Join BYO for a New England Beer & Baseball Adventure, Aug. 2-7, 2026 Click here for details.

recipe

The Mole (Chipotle Porter)

The Mole (Chipotle Porter)

(5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains)
OG = 1.053 FG = 1.013 IBU = 25 SRM = 49 ABV = 5.1%

Ingredients

2.5 lbs. (1.1 kg) Briess light dried malt extract
3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg) Muntons Light liquid malt extract
0.75 lbs. (0.34 kg) crystal malt
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) chocolate malt
5.0 oz. (142 g) black patent malt
6.6 AAU Willamette hops (60 mins) (1.33 oz./38 g of 5% alpha acids)
8 chipotle (dried, smoked jalapeño) peppers
Wyeast 1968 (London ESB) or White Labs WLP002 (English Ale) yeast
0.75 cup corn sugar (for bottling)

Step by Step

Steep grains in 2/3 gallon (2.5 L) of water at 150 °F (66 °C) for 45 minutes. Add “grain tea” and dried malt extract to brewpot to make 3 gallons (11 L) and bring to a boil. Boil hops for 60 minutes. Add liquid malt extract for final 15 minutes of the boil. (Stir well to prevent scorching.) Cool wort, aerate and pitch yeast. Ferment at 70 °F (21 °C). Make pepper tincture by soaking dried peppers in vodka. See page 29 for details.

You might also like…

recipe

Klaus Brau’s Kitchen Sink IPA

recipe

New Albion Brewing: New Albion Ale

The very first microbrewed American Ale has a deep gold appearance and a subtle malt character. The Cascade hops give it a spicy pine hop pr

recipe

Legend Brewing Co.’s Utebier clone

“The term Utepils translates from Norwegian loosely into ‘the beer you enjoy outside on the first warm day of springtime’. We obviousl

recipe

Riveter Rye Pale Ale

A little stronger than your typical pale ale and not as hoppy as some IPAs, this is an easy-drinking brew that’s great for the summer.