(you pick the gallons, all-grain)

French Pete Porter is brewed as a dark special at Steelhead locations. It’s named for a region in Oregon that memorializes an early-day sheepherder, known as French Pete.

You might think this recipe is a bit, well ... sparse. That’s entirely by design. Teri Fahrendorf believes that the best way to learn is to use your head. She wants you to do the math needed to make this recipe work in your home brewery.

Grist Ingredients:

• 70% pale malt (we use Great Western standard pale malt)
• 7% caramel 80° Lovibond (from Briess)
• 7% caramel 60° Lovibond (Briess)
• 7% Munich 10° Lovibond  (Briess)
• 10% chocolate malt (Briess)
• <1% roasted barley (Briess)

Hops Ingredients:

• The total bitterness is 40 IBUs
• Bittering addition: Galena
• Varietal/flavor addition: Galena
• Aroma addition: Willamette

Mash/brew Guidelines:

• Mash Temp: 154° F
• Mash Time: 1 hour
• Boil Time: 1.5 hours

Fermentation:

• Fermentation temperature: 68° F
• Yeast: London Ale Yeast

Gravity/strength:

• SG: 1.058
• FG: 1.015
• ABV: 5.8 percent