Wayne (Captain Yobbo) Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I have recently made 2 great brews with dark brown sugar one stout and one dark ale using 500 grams the results have been great but I bought a can of cascade chocolate mahogany porter and am wondering if dark brown sugar will go nice with that too I also have some fuggles hops on hand which I will be making a hop tea with. What would be the best amount of time to boil the hops to get the most out of them they are in pellet form cheers and beers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikF Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Found this the other day, while googeling around.. Maybe the wise-ones can/will approve or disapprove[rightful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Porters tend to sit somewhere between dark ales and stouts, so if you liked the brown sugar in those then you will probably like it in a porter. I've never used dark brown sugar so I can't comment from personal experience. As for hops, what do you want to achieve? Do you want a full-on hoppy flavoured beer or a more subtle beer? And as for the title of the post, you put that on there and everyone joins in. And pretty soon it becomes Mass Debating [biggrin] An oldie but still a goodie [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne (Captain Yobbo) Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hmmm so the dark brown sugar would probably sit nicely with a porter, with the hops I want a hoppy characteristic's in flavour with a bit of aroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I would go with a 20 minute and a 5 minute addition of hops. Personally I wouldn't bother dry hopping a porter but there's no reason you can't. If you want that extra aroma then add a dry hop addition too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne (Captain Yobbo) Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 I have a 25 gram pack of fuggles pellets so i must debate what i want to do with it i suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I would be debating between: 15g @ 20 min 10g @ 5 min or 10g @ 20 min 15g @ 5 min But really there isn't a huge difference between the two. I just wanted to keep the debate raging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne (Captain Yobbo) Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 I might opt for the first option [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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