Honey Pumpkin Porter

Recipe Notes: Steve P. won the SFH March 2002 Open competition with this one.

Recipe Specifications

Batch Size (Gal): 5
OG: 1.092
FG: 1.021
SRM: 26
IBU: 41
Boil Time imin) 90
Efficiency (%) 80


Grains & Adjuncts

GrainAmtPct
2-row Pale malt 11.5 lbs 33.3%
Chocolate Wheat malt 8 lbs 23.2%
Crystal Wheat malt 0.5 lbs 1.4%
Crystal 55L malt 0.25 lbs 0.7%
Crystal 40L malt 0.5 lbs 1.4%
Crystal 140L malt 0.25 lbs 0.7%
KilnCoffee malt 0.125 lbs 0.4%
Munich malt 0.5 lbs 1.4%
Victory malt 0.5 lbs 1.4%
CarAmber malt 0.40625 lbs 1.2%
Spiced Pumpkin 12 lbs 34.8%


Hops

Hop NameAmtAA (%)Time (min)
Fuggle (whole) 0.5 5 75
Fuggle (whole) 1 4.75 75
Whitbread Golding (whole) 0.5 10 0.5
Whitbread Golding (whole) 10 2


Yeast

Wyeast London Ale (1028) yeast

Process Details

  • Cut a 12 pound pumpkin in half, de-seed it, and bake it for an hour at 350°F.
  • Remove the skin, cut into cubes and cook with 1 cup brown sugar, 1/4 tsp clove, 1/2 tsp nutmeg and 2 tsp cinnamon for about 90 minutes.
  • Mash with grains @ 154°F for 90 minutes. (you may need to add rice or barley hulls to help prevent a stuck runoff).
  • Sparge to collect 6.5 gallons wort.
  • Bring to boil, add Fuggle hops and boil 75 minutes
  • Add 1st addition of Goldings hops, boil 13 minutes
  • Add 2nd addition of Golding hops, boil 2 minutes
  • Chill ferment.