Brewing an English Porter (Grain to Glass)

This is an English Porter that you can brew at home. It's a delicious, low-strength beer style that often has malt-forward flavors of caramel, biscuits, and chocolate. In this video, I’ll show you how I made it, a few tips during the process, and a taste test of the final beer at the end. Please subscribe!
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Ingredients:
6 lb (2.7 kg) Maris Otter
1.25 lb (0.57 kg) Munich
1 lb (0.45 kg) Crystal 40L
11 oz (0.31 kg) Biscuit
1 lb (0.45 kg) Pale Chocolate
3 oz (85 g) Chocolate malt
Imperial’s House (at least 2 packets or a starter)
0.4 oz (11 g) Warrior Hops
Batch size: 6 gallons (22.7 liter)
Original gravity: 1.047 SG (11.7°P)
Final gravity: 1.011-1.013 SG (2.8-3.3°P)
ABV: 4-5%
IBU: 19
Mash at 152°F for 45 minutes
Boil for 60 minutes
Pitch yeast at 64°F and let rise to 66°F.
When gravity drops to about 1.012, raise fermenter to 68°F until fermentation is complete.
Do a diacetyl test to ensure none is present before crashing.
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Dump the trub/yeast from the fermenter or transfer to a secondary fermenter.
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[@pinkkloudsrising4835]

This video was amazing man. Thank you for the content and inspiration

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thanks so much! 🙌🙌🙌

[@rubenl7809]

Increíble el trabajo qué haces y compartes, muchas gracias desde Mexico!!!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Gracias amigo! Saludos de California 🙌🍻

[@dapotatoboy4066]

love these! keep ‘em coming 🙌

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thank you very much! I have a new brewday video coming soon 🍻🍻🍻

[@RecipeswithBen]

Great Stuff! Super impressed with your videography skills

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thanks so much!🍻

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

Great looking beer!!!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thank you! 🍻🍻🍻

[@aleksanderilsaas4374]

Keep them videos coming! 👌🍻

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

More videos coming soon! 🙌🍻

[@alvaradobrewhouse6387]

Great video RMC, loving the content and damn, that systems of yours is dope. Cheers!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thanks so much my friend! I appreciate that 🍻

[@jonathanc8513]

Nicely done!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thanks Jonathan 🍻

[@paulbrodie6929]

Great video, I do BIAB but much of what you do is relevant👏 to my brew day, keep it up.

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thanks, Paul! I have some BIAB videos coming too. Let me know if there’s ever any specific processes you’d like to see. Cheers 🍻

[@markgodfrey6347]

Been brewing for 30 years I have plastic fermenter buckets a 3 gal. pot and I use a couple of gallons of chilled tap water to cool down. I have never had a skunk beer. I wish I could afford all that equipment. To me that's not home brewing. I brewed a Blue Moon copy last year that everybody liked better than real Blue Moon. I don't get all the equipment to make good beer.

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Very cool! I’ve only been brewing for about 11 years but definitely have used a similar setup as you. The fancy gear just makes brewing easier and helps control the process a little better but you can certainly make good beer with very simple systems

[@garethdavies9848]

Respect mate 90% sure the originals used your method

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

@@garethdavies9848 thank you! This is such a good beer 🔥

[@westmister]

the English Porter's colour is lovely.

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Such a delicious beer! 🔥

[@normodegard183]

Good looking beer!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thank you! 🍻

[@sebastianMbarragan]

Amo tus videos, que grandioso sería estén subtitulados, un abrazo desde Argentina!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

¡Muchas gracias! Los subtítulos deberían cargarse en algún momento de hoy. KZbin tarda un tiempo en procesarlos.

[@mr.e0311]

love it. new sub! first video..

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thanks so much! Cheers 🙌🍻

[@colinpoe5936]

I've noticed you don't decant your starters. Do you feel that it's not necessary? Love the quality of the videos and your system is insane. Looking forward to more videos!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Thank you! I typically will not decant unless I'm doing a light beer like a helles or pils. It does make a very small difference, but you really won't notice much with most beer styles.

[@hollowaj]

Hey Ryan - do you mind sharing a link for the air lock cap you use for your Ss Brewtech fermentors?

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Hey there, I’m sorry I’m not sure what cap you are referring to. My air lock is a silicone tube connected to my blow-off cane and that is submerged in a cup of sanitizer

[@jimdeasy]

Whats the flow meter for the oxygen? I got the brass part but I need to measure

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Hey Jim, here’s the rotameter I use: amzn.to/3gPFxQ8

[@Pr0z]

what foam agent do you use to reduce the foam in the boiling?

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

I typically use Foam Axe but they’re all pretty much the same

[@DarkWafflesOfDoom]

Good video, but who has this industrial equipment at home??? I can't make it! :(

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

The good news is you can use many different types of equipment. I have some videos on my channel that show how to brew with basic gear if you’re interested 🙌

[@shnapp1]

What is your crush setting on SS grain mill?

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

I use +2

[@jamesholden1496]

Love a porter, but when did 4.2% abv become low alcohol? 🤣

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

A looooooong time ago 😂

[@nikkan3810]

A bottle of that is like nothing to anyone who does alcohol reasonably often and i don't mean blackout drunk lel. It's just not very strong for most people.

[@user-ci1hp6kx7r]

Ryan, didn’t understand, sorry! Do you use only one temperature pause? at 69C? No 63 pause and 72, 78 Can you please answer🙏🏻

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Yes, just one mash temp for this beer. I do a mash-out step for 10 mins at the end (170F/77C), but that is all

[@roman9509]

You must have brown malt for the style

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

There’s no brown malt in this one but you can definitely add some if you prefer. I’d recommend reducing the Munich, Chocolate, and Pale Chocolate a bit if you add any

[@crucified1969]

Bro i have a keg i can open and close. That's my equipment. Man i have no clue where to start

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Gotta start somewhere! You don’t need much to brew.. all the fancy gear just makes it simpler and more efficient. I’m going to post a beginner video on my channel soon and will show how to use basic gear to brew

[@crucified1969]

@@ryanmichaelcarter Sounds good brother. Been trying to get into it but hard to find the time to get over the initial learning curve

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

@@crucified1969 yea it can be a little tricky at first, but you just gotta start. You’ll learn so much by doing, then with a little education you’ll be brewing great beer in no time

[@NapoleonGelignite]

Waaaay too much chocolate malt. Add toasted malt and melanoidin, and reduce the chocolate by A LOT!

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

Definitely an option 🙌🍻

[@NapoleonGelignite]

@@ryanmichaelcarter - if you really want to brew a porter you need to brew two beers and blend them in the glass. - I don’t think I can post a link but there’s a BBC archive of the ‘end of porter’ from 1973.

[@NapoleonGelignite]

@@ryanmichaelcarter - how a real porter (plain) was poured. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHynqKqMh5qZmpYsi=-nPqM5pU-Qxsvq38

[@user-op8cw6li4o]

What a waste of time and money

[@ryanmichaelcarter]

😂