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Blackacre Butte #2

Vital Statistics: Batch Number: 2 Style: Porter Brew Date: 20 June 2009 Original Gravity: 1.050 (12.39 °Plato) Final Gravity: 1.008 (2.05 °Plato) ABV: 5.5% ABW: 4.3% Calories per pint: 215 Estimated IBU (Rager): 33.1 Estimated IBU (Tinseth): 27.0 Mash Temperature: 152° Mash Efficiency: 62% Days in Primary: 15 (into secondary on 5 July 2009) Days in Secondary: 6 (bottled on 11 July 2009) Yeast Used: 1318 London Ale III Apparent Attenuation: 84% Real Attenuation: 68% Rating: 3.70 Entirely Consumed: Yes (finished 12 October 2009) Availability: 93 days	Recipe: 10 lb. 2-row pale malt 9 oz. chocolate malt 10 oz. crystal malt (60 °L) 8 oz. roasted barley 4 AAU (9.1g @ 12.5% AA) Galena @ 60 min 4.25 AAU (19.9g @ 6% AA) Cascade @ 30 min 4.5 AAU (23.3g @ 5.5% AA) Tettnanger @ 5 min 1 Irish Moss tablet @ 15 min Wyeast 1318 - London Ale III
General Notes: Gravity discrepancies*.
Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 10/11/2009. Poured from bomber into a pint glass. Appearance: very dark brown with a slight ruby tinge when held up to the light. One finger of tan foam head with little lace. (3.5) Smell: quite subtle but the aroma is predominantly of chocolate and a little tartness. (3) Taste: nice chocolate flavor with a little bitter roasted-coffee flavor at the end. Beer is nicely bitter and well-balanced; hops aren't overly present but are floral and a little earthy in character. Quite good I'd say. (4) Mouthfeel: medium bodied with a very creamy texture. Some of these bottles didn't carbonate up so well, so it is lucky I got a good bottle for reviewing. I like it a lot. (4) Drinkability: this is a highly drinkable beer. Flavor and mouthfeel are solid; I wish this weren't my last bottle. (4) Average score 3.7 (B); not bad at all. This beer could have had a lot better aroma; if it smelled as good as it tasted it would be a rock-solid porter that I would want to have on hand all the time. As it is, I think I ought to brew up a Blackacre Butte #3 whenever I get a kegging system. Maybe up the Tettnanger a little bit.
Hops Table Hop Variety Addition Time AAU AA% Quantity (g) Type IBU (Rager) IBU (Tinseth) Notes Galena 60 4.00 12.5 9 Pellet 17.5 13.2   Cascade 30 4.25 6.0 20 Pellet 12.6 10.8   Tettnanger 5 4.50 5.5 23 Whole 3.0 3.0