Plum Porter

[Redwulf]

I'm going to give a plum porter a go and I've come up with this to get rid of some old malt thats lingering in the cupboard.

Grain Bill
3.8KG Maris Otter Pale
0.5KG Munich Dark
0.25KG Carafa Special 1
0.2KG Chocolate Malt
0.1KG Special B
0.2KG Torrefied Wheat

Hop Additions
15g Admiral @ 60 Mins
25g Bramling Cross @ 10 mins
25g Bramling Cross - Hop Stand @ 80c for 15 mins

Yeast
CML Nottingham

Other Additions
1.5kg Stewed Plums @ 10 Mins
1.5kg -Defrosted Plums - Secondary Fermentation

I am planning to stew the plums with a bit of orange zest and cinnamon for 10-15 mins before dumping into the kettle for the last 10 mins of the boil and after a week in primary transfer it to the frozen plums in a new bucket for another week or so.

Has anyone done a plum porter with fresh plums?
is 3kg enough to flavour the beer or do I need more in the Secondary?
Do I need to stew the plums for secondary or will freezing them be enough?

 

[Marko85]

I'm going to give a plum porter a go and I've come up with this to get rid of some old malt thats lingering in the cupboard.

Grain Bill
3.8KG Maris Otter Pale
0.5KG Munich Dark
0.25KG Carafa Special 1
0.2KG Chocolate Malt
0.1KG Special B
0.2KG Torrefied Wheat

Hop Additions
15g Admiral @ 60 Mins
25g Bramling Cross @ 10 mins
25g Bramling Cross - Hop Stand @ 80c for 15 mins

Yeast
CML Nottingham

Other Additions
1.5kg Stewed Plums @ 10 Mins
1.5kg -Defrosted Plums - Secondary Fermentation

I am planning to stew the plums with a bit of orange zest and cinnamon for 10-15 mins before dumping into the kettle for the last 10 mins of the boil and after a week in primary transfer it to the frozen plums in a new bucket for another week or so.

Has anyone done a plum porter with fresh plums?
is 3kg enough to flavour the beer or do I need more in the Secondary?
Do I need to stew the plums for secondary or will freezing them be enough?

How is the is going?

 

[Redwulf]

How is the is going?

It worked really well, I took the keg along with some others to a party last weekend and it came out for a bit and the consesus was it was good.
For secondary I stewed the plums in the same way I did for the boil, I brought some flavouring to add at bottling but it didn't need it.

 

[moto748]

What was your nominal batch size, please, Redwulf?

 

[Redwulf]

Sorry been rushing about

It was 23L

 

[moto748]

I'd forgotten about this, thanks!

Now might be just the time to get this on the go! I think I'd only do half-quantities, though.