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Snowflake Smoked Porter by Ray Daniels | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

Snowflake Smoked Porter by Ray Daniels | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

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Description

  • Our Signature Series kits offer a selection of crazy, unique beers developed by MoreBeer! customers, associates, and homebrewing legends!
  • This incredibly unique recipe leans on a smoky quality that was once a staple of old-world English porters
  • Includes Northern Brewer and Kent Goldings hops
  • Estimated ABV: 5.4%
  • Estimated IBUs: 28-34
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

This beer combines the richness of black malt with the old-world smokiness of Bamberg: a Franconian village that is at once worldly and yet devoted to its traditional ways. Brewed with an ale yeast, it mimics the origins of English porter, a beer made solely from brown malts dried over a direct wood fire. And since you'll never find a beer like this at your local liquor store, you'll have to brew it to appreciate the flavorful treats it can offer. With an astounding Two Pounds of Rauch Malt, any fan of smoked beers will fall in love with Ray's beer! Ray recommends British Ale yeast, WLP005.

Ray began brewing in 1989 after seeing a homebrew store ad at a Chicago hamburger shack. "The first batch was pretty good," he says, "but the second one was awful. Fortunately, I had already brewed the third batch before tasting the second, or that might have been the end of things. After tasting that beer, there was no looking back: I dove headlong into brewing and tasting and learning as much as I could about the art of brewing." That informaton was put together in his book, "Designing Great Beers", which has since become a must-have for any serious brewer. Over the years he has brewed more than 200 batches. When he started all-grain brewing in 1990 there weren't many options for buying mashing equipment, so he made his own 10-gallon vertical Coleman cooler Mashtun. More than 90 percent of the 200 batches he had made over the years were produced on the homemade equipment--although now the mash tun has been retired after some unsuccessful modifications a few years back.

Ray has been a long time friend of MoreBeer! and is currently running the Beer Cicerone program.

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity: 1.054-58
  • SRM (Color Range): 18-19
  • IBUs: 28-34
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5.4%
 


 

Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”.  For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
 
 
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Intrigue
Shawn S on Aug 7, 2022
sounded different
Edward B on Feb 8, 2021
Intrigue
Shawn S on Aug 7, 2022
Sounded good
Michael J on Sep 13, 2021
sounded different
Edward B on Feb 8, 2021
love smoled porters, respect ray daniels, own one of his books
David Kimpel on Nov 25, 2020
I like dark beers
Ron A D on Sep 17, 2020
Wanted a smoked lager, this will suffice
K W on Aug 27, 2020
Excellent Porter. My go to for Porter
Gregory E on Mar 10, 2020
It looks similar to the Smoked Porter recipie that I make, but i wanted to try someone else's take on the beer
Bradley K on Mar 16, 2018
Sounded good
Michael J on Sep 13, 2021
love smoled porters, respect ray daniels, own one of his books
David Kimpel on Nov 25, 2020
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Uniquely English Smoked Porter - Brew Pals Loved It
Just really a wonderful smooth smoked English brown porter in my view. A great winter beer. The 2 lbs of smoked malt gave it plenty of smokey aroma/flavor but not like drinking a campfire. Its unquestionably there though. The malt profile intrigued me as I saw no black patent or anything. Pretty sure Ray D knew what he was doing as that may have overpowered the smoke. Gave some to fellow brewers and craft lovers and got lots of positive feedback. Unique and tasty. You just can't buy a beer like this in stores. AG brewer x 9 years.
February 7, 2021
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