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Dark Inception Imperial Porter

282 calories 32.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Robust Porter
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.78 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.64 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.064 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.084 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Marcus Baskerville
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 282 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 32.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday April 21st 2022
1.084
1.026
7.7%
22.4
45.0
5.4
100.38
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
11.50 lb Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter11.5 lb Finest Maris Otter $ 1.88 / lb
$ 21.62 		38 3 53%
3.50 lb Munich3.5 lb Munich $ 1.88 / lb
$ 6.58 		37 6 16.1%
1.50 lb Simpsons - DRC1.5 lb DRC $ 1.88 / lb
$ 2.82 		34.7 115 6.9%
0.75 lb Simpsons - Chocolate Malt0.75 lb Chocolate Malt $ 1.49 / lb
$ 1.12 		31.7 444 3.5%
0.25 lb Simpsons - Black Malt0.25 lb Black Malt $ 1.49 / lb
$ 0.37 		34 700 1.2%
0.13 lb Weyermann - Chocolate Wheat0.13 lb Chocolate Wheat $ 1.49 / lb
$ 0.19 		34.8 415 0.6%
1 lb Maltodextrin1 lb Maltodextrin - (late boil kettle addition) $ 3.95 / lb
$ 3.95 		39 0 4.6%
49 oz Red Raspberry Puree ~10 Brix49 oz Red Raspberry Puree ~10 Brix - (late fermenter addition) $ 0.62 / oz
$ 30.58 		4.61 0 14.1%
21.69 lbs / $ 67.23
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade1 oz Cascade Hops $ 1.79 / oz
$ 1.79 		Pellet 6.3 Boil 60 min 18.55 60.6%
0.65 oz Homegrown0.65 oz Homegrown Hops Leaf/Whole 4.5 Boil 15 min 3.88 39.4%
1.65 oz / $ 1.79
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
8 oz Cacao Nibs $ 1.69 / oz
$ 13.48 		Flavor Secondary 0 min.
2 each Vanilla Beans $ 4.00 / each
$ 8.00 		Flavor Secondary 0 min.
1.50 tsp Yeast Nutrient Water Agt Secondary 0 min.
8 oz Bourbon Flavor Secondary 0 min.
1.50 tsp Yeast Nutrient Water Agt Boil 0 min.
$ 21.48
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
$ 4.94 / each
$ 9.88
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
59 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 147 B cells required
$ 9.88 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
26.4 qt Strike 156 °F 153 °F 75 min
7.8 qt Sparge 169 °F 169 °F 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 64.9 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 6.61 26.4  
Mash volume with grains 8.02 32.1  
Grain absorption losses -2.2 -8.8  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.57 g | 14.3 qt) 2.62 10.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.73 g | 30.9 qt) 6.78 27.1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.08 0.3  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 5.64 22.6  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.64 g | 22.6 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 9.23 36.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is the Big Brew Day Recipe for 2022 - all grain version. Please note that grain bill is calculated for a brewhouse efficiency of 65%, adjust as needed. Mash at 151°F (66°C) for 75 minutes. Marcus recommends a 180-minute boil for the all-grain version of this recipe, but a 90-minute boil may be sufficient.

Dark Inception Imperial Porter was contributed by Marcus Baskerville of San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing Co., and the leading force behind the Black Is Beautiful collaborative brewing project. This recipe was inspired by 2013 AHA Homebrewer of the Year Annie Johnson. Seeing an African American woman win Homebrewer of the Year provided Marcus with a bright hope for his future in homebrewing and inspired his love of brewing big dark beers. Dark Inception Imperial Porter is a thick-bodied, flavorful beer that features additions of raspberry, cacao, and vanilla, and is bursting with notes of toffee, caramel, coffee, chocolate, malt, liqueur, and fruit. It’s a perfect pairing with rich desserts or as a standalone finale for your evening.

Once you’ve pitched the yeast, you can create the vanilla bean tincture. Slice the two vanilla beans lengthwise, and place in a pint-sized canning jar. Add 1 cup (235 ml) of your preferred bourbon. Seal jar, set aside, and allow the beans to macerate (soak) for at least a week, shaking jar occasionally. The vanilla beans will be added to the fermenter 1 week before packaging (2 Tbsp of Pure Vanilla Extract can be substituted in place of the vanilla beans just before bottling or kegging).

Ferment at 64-72°F (18-22°C) for 14-21 days.

On 6th day of fermentation: Add 1½ tsp Yeast Nutrient, and 2 Liters of fruit puree to your fermenter. Gently swirl fermenter, if possible, to rouse yeast.

1 week before kegging or bottling: Pre-heat your oven to 300°F. Line a cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper and spread the cacao nibs out evenly in a single layer. Place sheet on middle rack and bake for 10-12 minutes until aroma is released from cacao. Remove, and allow to cool for a few minutes. Place vanilla beans and cacao nibs in muslin bag, add to fermenter, and infuse for 7 days before packaging (if using vanilla extract add it just before packaging).

I was only supposed to have 2.25 pounds of Weyermann Munich Malt, but I bought 3.5 of German Munich Malt.

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