Honey Porter

Started: 23 Aug 98

Bottled: 6 Sep 98

Ingredients

Muntons Gold Docklands Porter

1 Kg Australian Yellow Box Honey

2 Pkts Yeast

250 gms Crystal Malt

250 gms Chocolate Malt

Method

Boil Honey to kill any stray yeasts

Boil Malts together in 3L water for 20 mins

Steep for 20 mins - strain into fermenter

Add honey and top off with water

Facts and Figures

OG 1.059 

FG target: 1.016  

FG reached: 1.018

22.5 Litres

Analysis

Watch out when boiling honey - bubbles up violently

Genuine Porter taste - a  little astringent at first but flavour 

matures and mellows very quickly with time