Beer: Brewing the Espresso Porter
08:40:02 MST on Tuesday November 22 2005 #On Saturday I brewed up my Porter, but to keep it interesting I changed up a few things. The porter was supposed to be an western, microbrew style porter -- like Sierra Nevada's hoppy and dark. But since we aren't huge fans of hops, I decided to reduce the hopping time, and give it it's bite from something else: Espresso -- something we are big fans of.
I spent a little time researching a decided to go with 4 double shots added just before pitching the yeast. If the flavour isn't there at racking time, I'll add some more.
The process itself went smoother, it's clear I'm getting better at this. And the next morning we woke up to the smell of beer brewing, and a nice big head of krausen. :)
