Smoked Porter Recipe

General Homebrew Discussion
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Getting my hands on 1.5 lb of cherrywood smoked malt and thinking of a smoked porter. Recipe is below (5 gallon batch)…any suggestions?

4.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US 
2.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L
1.50 lb Cherrywood Smoked Malt 
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine 
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt
0.25 lb Black (Patent) Malt

0.50 oz Northern Brewer (60 min)
0.66 oz Williamette (60 min)

2 Pkgs London Ale Yeast (WLP013)

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Other than adding a couple lbs of 2 row I would say it’s pretty good as is.

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It depends on whether you want a hint of smoke, subtle smoke or lots of smoke.  I would add a couple of pounds of base malt, and another pound of smoked malt.  Also I would go with .75 pounds of black patent along with the .50 of chocolate.

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thanks for the input. I only get 1.5 lbs of the cherry smoked malt from by brew club. the members who took the malt have to brew a beer to be judged. I was wondering with that amount of the cherry  smoked malt how much flavor and smoke it would add with the recipe above. thanks for all the advice in advance.

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can you adjust batch size? you could control the level of smoke that way as well. 1.5 lbs in 5 gallons might not be enough for you (more than enough for me) but in 4 or even 3 gallons might be just right.

just a thought.

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Thanks Mort, don’t like a lot of smoke in my beer but was just curious if the cherry would come throught enough.

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The Briess is strong compared to the Weyermann. 1.5 lb should make it fairly smokey.

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Smoked malt is so variable it’s always hard to say how much the finished product will exhibit.  I usually go with 20% which looks like what you’re planning.  If it’s too smokey let it rest for a few months.

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Hi again everyone, I just brewed my smoked porter and it has a really nice smoke flavor, not to strong. I was thinking of adding maybe cherries or a few vanilla beans to the secondary. If I use cherries should it be extract or cherry juice and how much. If I use Vanilla would u just split a few beans and add them to the secondary of soak them in a bit of vodka and for how long and then just pour the beans and vodka in or just the vodka. Again thanks for all the great advice I get for everyone here. Cheers!