. chocolate malt
1 lb. orange blossom honey
 BrewTek Belgian Ale #2 from slant (1 qt. starter)
 
Hops
 28 IBU hops (don't have the specifics on hand, about 28 IBUs)
 
Other
 1-1/2 oz. fresh grated ginger
9 inches cinnamon stick
1-1/2 tsp. grated orange peel
 
Yeast 
Procedure Add 1 oz. fresh grated ginger, 6 inches cinnamon stick, and 1 tsp. orange peel in last 15 minutes of boil. Before bottling simmer 1/2 ounce ginger, 3 inches cinnamon, and a 1/2 tsp. orange peel (simmer for 5 minutes and then strained the resulting tea though a coffee filter and added it to the bottling bucket.) 

Mega Stout  

Category Stout
Recipe Type Extract
 
Fermentables
 2 cans, Munton & Fison stout kit
3 lbs Munton & Fison extra dark dry malt extract
2 cups chocolate malt
2 cups black patent malt
2 cups roasted barley
.75 cup corn sugar (priming)
 
Hops
 3 oz Fuggles hops (boil)
.5 oz Cascade hops (finish)
 
Other
 .25 tsp Irish moss
 
Yeast ale yeast 
Procedure Steep whole grains in 6 cups of water and bring to boil. Remove grains at boil. Add extract and boiling hops. Boil 1 hour. Add Irish moss in last 15 minutes. After boil, add Cascade hops and steep 15 minutes. Cool and pitch yeast.

Merry Christmas! Ale  

Category Spiced Beers
Recipe Type Extract
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Fermentables
 6.60 lb. Northwestern Gold LME
1.00 lb. Crystal 80L
0.50 lb. Brown Sugar
0.50 lb. Honey
 
Hops
 1.00 oz. Northern Brewer 7.8% 60 min
1.00 oz. Fuggles Leaf 3.8% 15 min
 
Other
 0.25 lb. Chocolate
1 tsp cardamom
1-1/2 oz grated ginger
5 Each 3" cinnamon sticks
Zest from rind of 4 large oranges
1-1/2 tsp Irish moss
.75 cup Dextrose
 
Yeast Yeast nutrient 
Procedure Prepare yeast starter. Crush specialty grains and steep for 15 min. Add LME, brown sugar, and bittering hops and begin boil. At 30 min, add honey, cinnamon, cardamom and ginger. At 15 min, add Irish moss, flavoring hops, honey, and orange zest. Cool, aerate and pitch yeast. Ferment at 70-74^F. Rack to a secondary after 7 days and store at 70^F. After another 14 days, bottle beer.