Out Of The Blue Porter
By Arthur Olcot
Recipe is part of Recipe Index
BJCP 2021 Style 9C Baltic Porter
I wanted to do a big beer with a lager yeast for a couple of upcoming competitions and as I do like a dark beer, a Baltic Porter fitted perfectly. This beer sat in the FV for about 6 weeks before packaging as I wanted it to take its time and ensure it fully cleaned up after all that work. It was lagered for around 3 months before its first competition and it definitely needed that time in the keg. It was a little hot when first packaged but mellowed and the flavours melded together beautifully. This is a big beer that needs a few months to come good so give it plenty of time and I suspect it’ll age very well. Name is a nod to one of my favourite trance songs from the late 90’s.
Awards
Irish National Homebrew Competition 2025
1st - Strong Lager
Lager than Life 2025 (Pillars Brewery, Walthamstow, London)
3rd - Strong
Milton Keynes HBC Spring Competition 2025
2nd
Measures
- OG: 1.085 / 20.5 °P
- FG: 1.023 / 5.8 °P
- IBU: 36
- EBC: 57.5
- Batch Volume: 21 L
Ingredients
Water
Using reverse osmosis water as a base, added salts to achieve approx
- Ca 76
- Na 36
- Cl 108
- SO4 84
- HCO 32
Malt
- 5.2 kg (64.5%) - Simpsons Maris Otter - 6.2 EBC
- 2 kg (24.8%) - Weyermann Munich I - 15 EBC
- 270 g (3.4%) - Dingemans Special B - 290 EBC
- 260 g (3.2%) - Crisp Light Crystal 150 - 170 EBC
- 150 g (1.9%) - Crisp Medium Crystal 240 - 265 EBC
- 100 g (1.2%) - Simpsons Chocolate Malt - 1185 EBC - Mash - 15 min
- 80 g (1%) - Weyermann Carafa Special II - 1150 EBC - Mash - 15 min
Hops
- 40 g (29 IBU) - Perle 7.9% - Boil - 60 min
- 30 g (7 IBU) - Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 5.4% - Boil - 15 min
Yeast
- White Labs WLP833 German Bock Lager (large starter)
Process
Mash
- Single infusion at 66 °C for 60 min, mash cap roast grains as indicated
Boil
- 90 minute boil
- Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.068 / 16.6 °P
Add:
- Irish Moss — Boil — 10 min
- Yeast Nutrients — Boil — 10 min
Ferment
- Primary - 11 °C
- After about 40 points, slowly raise to 14 °C over the next 7 days and hold
Serving
- Cold crash + Package to approx. 2.4 CO2-vol