GRAIN BILL:
# 2 HARRINGTON 2 ROW
# 5 BRIESS 6 ROW
# 1 CRYSTAL MALT (40L)
# 1 SMOKED MALT (THANKS TO WAYNE HOLDER FOR THE SMOKED MALT; I TOASTED
THE SMOKED MALT IN MY OVEN FOR 3 HOURS AT 150F)
# 2.5 CLOVER HONEY
6 OZ. BLACK PATENT MALT
4 OZ. CHOCOLATE MALT
10 OZ. FLAKED BARLEY
HOPS:
1 OZ CASCADE PLUGS (5.2 aa) FOR 30 MINUTES
1 OZ US HALLERTAU (4.9 aa) FOR 30 MINUTES
YEAST:
WYEAST IRISH ALE (THANKS TO ROUNDBOY; SOME OF THE MOST ACTIVE YEAST I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS...)
MASH SCHEDULE:
90 MINUTES AT 158F
10 MINUTES AT 168F
BOIL: 80 MINUTES
YIELD: THIS RECIPE YIELDED 6.5 GALLONS
ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1.056
THIS RECIPE IS A VARIATION OF MY PHIL'S HONEY PORTER RECIPE.
I CHOSE TO DO A SINGLE STEP MASH ONLY BECAUSE I WAS PRESSED FOR
TIME ON BREWING DAY.
I ADDED THE HONEY IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF THE BOIL, BROUGHT IT BACK
UP TO A BOIL AND THEN CHILLED THE WORT. I ADDED THE HONEY IN THIS MANNER
TO PRESERVE THE FULL HONEY FLAVOR.
THANKS TO WAYNE FOR THE BEST SMELLING SMOKED MALT AROUND AND TO ROUNDBOY
FOR HIS NUCLEAR STRAIN OF YEAST.