Tuesday 21 December 2021

BEAMISH & CRAWFORD : STOCK PORTER 1850`S

How Do All ,

Here`s another recipe from records kindly contributed by a reader ; master brewer               Tim O `Rourke , this time a Mid nineteenth century Stock Porter from Cork !  , I`d love to see records from Cork`s other brewery Murphy`s or indeed any other historic Irish brewing records that may be in Public or , private collections ; 
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This recipe C Edd Mather 2021
                
         RECIPE FOR 27 Wort Litres to Copper @ 1.061 , 75 % Mash Efficiency

Beamish & Crawford 
Cork 
Ireland 
                                STOCK PORTER   1850`S
Original Gravity 1.061  Racking Gravity 1.009 Final Gravity 1.006
                            I B U : 32           A B V : 6 . 5 %  

MALTS
Crisp Malt 
                    Chevalier P A             75       %  = 5 . 455 Kg 
French & Jupps 
                     Brown Malt               18 . 75 % = 1 . 525 Kg
                     Black Malt                   9 . 25 % = 0 . 755 Kg
MASHING 
Use a Stout / Porter brewing liquor , and thoroughly pre warm the mash tun to 90 c 
- 10 minutes before mashing in as below .
1  St   Mash Heat : 62 c At        0  - + 20  Mins = 16 . 60  Litres
2 Nd  Mash Heat : 65 c At  +  20  - + 80  Mins = 16 . 60  Litres
3 Rd  Mash Heat : 69 c At  + 80  - + 120 Mins = 10 . 405 Litres 
At Taps ( 120 Mins ) , Slowly open the Mash Tun valve and return any Turbid / Cloudy 
First Runnings OVER the mash until clear and BRIGHT , Only then allow to the copper .
SPARGING  &  COLLECTION 
Sparge at Clear Worts to copper + 10 Minutes at 72 c and with an allowance of  16 . 600 L of Liquor ; At a Gravity of 1.006 , STOP TAPS and collect worts in copper .
  At Collection ; ADD liquor to 1.060.75 then CONDENSE to 27 Wort Litres @ 1.061 
COPPER 
A 2 1/2 Hour Boil ON HOPS ; 1  St Charge @ Let Off - 150 @ 1.061 to  27  W Litres ,
At Let Off - 90 at 1.066 on 24.785 Wort Litres Add 2 Nd Charge.
   At Let Off - 40 , The Gravity should be at a projected 1.070 on 23.455 W Litres ;
ADD 5 . 350 Litres of Liquor to the copper to bring the gravity DOWN to 1.057 , Then after a further 10 Minutes Boil ; Gravity @ 1.057.25 on 28.680 W Litres @ 1.057.25 
ADD the Third Hop Charge to the copper .
At Let Off - 12  ADD COPPER FININGS then at Let Off , Stand  1/2 Hour then coolto pitching heat A S A P .
         WORT VOLUME TO FERMENTING VESSEL = 26 . 780 Litres @ 1.061 
HOPS 
First Charge                                                                  27 . 0     L AT 1.061 
                          Goldings  4 % a/a , 8 IBU @ 20 g
                          Saazer      3 % a/a , 8 IBU @ 26 g
Second Charge                                                             24 . 785 L AT 1.066
                         Goldings   4 % a/a , 4 IBU  @   9 g 
                         Saazer       3 % a/a , 4 IBU  @ 14 g
Third Charge                                                                28 . 680 L AT 1.057.25
                         Goldings   4 % a/a , 4 IBU   @   9 g 
                         Saazer       3 % a/a , 4 IBU   @ 14 g
YEAST
                         Pitch 94 g LIVE BARM @ 18 c  
                          ATTENUATION 
DAY    Hour   Heat   Gravity                          REMARKS
   1          P        18      1.061 
   2          E        20      1.052
   3          E        23      1.041
   4          M       24      1.024       Clear To SETTLING VESSEL 
               E        18      1.018
    5         M       14      1.017.5
               E         12     1.017.25
    6         M        10     1.017
    8          E        10     1.016     To Maturation Vessel / C V 
Mature at between 10 and 8 c UNTIL at 1.010 .
At  1.010 ; Allow to 14 - 15 c and FULLY VENT @ 1.009.5 , RACK to DRAUGHT :
1.009 FINE ON RACKING @ 14 - 15 c THEN Stand 2 days 14 - 18 c .
CELLAR for 3 Weeks at 10 c Then STILLAGE @ 10 - 12 c before VENTING FULLY and allowing the beer 24 - 36 Hours to clear and condition before Q . C 


Cheers All  and Happy Brewing ,

Edd 
Lancashire 
December 2021 


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