Fresh Hop Porter

Fresh Hop Porter
(5 gallons)
9/4/2010

7.5 lbs english maris otter
0.5 lbs simpsons dark crystal malt
0.5 lbs simpsons chocolate malt
0.5 lbs simpsons black malt

1.0 oz pellet kent goldings (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh chinook (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh cascade (15 min)
5.5 oz fresh fuggles (5 min)

yeast:
safale S-04

Infusion mash at 150 for 60 min

60 min boil

1.046 OG on 9/4
1.022 secondary on 9/11
1.022 keg on 10/9

Hop Harvest 2010

Harvested all plants on 9/4/2010. Clockwise from plant closest to the road, my 2010 yields (wet wieght):

0.0 oz sterling
5.5 oz fuggles
0.5 oz cascade
0.5 oz chinook
0.0 oz mt hood

Only the fuggles plant made it up and over the cable. Hopefully next year the plants will be more established and have higher yield.

Fresh Hop Ale 2010

5 gal all grain
brewed with 2010 Sunny Croft Hops (total harvested 12 oz dry wt)

Grain Bill
10 # Maris Otter
0.5 # Carapils
1 # Crystal Malt medium

Hops (all dry Sunny Croft Cascade)
5 oz 60 min
3 oz 30 min
3 oz 1 min

Safeale S-04

Single infusion mash 155 for 60 min
Boil 60 min

9/3/10 OG 1044