My very first brew was a Cascade kit - the Chocolate Mahogany Porter, and although I bottled it a bit too soon, and it was substantially overcarbonated, I thought it was fantastic! So after a few years of brewing, and having switch to all-grain brewing, I thought it was time to revisit it. Some time soon I'll get round to doing an all-grain version, but this time I've had a crack at a kit+bits.
The Knocking Without
- Cascade Chocolate Mahogany Porter kit
- 1kg tin Morgan's chocolate malt extract
- 1kg Cellar Plus Stout mix
- 20g EKG pellets (5mins)
- Brew Cellar premium ale yeast
Boiled all ingredients except the yeast for 5 minutes with 2L water. Transferred to fermenter and made up to 22L. Pitched yeast at 26C.
OG: 1.060
2009/06/11 Racked. SG 1.025. Rather high. Sat on the heat-mat to try and kick things along a bit.
2009/06/28 Bottled. FG 1.020. Beautifully smooth and sweet. 20L in 500ml bottles with 150g priming sugar.
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