Modern Monks Old Porter Brewday
We made it back into the brewery on the 15th of March and got to work creating a batch of our Old Porter. Dave Hoage was kind enough to lend us a hand and with his help we were in and out of there in 5.5 hours. A record for us!
Dave Hoage and Brother Joshua Watching the Mash
Biking Dave shows off his carpentry skills with the hopper he built us!
Dave adds 5lbs of fuggles.
Brother Dave Checks the Gravity.
Brothers Dave, Joshua, and Bob.
March 19th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Old Porter? Is this a sour beer?
Cheers
March 20th, 2009 at 7:43 am
We were looking more for an old world flavor in the porter. Assertive malt flavor with a liberal dosing of hops brewed to the high end of the style. Not that we get too worried about style but it will be close to 6% a.b.v. when it’s finished.
It’s not a sour beer although we are kicking around plans for one. The big problem isn’t producing one as much as packaging it. Once we put a sour beer in a keg, sour beer is all that will come out of that keg.
When we finally make the leap we may have to bottle half or more of the run. We do have a handful of bunged kegs we could reserve for that purpose.
May 17th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Who is the goofy looking “Brother” on the right?
Just kidding, Bob.