Brew #13 – Piloncillo Porter
11/10/2011 – Create yeast starter
1.5 oz light DME
1 pint water
Stir plate for 40 hrs
11/12/2011 – Brew Day
0.5 lb – Chocolate malt
2 lb – Pale ale malt
0.25 lb – Black patent malt
0.5 lb – Crystal 60L malt
5 lb – Amber extract
0.5 lb – Piloncillo (panela) aka Mexican brown sugar
1 oz – Palisade hop pellets (60 min)
Included 2% alcohol boost
Aerated with air stone (water and boiled wort)
OG: 1.060, 16.5 %B
Fermented with White labs European ale yeast WLP011
12/03/2011 – Racked to Secondary
FG: 1.011, 8.4 %B
12/09/2011 – Racked a few gallons into a keg
FG: 1.010
Put 20 PSI in head pressure
Shook for 1 minute
Disconnected from CO2
Put in Fridge set to 32 degrees
6.4% ABV
12/14/2011 – Bottled 32 bottles
Used 2oz of priming sugar
Not enough priming sugar… beers are slightly carbonated, but taste flat.