Smoked Porter
Church Brew Works

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From:
Church Brew Works
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
English Porter
ABV:
5.8%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
4.16 | pDev: 1.44%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 28, 2006
Added:
Nov 10, 2006
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Our newest specialty beer is a smoked porter. The recipe was designed to make a porter with a slightly higher than normal starting gravity. Beechwood smoked malt is the base malt in this recipe. We have had porters here at the CBW in the past, and this beer will be somewhat similar. The porter style originated in London and was very popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. With the introduction of pale and mild ales, the popularity of porters decreased. Porter production in England ended in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Smoked malt is made by smoking the barley over a wood fueled fire. Smoky flavors in beer were more common several hundred years ago, when nearly all grain was dried over a wood fueled fire. Alternate methods of drying the malt eliminated the need for wood to be used as a fuel source. Smoked malts are now intentionally smoky, not simply due to the drying procedure. Beechwood was the fuel source for the smoked malt in this recipe. This beer should have a dark reddish brown color. The aroma should be balanced between malty and smoky. The flavor should be chocolaty, toasty, roasty, and smoky. There should be a definite hop bitterness, but the hop aroma should be overshadowed by malt and smoke. The beer should finish with some bitterness and a bit of smoke.


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Details:
Original Gravity: 17.0 P 1.068 SG
Hop Bitterness: 45 IBU’s
Malt Used: Smoked Malt, Cara Munich, Carafa, Munich, and Wheat
Hops Used: Perle and East Kent Goldings
Approximate Alcohol: 5.8 %
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by WVbeergeek from West Virginia

4.22/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Appears a ddark ruby near cola tone with a large airy tan head leaves thick chunks of lacing behind, such a nice looking brew. Aromatics weigh in with an upfront smokey dark chocolate presence with herbal hops flowing nicely a touch of smoked meat and mild charcoal scents coming through for me. Flavor is great a solid dark roasty malt layer with dark chocolate smokiness going on with a touch a tart lactic character I detected and it's soothed by the herbal hop bitterness. Mouthfeel is creamy on the palate iwth a fuller body and somewhat airy carbonation...goes down very smooth. Drinkability, a great smoked porter much more excited about this one than their Thunderhop IPA, definitely represents with some smokiness not too weak or overwhelming.
Nov 28, 2006
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Reviewed by Alkey from Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
This was my first smoked porter and I wasn't sure what to expect but as it was placed in front of my watering mouth I noticed the dark reddish brown color and the aroma of a campfire some very power scents of burnt wood and smoke galore. As I took my first drink the flavors of toasted malts and lots of smoke were very rich with a slight bitterness. The mouth feel was thick and almost chewy. I thought this was a great beer but with all the rich dark roasted flavors it took me a while to finish this one off.
Nov 15, 2006