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Reviled

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After re-reading a book on smoked beers and the history of them, it got me thinking I want to brew a historical porter and age it untill the depths of winter, might even look at brewing just before I go overseas for 3 weeks to give it a long fermentation period and a bit of conditioning...

Heres what im thinking so far - keen for any thoughts or feedback :eek:)

50% Weyermann Rauch malt
40% Brown - I may even go one further and smoke the brown malt for more authenticity
5% Medium Crystal
3% Dark Crystal
2% Black Patent

44 IBU's at 75 mins from a shitload of EKG
6 IBU's at 15 mins from 20gms of EKG

Shooting for around 1063 and 50 IBU's
 
Oops missed this :oops:

I've only tried one beer with Rauch and wasn't keen, maybe too "malty" for me, i'm interested to know the process for smoking your own brown malt tho.
 
I'm sure I replied to this the other day :wha:
I think it'd be a pretty good guess at an historical style using modern ingredients :thumb:
In my experience rauchmalt can be overpowering but it does mellow with age ;)
I'll be interested to hear how it turns out.
 
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