[pete b]

I sent this beer out in the beer swap. I wanted to make something malty but not sweet, quaffable, assertively bitter but not hoppy.
OG 1.050
80 % Rahr 2 row
9 % Cara amber
4.5% munich
2 % midnight wheat
4.5% t. Fawcett pale chocolate
40 ibu: pride of Ringwood 60 minute, Mt hood 20 minute and hopstand
WLP60 American Ale Blend
Final gravity 1.010

I like it, its pretty much what bi hoped for although I expected it to be not quite as dark (its like a more red than usual porter) and more red. Its got a very subtle roast and assertive but pleasant bitterness and the maltiness of a higher gravity beer IMO.
What would you call it?

[Iliff Ave]

What is it? Delicious!

Maybe an american brown?

[HoosierBrew]

American porter -ish ?  If there were a brown tinge at all, American Brown ?

[Wort-H.O.G.]

i'd call it "get in my belly brorter"   

[pete b]

Maybe Intercontinental Porter?
I like the Pride of Ringwood, first time using it.

[klickitat jim]

When they don't easily fit, its time to invent a style.

[Stevie]

Thread title lead me to believe I was going to see a pictures of the top of a perfectly normal fermentation.

[pete b]

Thread title lead me to believe I was going to see a pictures of the top of a perfectly normal fermentation.

That's great. Are those islands of froth mold? Salmonella? The plague?!

[pete b]

When they don't easily fit, its time to invent a style.

I agree! I'm just glad that I'm getting to know my ingredients and techniques enough to make beer that tastes how I intended with my own recipes.

[pete b]

I have settled on "American Porter" Its close to a brown porter but higher I bus and a bit crisper with the American ale yeast. Definitely more drinkable than most porters I've had.

[Wort-H.O.G.]

I have settled on "American Porter" Its close to a brown porter but higher I bus and a bit crisper with the American ale yeast. Definitely more drinkable than most porters I've had.

Darn Pete, had my hopes set on # Brorter. 


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[pete b]

I have settled on "American Porter" Its close to a brown porter but higher I bus and a bit crisper with the American ale yeast. Definitely more drinkable than most porters I've had.

Darn Pete, had my hopes set on # Brorter. 


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You could still go with that. Sounds like a porter two dudes who were best friends brewed together.