Wassa's Honey Porter

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Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Kevnlis » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 10:10 am

I have done this one and it came up great! I am not sure we even need to put this up for vote but I will anyway...

1 can of Cascade Mahogany Porter
1 KG of Dark dry malt
500gm of Yellowbox honey
15gm of Cascade hops

Ferment with Safale. Bottle and leave for 3 months in bottle.
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Chris » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 2:53 pm

Moot point I think. Anyone who's made it will surely go... YAY!
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Kevnlis » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 2:58 pm

Except some cock head already voted no? :lol:
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Chris » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 3:02 pm

I'm amazed! I wonder if that 'person' has brewed/tasted that beer. Damn it was tasty.
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby rwh » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 3:27 pm

Just because they haven't brewed the recipe doesn't make them a cockhead. But this beer is a favourite, I've brewed it about 8 times I think. It's one of the crowd-pleasers for our semesterly celebration, for which I always brew a golden ale, a honey porter and a hoegaarden. They always disappear before anyone drinks the commercial shit... Boags or Carlton Draught.
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Kevnlis » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 3:32 pm

I thought the rule was if you had not brewed the beer you were not allowed to vote? Maybe they misunderstood what my question was asking? I guess it is not very clear if you did not know you had to have made the recipe to be allowed to vote...
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Tipsy » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 4:31 pm

Kevnlis wrote:I thought the rule was if you had not brewed the beer you were not allowed to vote? Maybe they misunderstood what my question was asking? I guess it is not very clear if you did not know you had to have made the recipe to be allowed to vote...


Maybe they made the beer but didn't like it
I haven't made it (so won't be voting). I just don't like honey in my beer

I may or maynot be a cockhead :wink:
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby lethaldog » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 6:44 pm

Maybe the cockhead is he who jumps the gun without knowing what the reason was!! :lol: Not everyone is going to like the same thing even if they have made it but there is know need for names just because they have there own opinion now is there.....
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Kevnlis » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 6:46 pm

Hence the :lol: on the end of that sentence... ;)
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby wambesi » Thursday Feb 14, 2008 8:36 pm

It was actually one of my better brews to my amazement as I had only heard bad things about the cascade kits.

Funnily enough a bloke around the corner I ran into tasted one of mine and when I told him what he was he couldn't believe it as he had made the kit in Nov but pretty much to the directions and said it was crap, now I have enlightened him to the wonderful world of hops and malt extracts. :D
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Peter Bradshaw » Friday Feb 15, 2008 4:32 pm

Hey Wambesi,

Me too. I had no time at all for Cascade products until I tasted Wassa's Choc Mahog.

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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Wassa » Saturday Mar 01, 2008 12:25 pm

I'm very pleased to see that my recipe is so highly thought of.

It is a great brew and just keeps getting better the longer it's in the bottle. Cheers guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby KEG » Monday Jun 09, 2008 2:46 pm

I put a similar brew to this down yesterday... Didn't have any Cascade, replaced it with a plug (about 13 grams) of Perle. Also used dark liquid malt instead of DDME, so it'll be maybe .3% less in alcohol at a guess. Expecting around 4.5%, which is bang on what I'm after.

Also, I used S-04 - what has everyone else used?
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby timmy » Monday Jun 09, 2008 6:11 pm

I've got a tin of this stuff in the cupboard and was planning a partial mash version. Does anyone have a suggestion on the grain bill? I was thinking of mashing 1 kg of pale malt with probably 100g choc malt.
Great recipe as it is, though. One of the best I've done out of 35+.

Has anyone experimented with other yeasts in this? I have a leftover trub from a Belgian Tripel that I am tempted to use....

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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby rwh » Tuesday Jun 10, 2008 12:32 pm

For a partial, I'd probably use some med crystal, some amber, and some choc.
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Boonie » Tuesday Jun 10, 2008 1:20 pm

KEG wrote: Also, I used S-04 - what has everyone else used?


I just PM'ed rwh asking that exact question "what yeast to use" as I was trolling through the site and his name came up alot on this topic... (should read further hey :oops: )

Anyway, I just bought some LDDM and an S-04......rearing to go as I have the rest of the stuff at home.

Cannot wait for this one.....

And no, I was not the cockhead :lol: .

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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby KEG » Tuesday Jun 10, 2008 3:25 pm

what's LDDM?
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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Boonie » Tuesday Jun 10, 2008 7:11 pm

KEG wrote:what's LDDM?


Ummmmm Light Dry Dark Malt :lol:

Sorry....meant DDM, Dry Dark Malt :D

Sorry about that chief.

I am going to go the Kit Yeast, even though I bought the S-04 today. I have made this kit with the stock yeast before with no issues............+ rwh told me to... :mrgreen:

I am going to do it tomorrow or Thursday as my lovely wife is ill and it would be rude of me to be brewing whilst she is not well... :wink:

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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby Throsby » Monday Sep 01, 2008 4:49 pm

G'day men,

This recipe looks interesting. I made a nice Honey Pilsener last summer and was thinking about a new honey beer this summer. This one looks fairly simple. Is there any devil in the detail, or just regular procedures for these ingredients?

I've not had many Porter beers, but I do remember enjoying James Squires Porter on and off during the winter of 2003. What are the typical characteristics of the Porter style?

I've never used any Cascade products but have heard bad things. Will it make 23L? Are the hops in this recipe pellets or the teabag-things?

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Re: Wassa's Honey Porter

Postby timmy » Tuesday Sep 02, 2008 1:20 pm

Hi Throsby,

The porter style is a bit of a cross between a dark ale and stout. Not as roasty and bitter as a stout but still dark and filling. This will turn out quite different to the JS porter because of the honey and the hops used. It will also come out less bitter than the JS.

As far as the Cascade products go, I've used the porter and pale ale with a good deal of success. Both times included extra malt + hops and using a different yeast. The recipe is for 23L but feel free to drop that a bit if you want a stronger brew.

For the hops - you can use either but pellets are more flexible IMO.

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