With the McRiley Luau just a month away, I realized I need to make my brew. The thought crossed my mind to go for something special, different, and fun: Goat Scrotum Porter.
When I first saw this recipe in the Papazian book 'The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (3rd edition)' I knew I had to try it some day. It's a basic porter recipe with a list of additional ingredients and the note to use "one, some, or all" of them, including cinnamon, fresh Ginger, chili peppers, chocolate, juniper berries, spruce extract or tips, and brewers licorice. I upped the malts to make sure thulis goat scrotum has "balls" and am using the following:
Grains
1 lb Crystal 60'
0.5 lb dark patent
0.5 lb roasted barley
Extract / sugars
6 lb dark liquid
2 lb amber liquid
2 cups light dry malt
1 lb brown sugar
4 oz molasses
Yeast
WhiteLabs WLP002 English Ale Yeast
Extras
Fresh grated Ginger (1/2 oz)
3 red chili peppers
2 inches brewers licorice
7 oz bakers chocolate
1 oz crushed juniper berries
1 oz gypsum (water hardness)
Hops
1 oz Chinook alpha 12.7 for boil
5/8 oz unknown homegrowns
I'm nearing the end of the mash and getting ready to add in all the other stuff. This aught to be good.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
