Description
Jaco’s Backyard Porter
English Porter
For when you want a beer that is robust in flavor, but not so much in body and mouthfeel. This beer is named after Jon’s Black Labrador “Jaco”, who loved to play in the backyard until he was completely worn out. This is a beer, with it’s manageable ABV and medium to light body, that will allow you to have a few, without allowing anything to get in the way of your maximum enjoyment!
Jaco’s Backyard Porter is basically an English Porter with a couple of slight variations. It would fit best in the BJCP Category 13C. English Porter. The color is nearly black (not so coincidentally almost the same color as Jaco!) and the flavor leans toward the sweeter, chocolate side of things. However, it is a well attenuated beer which keeps the mouthfeel light. This can be brewed with a traditional British base malt, but we really love the Mecca Grade Lamonta Pale malt which lends a rich flavor to the base of the beer. Mecca Grade Opal 44, Brown malt, some darker chocolate malts, and Carapils round out the specialty grains. UK Target hops for bittering, and East Kent Goldings later in the boil provide the restrained hop character of the beer. The yeast is a dry English strain that is well attenuating and clean in flavor, allowing the malt to really shine.
This beer is easily brewed with either All Grain, or Extract with specialty grains methods.
