Porter FG/Beersmith

[tuffty22]

Hi all

I was planning on brewing a recipe from the Mikkeller book of beer this weekend. Beer in question is Texas Ranger, Chipotle Porter.

Now my set up is for 5 gallons and the Beersmith numbers are normally spot on when I have brewed other Mikkeller recipes.

When I input the recipe for this beer the OG (1.086) comes out bang on but my FG (1.024 or there about) is lower than the recipe in the book. The FG in the book states 1.036 and I obviously want to try and replicate this beer as much as I can so I am a little unsure of what to do with the fermentation. There is 4.5 kilos of pale malt in this recipe.

When the beer reaches 1.036, should I be taking the beer off the yeast or just let it complete and see what it comes out at ?

[Matt12398]

Beersmith is not the most reliable at predicting FG but I'd also say that 1.036 is going to be beyond chewy.

Taking it off the yeast is a bit of a misnomer because the yeast from an active fermentation will still have a significant proportion in suspension. Racking early won't stop fermentation and it won't help your beer.

Try it once, see what it comes out like. It's very hard to replicate commercial examples of beer, particularly on the first go. You can then tweak to your preference or to Mikeller's.

[tuffty22]

Cheer Matt

I didn't think racking early would do much good, ill just let it run its course and see what happens.

[Matt12398]

Yeah, I think that's a good approach. See what it's like and adjust as you like to suit your tastes. You'll probably end up with something even better than Mikkel himself has dreamt up.

[rpt]

You can control your FG by yeast choice and mash temperature.