Taddy Porter

With nothing in the pipeline, I needed to get something in a fermenter asap.  That meant some late night brewing.  I am a big fan of Taddy Porter and have really wanted to brew this recipe for some time.  I used my single kettle e-BIAB setup with a 2 gallon "dunk sparge" and overshot my intended pre-boil volume by almost a half gallon.  That meant for a longer boil off before my first addition and a fairly late night.  I pitched my Notty and unfortunately 48 hours later, nada.  I pitched another package and got some mild activity.  Notty is turning out to be rather spotty for me, either it takes off like a madman, or piddles along.

Update (11-20)-Did a side by side with the real thing and this beer is extremely close.  With a few more weeks, I think it will be perfect.  Very nice roasted coffee character, needs a little more head and mouthfeel right now though.

Update (12-12)-This beer just got amazing, a really, really good beer.  The strong roasted flavor has mellowed a bit from 11-20 and is now perfect.  The mouthfeel and head retention has developed and the lacing is spot on.  This is a great beer and I am going to submit it to a homebrew competition and see how it scores.

Grains		Additions			Results
9.5 2-row		1.25 oz fuggle 60 min			7.4 collected at 1040
1 brown malt		.5 oz fuggle 10 min			7.0 g pre at 1044
1 c-40					5.5 g post at 1055
10 oz choc malt		notty at 67			Efficiency 76.6%
mash 152		OG 1056			60 m boil

Mosher's Ideal Stout
.172 Epsom Salt		Ca=57
.608 Baking Soda		SO4=44
.113 Canning Salt		Mg=13
.596 Calcium Chloride		Na=69
.025 Gypsum		Cl=128
RA=69		Carb=143
Cl/Sulfate 2.91		Hard=194
Very Malty		Alky=118