Mini-Mash Porter Recipe

What you need:

• Morgans Queensland Bitter kit 1.7kg
• 2.0kg Australian ale malt grain
• 350g Caramalt grain
• 200g Medium crystal malt grain
• 150g Choc malt grain
• 150g Wheat malt grain
• 50g Roast barley grain
• 15g Williamette hop pellets (0 min boil)
• 1x Whirlfloc tablet
• 5-10 lt fridge cold water
• 1x Safale US05 Ale yeast

You will also need a thermometer, an insulated Mash Tun (an esky works just fine) and a large pot or saucepan (at least 12 litre capacity).

How To Do It:

1. Pre heat mash tun with 5 litres of hot water for 5 minutes
2. Mash in 8l of strike water to achieve a mash temp 68 deg.
3. Mash for 60 minutes.
4. Add 2.8l near boiling water to mash tun for mash out, mix well and leave for 10 minutes.
5. Drain contents of mash tun to brew kettle
6. Return 2l off the sweet wort to the tun to rinse the grain.
7. Drain the tun into the brew kettle
8. Add 8lt sparge water at 75-80 deg to the mash tun and mix well.
9. Drain the tun into the brew kettle,
10. Take 2l of the sweet wort and rinse the grain again.
11. Drain contents of mash tun into the brew kettle
12. Bring the wort in the brew kettle to the boil.
13. Add 1 whirlfloc tablet to the brew kettle to boil for 15 minutes.
14. After the boil, add Williamette aroma hops to the kettle
15. Add the beer kit extract to the kettle and stir well.<
16. Add cold water and wort to the fermenter and stir well.
17. Top up to 20l and pitch the yeast.
18. Ferment at 18 Deg for best results.