Sunday 5 March 2023

MARK BINNIE & Co : X X X PORTER 1903

 How Do All ,

Here`s a superb historic XXX Porter from the Haddington Brewery of Mark Binnie & Co .
This beer is my interpretation of the recipe contained in  the Brewing Notebook of John Binnie 1903 - 1906 @ BH 6/1/1/1 , Part of the Scottish Brewing Archive , deposited with the ever helpfull team at Glasgow University Archives & Special Collections                                          
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This recipe C Edd Mather 2023 
                            
Mark Binnie & Co 
Nungate Brewery
Haddington 
Haddingtonshire 
Scotland  
Barrel Label Photo from the  https//scotishbrewingheritage.org website

                 ANY AND ALL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION RIGHTS RESERVED TO 
                                          Mark Binnie & Co and their successors in title 

                                                                  X X X PORTER 
                                                       Thursday 3 Rd December 1903 
                       Original Gravity : 1.075  Bottling Gravity : 1.017.75 Final Gravity : 1.015 
                                                        I B U  : 28             A B V : 8 % 

                   This recipe for 30.000 Wort Litres to Copper @ 1.064 , 75 % Mash Efficiency 

                                                                           MALTS           
Crafty Maltsters :
                             58       %   Scottish Annat                            = 4.870 Kg 
                             24.25  %   Pop`s Pale Ale Malt @ 6.5 ebc  = 2.050 Kg 
French & Jupps :
                               6       %   Amber Malt                                = 0.570 Kg
                               6       %   Brown Malt                                = 0.570 Kg 
                               5.75  %   Black Malt                                  = 0.545 Kg 

                                            MASHING , SPARGING  &  COLLECTION 
    Use a Stout Liquor and thoroughly Pre Warm the mash tun  to 90 c - 10 Minutes before mashing in ,
                                            Ensuring the Liquor is 1.5 " ABOVE the Plates .
                                  1   St Mash Heat : 64 c @        0 - + 120 Mins = 23.110 Litres 
                                 2 Nd  Mash Heat : 67 c @ + 120 - + 150 Mins = 11.320 Litres
                                 3 Rd  Mash Heat : 70 c @ + 150 - + 180 Mins =   7.460 Litres                     
   At + 120 Minutes , slowly open the Mash Tun valve and return any turbid / cloudy 1 St runnings        
                        OVER the mash UNTIL Bright & Clear , ONLY THEN send to the Copper 
SPARGE : At Clear Wort to Copper + 10 Minutes = 30.000 Litres @ 72 c UNTIL 1.007 , 
                                         Then STOP TAPS and Collect Wort in the Copper.
COLLECTION : At Collection , ADD Liquor to the Copper , reducing the Gravity to 1.063.75 ,
                         THEN CONDENSE TO 1.064 ON 30.000 Wort Litres in Copper .

                                                                        COPPER  
                 A 2 Hour boil ON HOPS , 1 St Charge to the Copper at Let Off - 120 Minutes;
Then at Let Off - 30 Mins, ADD the 2 Nd Hop Charge . At Let Off - 12 Minutes , ADD the Copper Finings then at Let Off , STAND the Copper 1/2 Hour BEFORE Cooling A S A P to Pitching Heat .

                                                                          HOPS 
                                1 St Hop Charge : To Copper @ 1.064 ON 30.000 Wort Litres 
                                                5 IBU  OLD Goldings              @ 4    % a/a = 14 g 
                                              12 IBU  Hallertau Heresbrucker @ 3.5 % a/a = 34 g

                               2 Nd Hop Charge : To Copper  @ 1.071 ON 26.715 Wort Litres 
                                11 IBU  Saazer / Hallertau Heresbrucker @ 3.5 % a/a = 34 g 

                                                                         YEAST 
                                         Pitch with 100 g Weight of a L;IVE Yeast @ 16 c 
                                                      To 25.210 Wort Litres @ 1.075    

                                                               ATTENUATION    
DAY    Hour   Heat   Gravity                                REMARKS 
    1            P         16       1.075 
    2                       18       1.067     Drop to the 2 Nd F . V = 24.800 Wort Litres 
    3                       22       1.043   
    4                       23       1.036    SKIM & COOL 
    5                       18.5    1.032    SKIM & COOL 
    6           M        16.5    1.030     SKIM
                  E        14.5    1.029
    7            E        13.5    1.029     SEND TO Conditioning Vessel and Cool to 12 c .

STAND :
      1 Month @ 12 - 13 c ; Releasing excess C O 2 as required , THEN COOL to 8 c OVER 1 Week 

CELLAR : At 8 c UNTIL at 1.019 , THEN STILLAGE VESSEL and allow to 12 c , 
                  FULLY VENT @ 1.018 then allow to 15 c .

BOTTLING : At 1.017.75 , BOTTLE CLEAR & BRIGHT @ 15 c , THEN STAND 1 week .
                        CELLAR BOTTLES @ 10 c FOR 2 Months .
STAND :        2 Weeks @ 12 c THEN Q . C 

Cheers All and Happy Brewing ,

Edd 


6 comments:

  1. Hi there. Homebrewer from Charleston, SC. I've brewed several historical beers and am going to try this one!

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    1. How Do Lowell ,
      Good Luck with the brew 🤞🍻,
      Edd

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    2. Edd, thanks. What kind of yeast did you use for this? Or if not brewed, what would you suggest?

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    3. Hi Lowell ,
      I`d forgotten to put the specific yeast strain type in the main recipe , I`d plump for an Edinburgh type .
      Cheers ,
      Edd

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  2. Wanted to say I brewed this beer April 7th 2023. I did use the WLP028 Edinburgh ale yeast. OG was 1.089 and FG was 1.023 for a really nice 8.9% beer. Was very tasty and people who like this style really enjoyed it.

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    1. Hi Lowell ,
      I'm happy that you enjoyed the beer , feel free to send a photo of it; I'll happily post it in the original post,
      Cheers 🍻,
      Edd

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