Farewell Hop Shop Porter

At my last visit to the Hop Shop in Gray, Ed informed me that business was terrible and he was closing at the end of March.  Decreased business, internet sales, competition, etc, are to blame.  (Guilty as charged.)  Ed has been in business 25+ years and has seen me through multiple stages in brewing; all grain, kegging cider production, as well as help(?) for the infamous Beet Lager.  He has always been a reliable source of beer knowledge and wisdom.  "Have fun" in the next chapter of your journey.

So in his honor I brew this porter with closeout supplies from the Hop Shop.  He had no base malt so I picked up malt extract from Fareshare.

Grains:
     3 pounds light malt extract
     3 pounds amber malt extract
     Special B                                       1 pound
     Black malt                                   8 oz
     Biscuit malt                                 6 oz
     Chocolate malt                            6 oz
     Munich malt                                6 oz

Hops:
     Cascade  6.9%                            1 oz     60 min
     Amarillo  8%                              1 oz     30 min
     Amarillo                                     1 oz     10 min

Yeast:
     Safale S-05

Brewed     3/20/2019  OG 1034
     Secondary 4/3              1014

Citra Lager 2

A copy of Citra Lager, 1/17/18, with Sunnycroft hops for bittering and 2 oz citra hops in the secondary.

Grains:
     Maris Otter    10 lbs
     Munich Malt   6 oz

Hops:
     Sunnycroft 4 oz 60 min
     Citra 2 oz to secondary  12.3 %

Saflager

Brewed 1/10/19   OG 1040
Transferred to secondary 1/16/19  SG 1010

Fresh Hops Brown 2018

This brew is the same as the 2017 version but with 2018 hops.  The harvest this year produced 10 dry oz of hops, 6 to be used in this brown, and the remaining four in a citra lager, citra to be added.

Grains:
     Maris Otter 




Brewed 10/25/18
Transferred 10/31/18

Kama Citra v.3

5 gallons extract

0.75 lbs Crystal 40

6 lbs Golden DME

0.5 oz Centennial @ 10.6% (60 min.)
1 oz Cascade @ 7.8% (20 min.)
1 oz Cascade @ 7.8% (10 min.)
1 oz Citra @ 13.3% AA (flameout, resting for 10 min.)

1 oz Citra @ 13.3% AA (Dry hop at secondary transfer)
1 oz Cascade AA @ 7.8% (Dry hop at secondary transfer)

Safale US-05 Ale Yeast

Pitched: 8/15/18  OG 1.050
Secondary: 8/28/18 SG 1.014 [Dry-hopped on this date also]
Kegged: 9/7/18 SG 1.012

Notes:

Nice little bit of carbonation on transfer to keg, even before CO2.

Coconut Porter

Stolen from a recipe of Northern Brewer, Koa Coconut Porter.

Grains:
     American 2 row pale malt         10  lbs
     Chocolate malt                              10 oz
     Caramel 40L                                   8 oz
     Black malt                                       6 oz

Hops:
     Challenger    9.6%                 1 oz 60 min
     Fuggle   4.9%                        1 oz 10 min
     East Kent Golding   5.3%     5 min

Other additions:
     Amber Candy Sugar   1 lb  added during boil for 10 min
     Shredded coconut roasted 300* until golden brown  to secondary

Yeast:
     Safale S-05

Brewed  April 9, 2018  OG 1.062
Transferred to secondary with 12 oz roasted coconut 4/16/18 1.012
Kegged May 3

Citra Lager

The cellar (fermentation room) is 50* so it seemed like a good time to brew a lager.  I bought some base malt at the Fair Share Co-op and was looking at their hops and there was the Citra.  So here is the recipe, a lager finished with Citra in the secondary.

Grains:
Maris Otter        10 pounds
Munich malt        6 oz

Hops:
Amarillo          8.0%     1 oz     60 min
Amarillo                       1 oz     30 min
Cascade           4.8%     1 oz     15 min

Citra               12.3%    1 oz secondary

Yeast              Saflager  34/70

Brewed        1/17/2018  OG 1040
                    1/23/2018         1012  Citra added

Black IPA v.2

5 gallon extract

8 oz Victory
8 oz Caramel 80L
3 oz Chocolate Wheat
4 oz Chocolate Malt

3.3 lbs dark LME
3.3 lbs amber LME
1 lb amber DME

1 oz Cascade @ 5.3% AA (60 min.)
1 oz Columbus @ 13.4% AA (15 min.)
1 oz Chinook @ 14.3% AA (10 min.)

WLP 041 Pacific Ale Yeast

Pitched 11/4/2017 OG 1.060
Secondary
Kegged 12/26/17 SG 1.020

Notes: this had a stronger starting gravity, and looks like it's a little stronger on the hop front (due to variations in the AA values of the hops harvest), so we'll see how it turns out.

Not for the first time, we didn't go through a darker beer very quickly -- thinking we should brew IPA/single-hop pale ale type beers more or less exclusively for on-tap service given how the other styles linger in the keg.