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HOMEBREWING
RAY'S FAVORITE RECIPES
From Brewing Editor Ray Daniels

Blackhawk Porter

This is a favorite recipe that I made regularly for several years and it fits generally into the robust porter category. It is big on most dimensions with plenty of alcohol, a full dark malt flavor and ample hopping. With all that in there, this one is practically a sure thing!

O.G. 1.070
F.G. 1.026

Ingredients

5 lbs Light Dry Malt Extract (Your Favorite Brand)
2.0 lbs Pale Ale Malt
2.0 lbs Crystal Malt
0.25 lb Black Patent Malt
0.5 lb Chocolate Malt

1.25 cups Brown Sugar

1.25 oz Northern Brewer - boiled 60 minutes
0.5 oz Northern Brewer - boiled 40 minutes
0.5 oz Perle - boiled 10 minutes
0.5 oz Cascade - boiled 1 minute
0.75 oz Kent Goldings - dry hopped in secondary fermenter

Wyeast British Ale Yeast, in 12 ounces of starter wort.

Burton Water Salts - 1 ounce.

Procedure Notes

I produced this beer by conducting a mash with the grains, but you could make it using a grain bag to soak the grains in the water as it heats. Be sure to add the Burton salts to the water used for mashing or soaking the grains.

The brown sugar is added to the boil kettle along with the malt extract.

Total boil time was 90 minutes with the hop additions beginning after 30 minutes of boiling had already occurred.

Primary fermentation took 4 days, with a week for secondary.

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