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on February 14th, 2010 at 11:11am

Bipolar Porter
Yeast starter – only 1L but good yeast slurry volume ~ 1/2 cup Brewed on 2/13/2010 Added final LME 5 minutes before end to boil Boil went about 4 minutes long to bring LME to boil Added vanilla (w/ Beans) in grain bag during steeping, removed before boil
	BJCP Style	12B Robust Porter
	OG	1.059
	est. FG	1.015
	est. ABV	5.9%
	Boil Vol.	3	gal
	Fermentation Vol.	5	gal

	*Yeast*
	White Labs British Ale Yeast
	Req. cells	222.2625	billion
	Starter (L)	2

	*Malt*
	Weight (lbs)	% Grain Bill	before Hops (lbs)	Type	° Lovibond	PPG	Points	Boil Points
	6.6	75%	3.3	Gold LME	4	36	47.52	39.60
	1	11%	1.00	Smoked Malt	9	37	7.40	12.33
	0.5	6%	0.50	Crystal Malt	60	18	1.80	3.00
	0.5	6%	0.50	Chocolate Malt	350	15	1.50	2.50
	0.25	3%	0.25	Black Patent Malt	500	21	1.05	1.75
						Total	59.27	59.18
							BG	1.059
	*Adjuncts*
	Vanilla	3 Beans	Split and added during specialty steeping
	Cinnamon	1 Stick	boil 5 min – remove before primary

	*Hops*
	Weight (oz.)	Type	AA	Time (min.)	AAU	Util.	IBU
	0.75	Galena	13.1%	60	9.83	0.21	31.10
	0.5	Willamette	4.9%	60	2.45	0.21	7.75
	0.5	Willamette	4.9%	15	2.45	0.11	3.86
						Total	42.71
	*Other*
	Irish Moss	1 tsp.	boil 15 minutes