{"id":2575,"date":"2011-11-10T15:43:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:44:17","slug":"porter-beer-recipes-with-gordon-strong-beersmith-podcast-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/10\/porter-beer-recipes-with-gordon-strong-beersmith-podcast-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Porter Beer Recipes with Gordon Strong &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/10\/porter-beer-recipes-with-gordon-strong-beersmith-podcast-26\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Porter beer recipes and brewing Porter is the subject of this week&#8217;s interview with Grandmaster Beer Judge Gordon Strong. Beer author and BJCP President Gordon shares some of his top tips for brewing an award winning Porter beer at home.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1636\" title=\"blog-mic\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-26-Porter-Gordon-Strong.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-26-Porter-Gordon-Strong.mp3]\n<h3>This Episode Sponsored by MoreBeer!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/morebeer\">MoreBeer <\/a>is the sponsor of this week&#8217;s episode. You can show your appreciation to them on your next order by using the special order links here at <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/morebeer\">BeerSmith.com\/MoreBeer<\/a> &#8211; a portion of each order will go to support the BeerSmith sites, podcast, and newsletters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPVEd-P6GdQ\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (34:00)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This week&#8217;s guest is the BJCP President Gordon Strong. Gordon is a three time Ninkasi award winner as the top homebrewer in the US and author of the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/smSzUQ\">new book &#8220;Brewing Better Beer&#8221;<\/a> available on Amazon.<\/li>\n<li>Gordon shares some of the history behind Porter beers, and why it is still a popular drinkable beer.<\/li>\n<li>He talks about the sub-styles and variations of Porter including Robust porter, brown porter, etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>He shares a typical grain bill for a Porter including his choice for base malts (Maris Otter) and specialty malts.<\/li>\n<li>Gordon talks about the &#8220;kitchen sink approach&#8221; to brewing a Porter.<\/li>\n<li>He shares his thoughts on mash profiles.<\/li>\n<li>Gordon talks about his favorite Porter hops and alternatives.<\/li>\n<li>Gordon uses a very simple hop schedule for brewing Porter<\/li>\n<li>We talk about water profiles for a Porter style<\/li>\n<li>He shares his thoughts on serving a Porter as well as brewing other Porter substyles<\/li>\n<li>Gordon talks for a few minutes about his new book <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/smSzUQ\">&#8220;Brewing Better Beer&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; targeted towards intermediate to advanced brewers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Gordon Strong for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great News!<\/strong> We&#8217;ve been featured in the New and Notable podcasts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are not using iTunes, you can subscribe using this feed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/BeersmithcomHomeBrewingBlog<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (use the links in the sidebar) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Porter beer recipes and brewing Porter is the subject of this week&#8217;s interview with Grandmaster Beer Judge Gordon Strong. 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