I'm no expert when it comes to making wine but...
I would miss step 4. Supermarket juice doesn't need steralising
I would check the OH before pitching the yeast and add more sugar if it isn't high enough to give me the ABV that I want.
Step 10 doesn't make much sense. IT can't have a secondary...
What percentage of black mnalt is that?
https://homebrewanswers.com/black-malt/ says "Typically up to 10% in Porters. Stouts and other dark beer."
https://crispmalt.com/malts/black-malt/ says "Beer StylesPorters, stouts Usage Up to 3%"
The recipe I am working on has 6.6% Crystal, 6.6% Munich*...
I'm planning a user up Porter at the moment. Most recipes I have found don't mention Black malt, but I have some to use up and wondered about adding some. Like you, I looked at various maltsters' websites and found they said it can be used in Porters and that it won't add astringency. There was...
I was expecting to find a recipe that used a greater proportion of chocolate malt. I have used brown malt once before. It was a long time ago. I'll have to trawl through my beersmith recipes to find it and see if I remember it.
I also need to read the Porter chapter in Designing Great Beers and...
These are the other three that I am considering. Any comments welcome.
The first one is from Graham Wheeler's Brew Your Own British Real Ale, the second is from Wheeler and Protz's Brew Classic European Beers at Home and the third from Greg Hughes' Home Brew Beer.
Two loaves with an overnight polish with white flour and then a mixture of wholemeal and white for the main dough. Based on a Ken Forkish recipe in Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast
I am thinking of brewing Dry Paddy Porter from James Morton's Brew to use up some chocolate malt that I have had hanging around for ages.
A search show a few people have brewed it. How did it turn out? Would you change anything if you brewed it again?
I brewed a user up bitter.
Pale ale malt, crystal malt and a handful of chocolate malt.
Challenger for bittering. Goldings and Fuggles for flavour and aroma.
WHC Bond yeast.